Ministry of Technology and Research
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Jurisdiction | Sri Lanka |
Headquarters | Colombo 03, Sri Lanka |
Employees | 1,041 |
Annual budget | Rs 4.370,160 Billion |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Website | www.motr.gov.lk |
The Ministry of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to implementation, regulation and growth of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy in Sri Lanka.
The ministry is not responsible for tertiary education which comes under the Ministry of Higher Education; however, an institute of higher education does come under the ministry.
List of ministers
Minister of Technology and Research of Sri Lanka | |
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Ministry of Technology and Research | |
Website | www.motr.gov.lk |
The Minister of Technology and Research is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
- Parties
Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Jathika Hela Urumaya
Name | Portrait | Party | Tenure | President | ||
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Champika Ranawaka | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 28 January 2013 – 18 November 2014 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | |||
Susil Premajayanth | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 September 2015 - | Maithripala Sirisena |
Institutions
- Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
- National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF)
- Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCCMT)
- Atomic Energy Authority (AEA)
- Industrial Technology Institute (ITI)
- National Science & Technology Commission
- National Engineering, Research and Development Centre (NERDC)
- Sri Lanka Planetarium
- National Research Council of Sri Lanka (NRC)