Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2019-08-13

Grant Agreements to be entered into with Foreign Institutes by the University of Peradeniya, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the University of Colombo and the University of Kelaniya

- The proposal made by the Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education to vest the power with the respective Vice Chancellors of the University of Peradeniya, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the University of Colombo and the University of Kelaniya to enter into 02 grant agreements by the University of Peradeniya and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura with the Asian Institute of Technology in Thiland on the Curriculum Development in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, to enter into a grant agreement between the University of Colombo and the University of Graz in Australia on Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia and to enter into a grant agreement between the University of Kelaniya and the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine of Research Office, on Transfer of Material, was approved by the Cabinet.