Registration of Engineering Practitioners under Engineering Council Sri Lanka

The Engineering Council, Sri Lanka (ECSL), established in accordance with the provisions of the Engineering Council, Sri Lanka Act No 4 of 2017 in the Parliament of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is pleased to inform the process of registration of Engineering Practitioners in Sri Lanka. According to section 14 of the said Act, no engineering practitioner shall engage in the practice of engineering profession unless such engineering practitioner is registered under Section

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  Public Lecture & CPDs 2019     PUBLIC LECTURES :     Technological Advances of Srilankan Stupas   28 March 2019   Prof Munidasa P Ranaweera  SESC & SCEAS (SLAAS) Why Lightning and Surge Protection, Required?  26 March 2019 Dr Asanga Rodrigo                             EETESC Ev

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  Annual General Meeting of the IESL Young Members Section Student Chapter of University of Moratuwa       The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the IESL YMS Student Chapter of University of Moratuwa was held on 4th of April 2019 at the Civil Engineering Auditorium at UOM.   The AGM was started with the national anthem which followed by the lightening of the traditional oil lamp by the IESL delegation and the outgoing committee members of the Chapter.

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  Expanding the Inclusiveness A Project of the IESL Toastmasters Club Introduction to the Project: As Toastmasters Club members, it was noticed that: the membership consists of only those who could communicate by way of voice. Does one really need voice communication capability to engage an audience in a meaningful conversation; to be a Toastmaster? The clubs have more to do to become all-inclusive by way of opening doors to people with varying physical abilit

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  IESL YMS Conducts First ‘Talk to School’ Program                        for Rahula College, Matara        The first ‘Talk to school’ program conducted by the Young Members Section Committee of the IESL in collaboration with Ruhunu Chapter IESL, was held at Rahula Collage, Matara on 14th February 2019. This program is about engineers going back to their Alma Mater

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  Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Activities:  CPD Programmes Jan~ Mar 2019     01. Designing of Fire Detection and Protection Systems   The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka is pleased to inform you that, the IESL have successfully started the CPD course “Designing of Fire Detection and Protection Systems” in February 2019. The course commenced on 09th of March 2019 and will conclude on 30th of March 2019. This CPD

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  Award Winning IESL Toastmasters Club Celebrates Its Crystal Anniversary   By Madhushani Warnasooriya   Toastmasters International is a US headquartered nonprofit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of promoting communication and public speaking skills. The IESL Toastmasters Club, better known as the IESLTMC, is one of those many clubs and is a spectacular hub for Engineers, who would love to become more confident speak

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  Perils of fecal contamination in Golden Mile of the Mount Lavinia beach: are we circumspect enough?       The Mount Lavinia beach has been a fabulous and immaculate recreational area popular among both local and foreign beachgoers for many decades. North of Mount Lavinia hotel finds a narrow strip of golden sand beach called the golden mile, which is often occupied by dozens of people. It is estimated that during a holiday or a weekend, there have bee

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  TRANSFORMING THE CITY OF COLOMBO TO A LIVABLE CITY       The cities are changing daily with the rapid urbanization due to the people moving to cities from rural areas. The current world population of 7.6 billion, (expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030 and 9.8 billion in 2050) more people live in urban areas than in rural areas (55% of the world’s population residing in urban areas in 2018). Thirty percent of the world’s population was urban

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  Learning from anywhere, anytime – IESL Launches Live / Online / Interactive CPD     Learning from anywhere, anytime using your internet connected device in a live virtual class,  interacting with the lecturer / participants has come to thousands of IESL Members  who are working all over Sri Lanka and even globally   Figure 1: IESL DLA First Live Interactive CPD programme was delivered on the 2nd of March 2019. T

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  The Origin and Way out of the Energy Crisis -  Part 1     Introduction to the series   The subject of energy requires an in depth analysis on the aspects of background, historical events and possible strategies and programs for future energy security. These cannot be adequately treated in a single article even for a basic understanding.  The present article deals with the social and economic facets of energy in the current environment. The

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  People Skills [PS]       Think about the skill which Sri Lankans do not consider to be an  important in their lives. People Skills (PS), being such, are the styles of human behaviour and behavioural interactions of people around us regardless of the distance between them. Three major abilities are under the umbrella of PS.                   1.      Personal effectiveness

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  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – How can Engineers contribute to eradicate poverty?           There has never been such a discourse that the poverty is nothing to do with Engineering. In my view, like any other profession, be it Economist, Social Scientist, or Development worker, Engineers in all disciplines contribute in eradicating poverty. How do Engineers contribute to eradicate poverty and how can we better do that i

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  Till Sun and Moon Shines [Part 2]   ‘Sustainable Development’: How it became a buzzword?         For some fifteen million years, members of the family of man foraged as animals among animals. Times have changed and the world was still a wilderness 10,000 years ago, without farms or cities or roads. The pace of events has been explosive since then. The entire sequence from the first farming villages, the first sharp break