The collaborative Inter-University research partnership between the Department of Bioprocess Technology, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (RUSL), and the Institute for Combinatorial Advanced Research and Education of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU- CARE) has been awarded the Competitive Research Grant by Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the Science and Technology Human Resource Development Project. The total grant of Rs. 100 million was awarded for two years mega-project which aims for the Sustainable Development of North Central Province through Establishing a Functional Framework for Selected Underutilized Wild Fruit Plants in Sri Lanka.
It is a collaborative mega-project comprised of ten sub-projects that will be implemented to strengthen the collaborative research partnership between RUSL and KDU (KDU-CARE.) The sub-projects have been designed to research and develop underutilized wild fruit plants in Sri Lanka to formulate products, processes, and services related to promoting commercial applications such as nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical developments using the advanced bioprocess technology, nanotechnology, polymer technology, and engineering technology.
The principal investigator of this mega-project is Dr. Prasad Jayasooriya from RUSL and Dr. Kalpa Samarakoon from KDU contributes as the principal supervisor and partnership coordinator. Dr. Anchala Kuruppu, Dr. Nadeesha Rathuwadu, Dr. Sampath Alahakoon from KDU-CARE, and Dr. Peshala Kumari attached to the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences contribute as the principal supervisors of the research team of KDU.
Five M.Phil. projects will be registered at the Faculty of Graduate studies of KDU under the following topics,
