President says Govt. committed to strengthen local engineers
Tuesday, 7 April 2015 00:41
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Moots Bill to establish National Engineering Committee
President Maithripala Sirisena said that he would personally look into the Bill relating to the establishment of the National Engineering Committee and would take all necessary steps to expedite the process.
He made these observations participating as the Chief Guest at the National Engineering Conference 2015, held at the Hotel Galadari in Colombo last week.
The President said that while emerging as a nation rich in cultural heritage and values, we needed to strengthen our local engineers. He added that the Government was committed to take every possible step to assist the engineers and that it would be implemented as a State policy.
“We must keep confidence in local engineers’ knowledge and experience in development activities of the country and rely on their skills,” the President emphasised. He further said that the Government would utilise contributions from local engineers more in their development programs rather than seeking outside engineers.
“Today, we have been able to win the world physically by construction of huge buildings, highways and with all other material infrastructure, but we have failed spiritually,” the President said. “Only we can enhance the value of the physical world by winning the spiritual world.”
The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) under the theme of ‘Engineering: The Change Agent’ organised the National Engineering Conference 2015.
IESL’s vision is to “Be amongst the leading professional institutions in engineering and technology in the world”. IESL’s mission is “To be the apex national body of engineers in Sri Lanka which ensures internationally recognised and locally relevant standards in the professional practice and education in engineering, while actively supporting national development and diligently serving its members and the society at large”.
