Business
National Chamber to accomplish collaboration between scientific community and industries
The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka and the National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 10 December 2020.
The Public Research & Development Private Industry-Partnership (PPP) programme is to build on local strength by networking key players in R&D activities and industries to contribute towards the economic development of the country. Promoting R&D in Science & Technology should lead to economic development by way of increasing exports, diversifying exports, and promoting import substitutes. All innovative research leading to the development of new or better products, processes, services, value addition and solving technical problems with commercial potential will be considered for this programme.