The Government of Japan will grant Rs. 12 million under its Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Project for upgrading audio- visual equipment at the Department of Mass Media, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo.
The grant contract was signed between Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma and University of Colombo Vice Chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake on January 17 at the College House of the University of Colombo.
Heads of Department at the Sri Palee Campus, as well as other guests, participated.
As time shifts from analog media to digital media, the Government of Japan grant consists of equipment for the next phase of the digital age.
It is expected that this project would contribute to capacity building in the field of next-generation media training and also to placing the Sri Palee campus as the focal point of media experts’ education.
The Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka hopes that this project would promote cultural exchanges and deepen friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and Sri Lanka, the embassy said in a release.
Add new comment