SGAC Sri Lanka

Regional Coordinator
Asia Pacific
Yohan Ferreira
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Welcome to SGAC Sri Lanka! Space awareness has recently started to grow, although many people still see space as being an astronaut. The new generation, though, is in the process of perceiving space as a source of opportunities for the future. While most enthusiasts still leave the country at some point in their careers searching for better opportunities, SGAC Sri Lanka hopes to bring the young Sri Lankans together to grow a network.

SGAC is currently looking for a representative of this country, if you are interested on becoming NPoC of Sri Lanka, please visit the section Get Involved in this webpage, and join us!

Young Space Activities Overview in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, many aerospace- and astronomy-related activities are youth oriented. Most of these activities are hosted by universities and colleges and are mainly quiz competitions, workshops and night camps. In the past year, many space related public outreach activities were held throughout the country in commemoration of the International Year of Astronomy. SGAC members supported many star gazing events, and several astronomical events were organised by the Sri Lanka Planetarium and the Sri Lanka Astronomical Association (SLAA).

Interesting Web Links for the Young Generation in Sri Lanka

Groups

Beyond International Year of Astronomy: http://www.astronomy2009.org

Sri Lanka Astronomical Association SLAA : http://aalk.lakdiva.net/NAM08 or http://aalk.lakdiva.net/membership

Sri Lanka into Space: Space News Article Nov 2009

Institutions

Athur C. Clark Center for Modern Technologies http://www.accimt.ac.lk

Open University: http://www.ousl.lk

Studies

The Open University faculty of natural sciences offers astronomy as a subject in its joint major degree programme: http://www.ousl.lk

University of Colombo offers astronomy as subject as part of a physics special degree: http://www.cmb.ac.lk

National report of Sri Lanka in SGAC's annual report 2009