Japan Science and Technology Agency visits the University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Mr. Yuji Nishakawa, Vice Chancellor Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Prof. Ranil De Silva, Prof Pathmalal

A delegation from Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan arrived at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 19th February 2019 at the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, USJP as a result of the official meeting held on 29th November 2017 with Vice-Chancellor of the USJP. (http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/operations/operation_d.html)

The Delegation from JST;

  • Yuji Nishikawa, Advisor for International Relations and Cooperation, Sakura Exchange Program in Science (Sakura Science Plan: SSP), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  • Okimura, Senior Fellow, JST
  • Fukasawa, Program Coordinator, JST
  • 03 Representatives from JISTEC (Japan International Science and Technology Center)

This meeting provided an opportunity towards implementation of  exchange programs among students, faculty members and researchers with the objective of realizing research projects and joint publications. As a fruitful effort of this meeting in the near future, following student exchange opportunities will be available;

Sakura Exchange Program in Science

To materialize a bright future of Asia and to enhance the exchange of youth in Asian countries and Japan who will play a crucial role in S&T.

A short term (l-3 weeks) invitation  program to give aspiring youths in Asia and neighboring regions opportunities to experience cutting-edge science and technology in Japan.

Objectives of this program are:

  • To enhance exchanges of youth between Asia and Japan in the field of science and technology.
  • To contribute to nurture human resources in the field of science and technology
  • To raise the interest of youths in Asia and neighboring regions  towards leading Japanese science and technology.

Who are eligible to apply?

  • High school students
  • University or Graduate school students
  • Postdoctoral researchers
  • Teachers
  • The applicants should be below 40 years of age and never visited Japan.

The program would greatly benefit the applicants as there will be many eye-opening opportunities such as exposure to  Nobel Laureates, Multicultural and cutting-edge technologies, etc. Operations in Sri Lanka have initiated since 2016 with 262 successful participants from University and School nationwide.

 

Left: Mr. Yuji Nishakawa explaining the Sakura Exchange Program to Prof. Ranil De Silva, Right: JST delegates with Professor Ranil in front of the Genetics Diagnostics Lab

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ජපන් විද්‍යා හා තාක්ෂණික නියෝජිතායතනය, ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ සංචාරයකට පැමිණේ.

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නොබෙල් සම්මාන ලාභීන් හමුවීම, බහු සංස්කෘතික සහ අති නවීන තාක්ෂණයන් ඇසුරු කිරීමට ලැබීම වැනි අවස්ථා රැසක් ඇති බැවින් මෙම වැඩ සටහන අයදුම්කරුවන්ට බොහෝ සෙයින් ප්‍රයෝජනවත් වනු ඇත. මෙම වැඩසටහන 2016 සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෙහෙයුම් කටයුතු ආරම්භ කර ඇත.

වැඩිදුර විස්තර සඳහා : https://www.sjp.ac.lk/news/japan-science-technology-agency-visits-university-sri-jayewardenepura/

Left: Mr. Yuji Nishakawa explaining the Sakura Exchange Program to Prof. Ranil De Silva, Right: JST delegates with Professor Ranil in front of the Genetics Diagnostics Lab

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