Courtesy News.LK

The Colombo Robotics Meetup 2025” programme, organized collaboratively by the National Initiative for Research and Development Commercialisation (NIRDC), Sri Lanka Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), National Enterprise Development Authority (NEDA) and Export Development Board (EDB) in partnership with NSBM Green University, was successfully held yesterday (12) at the NSBM Green University premises.

This programme, aimed at introducing robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related modern technologies to the agricultural sector while engaging small and medium-scale entrepreneurs, brought together over 200 participants, including entrepreneurs, students and innovators.

The event was attended by a distinguished group from academia, industry and the public sector, including Director of the Morph Lab at Imperial College London Professor Thrishantha Nanayakkara,   Director General of NIRDC Dr. Muditha D. Senarath Yapa and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of NSBM Green University Professor Chaminda Ratnayake.

Dr. Muditha D. Senarath Yapa, Director General of NIRDC, delivered a presentation introducing NIRDC and emphasized the importance of new technologies for enhancing efficiency in Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector. He further highlighted how advancing related research could accelerate the government’s vision of building a production-based economy.

A key highlight of the event was the series of presentations on modern agricultural technologies.

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