The Industrial Technology Institute is a wholly owned institute of the Government of Sri Lanka and functions under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The organization, previously known as the Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (CISIR), formally became the ITI on 1st April 1998 as a result of the Science and Technology Development Act No. 11 of 1994. The mandate set forth in this act reads,
The Technology Institute shall be demand driven. The object of the Technology Institute shall be to elevate the level of technology in Sri Lanka to the level required for rapid industrialization.
True to this vision, the institute has grown steadily over the past fifty years. From a humble beginning in 1955 as the CISIR, the ITI has expanded continuously to accommodate a wide and varied staff consisting of 352 professionals from a myriad of different scientific disciplines. Thus, it is with knowledgeability and confidence that we come forward to meet the increasingly complex demands of our two thousand plus clientele.
Our Mission
To provide demand driven scientific industrial R&D and internationally competitive technical services to catalyze rapid industrialization for the benefit of the people of Sri Lanka.
