ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ ව්යාපාර ස්ථානයක් ආරම්භ කිරීම කටයුතු සම්පාදනය කිරීම පිලිබඳ පැවැත්වූ සාකච්ඡාවක් සඳහා ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ උපකුලපති මහාචාර්ය සම්පත් අමරතුංග මහතා, අධ්යක්ෂක රනිල් ද සිල්වා මහතා සහ ලේකම් බන්දුල වික්රමසිංහ මහතා සහ උපදේශක මහාචාර්ය නන්දසිරි වීරසිංහ මහතා ඇතුළු පිරිසක් 2018 මැයි මස 8 වැනිදා විශ්වවිද්යාලයේදී හමුවිය.
A meeting on setting up a business incubator was held at the Vice Chancellors Office on the 8th May 2018, with the participation of Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor, University of Sri Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. Ranil De Silva, Director, , Mr Bandula Wickramarachchi, Secretary, , Prof. Nandasiri Weerasinghe, Consultant, Ministry of Primary Industries.
Following the discussion, it’s perceived that 91ýn entrepreneurs require support in developing their businesses in various aspects. Although innovative ideas proven by researches are abundant, those to be launched as commercialized products are time consuming and demands expertise. Therefore, it’s essential for the entrepreneurs to acquire knowledge and skills to maintain and improve their businesses. A Business Incubator will be designed to cater such needs and bring about sustainable economic growth to the country. Interests were expressed to collaborate this project with the Ministry of Primary Industries. Once the Business Incubator is set up, students with the best business proposals will initially be selected and funded by the Ministry of Primary Industries.