Graduate School of Science and Engineering and Center for Research and Training on International Development (CERTID) at Saitama University have been working on a JST – JICA project, SATREPS: Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with Center for Environmental Science in Saitama (CESS) since 2010: ‘Development of Pollution Control and Environmental Restoration Technologies of Waste Landfill Sites Taking into Account Geographical Characteristics in Sri Lanka’ led by Professor Norio Tanaka of SU.

 7 members from University of Peradeniya and Sri Lanka government as counterpart organizations visited Saitama University for training and made a courtesy call on Dr. Seiichiro Nakabayashi: Vice President of Saitama University, in charge of International Affairs, to report on the progress, February 15, 2016.  The following discussion reached a consensus on the importance of the project and the necessity for further cooperation.

From left in the front row: Prof. Leelananda Rajapaksha, Dr. Nakabayashi, Dr. G.B.B. Herath