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Bandara, Deepthi C.

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Bandara, Deepthi C.
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Agriculture, Innovation, Teaching methodology, Quality assurance of universities
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Last updated: January 31, 2023
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Deepthi C. Bandara (PhD, Pennsylvania State University, USA) is a senior professor at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. An agricultural biologist, she has been actively engaged in teaching methodology, curriculum development, quality assurance, and staff development, in addition to her own teaching and research. She has been a consultant on World Bank-assisted projects on higher education in Sri Lanka over the past 12 years, working on innovations in teaching, learning, and assessment, and fostering university-industry partnerships for commercialization and dissemination of research. She also serves as director of the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission in Sri Lanka.

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    Promoting University-Industry Collaboration in Sri Lanka: Status, Case Studies, and Policy Options
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2016-06-14) Larsen, Kurt; Bandara, Deepthi C.; Esham, Mohamed; Unantenne, Ranmini
    Strong science, technology, and innovation links between universities and industry are of critical importance to Sri Lanka as it strives to become an upper-middle-income country. This report presents an overview of current U-I collaboration in Sri Lanka by analyzing responses to a survey of companies and university departments in 2015. Data from the 2015 survey are compared with data from a similar survey in 2007 to identify trends over time. The study examines current policies to promote U-I collaboration in Sri Lanka, highlights some good practices in other countries, and suggests possible ways that Sri Lanka may be able to strengthen U-I collaboration. The report is intended primarily for policy makers in the fields of higher education, research, and innovation, as well as for researchers in companies, universities, and research institutes who are already collaborating in public-private partnerships or are planning to do so. The responses show that the majority of existing links between Sri Lankan universities and companies are short-term, informal interactions with low direct transfer of knowledge and innovation. However, the survey findings also show a growing emphasis on deeper and more demanding types of collaboration, such as joint Research and Development activities, prototype testing, and spin-offs, even though these remain relatively uncommon.