A delegation of 15 scientists and government higher officials from Sri Lanka visited ICCBS on May 9, 2019 to look at the standards of research and academic, and latest development at the country’s prominent research establishment. Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director, ICCBS, welcomed the Sri Lankan delegation, led by Madhawa Dewasurendra, Additional Secretary (Development) Ministry of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education, Sri Lanka.

Madhawa Dewasurendra, Additional Secretary (Development) Ministry of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education, Sri Lanka, expressed his satisfaction over the excellence of the international center, and said that state-of-the-art research laboratories at the ICCBS and the peaceful research and academic environment were ideal for Sri Lankan students to pursue their advanced studies. It was proposed that a large number of Sri Lankan students and scholars will visit International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), to pursue higher learning degree programs. These Sri Lankan students pursuing higher learning degree programs in chemical and biological sciences will be accommodated at the ICCBS on account of 'Allama Iqbal Scholarships' offered by the Pak-Sri Lanka Higher Education Cooperation Program under Pakistan Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) for Sri Lanka.

The delegation comprises on Prof. Dr. P. S. M. Gunaratne, Prof. Dr. E. M. P. Ekanayake, Prof. Dr. F. C. Ragel, Prof. Dr. M. Sunil Shantha, Prof. Dr. M. M. M. Najeem, Prof. Dr. J. L. Rathasekera, Dr. Saumya Liyanage, Dr. A. P. Madurapperuma, Maj. Gen. (R), Milinda Perris, Dr. S. M. Mohamed Ismail, Prof. P. K. S. Mahanama, Dr. Thusitha S. L. W. Gunawardana, Seyed Abdul Cader Mohamed Zuhyle, and Dr. R. G. Upali Rajapakshe, paid a visit to various
laboratories of the center.