The National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

(NSF) was established in 1998 (by Act No.11 of 1994) as the successor to the Natural Resources Energy & Science Authority of Sri Lanka (NARESA) established in 1981 and the National Science Council set up in 1968.

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The National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

(NSF) was established in 1998 (by Act No.11 of 1994) as the successor to the Natural Resources Energy & Science Authority of Sri Lanka (NARESA) established in 1981 and the National Science Council set up in 1968.

Objectives

• To initiate, facilitate and support basic and applied scientific research by universities , science and technology institutions and scientists, with a view to -
• strengthening scientific research potential, including research in the social sciences, and scientific education programmes;
• developing the natural resources of Sri Lanka;
• promoting the welfare of the people of Sri Lanka; and
• training research personnel in science and technology;

Divisions

• Library website=http://www.nsf.ac.lk/nslrc
• Library Staff emails=http://www.nsf.ac.lk/staff.php?division=NATIONAL%20SCIENCE%20LIBRARY%20AND%20RESOURCE%20CENTRE