A team of top management of the Lanka Electricity Company and Asian Development Bank led by Chairman and General Manager of LECO and Dr. Priyantha Wijethunga, Director, South Asia Energy Division, ADB met the Vice Chancellor Professor Kapila Perera, University of Moratuwa on 16th October 2018 and signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research and development collaboration in smart grids.
The main activities under this MOU are setup and operate a Micro-Grid pilot project and Smart Grid Reaserch Lab in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Vice Chancellor of University of Moratuwa chaired the meeting which was attended by Deputy Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Dean Faculty of Engineering, Head Department of Electrical Engineering and some of academics.