Sri Lanka, Sept. 22 -- The National Engineering Research & Development Centre (NERDC) of Sri Lanka is grooming budding Lankan innovators as entrepreneurs in producing novel products locally, Dr Jayathu G. Samarawickrama, Director General NERDC told Daily News on the sideline of the Industry Expo which concluded at BMICH yesterday.

He said a newly invented electric fence to keep elephants at bay which was installed around the Weerawila Outdoor Prisons by NERDC investing

Dr Jayathu G. Samarawickrama, Director General NERDC Pictures by Sudath MalaweeraDr Jayathu G. Samarawickrama, Director General NERDC Pictures by Sudath Malaweera over Rs 20 million a year ago has proven to be very successful. The fence, which stands 16-feet tall, hangs f...