Prof. E.O.E. Pereira was the father of technical education in Sri Lanka. He was the founder dean of the college of engineering in then University of Ceylon and was the dean when I entered the University. The traditions of academic excellence he built as the dean for over twenty years enabled hundreds of us to excel in leading universities around the world as students, researchers and teachers in various fields. We are eternally grateful to him for his leadership and guidance that made us what we are today.
Professor E. O. E. Pereira Memorial Lecture is hosted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Engineers on his birthday, September 13th, every year. I was honored to deliver the 2010 Professor E.O.E. Pereira memorial lecture to a distinguished audience in Colombo. The topic of the lecture was “Process Engineering Research on Agro-Industrial Issues in Sri Lanka”. It was based on several research and development activities that I became involved in Sri Lanka upon my return from UCDavis.
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