Friday 9 December 2022

The first workshop on Hydrological Studies Using Software Applications at NWP

"Hydrological Studies Using Software Applications", the first workshop of the workshop series was conducted for engineering and technical staff of the Department of  Agrarian Development, Department of Irrigation and CSIAP (NWP) in North Western Province by the Design Cell of the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) at the Irrigation Training Institute Galgamuwa recently. The workshop's purpose was to equip Sri Lankan engineers with knowledge and skills to use software related to Hydrological Studies and to transfer the knowledge gained by the Design Cell of CSIAP to Implementing Agencies and other authorities related to the Irrigation sector.

This workshop, which was held in two sessions of one week each, was initiated under the instructions of  Eng R.M.B. Rajakauruna, Project Director, CSIAP and was guided by the Senior Engineering Consultant Eng H.G.M.Kulasinghe.  Project Engineering Consultants Eng R.M.H.N Bandara and Eng P.H.S. Rangika made their contribution to the workshop as resource persons.  Mr. W.M.S. Wijesinghe, Deputy Project Director of CSIAP (NWP) coordinated the workshop.