Ongoing Treasury Grant Projects as at March 2020
1. Development of data base on nutritional, chemical, molecular and morphological characteristics of selected
traditional and widely consuming improved rice varieties of Sri Lanka: Suitability to use as chemical and
molecular finger prints in identifying rice varieties at grain level. (TG 18/146)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
2. Screening of Anti-Nutritional factors(ANFs) and activity of bio active proteins in locally grown edible legume
varieties. (TG 18/147)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Theja Herath This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
3. Screening and assessment of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Sri Lankan dairies (under TG
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
4. Study on the use of sugar substitutes for food products, their detection and the development of low calorie
foods. (TG 18/150)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Mr. Tharaka Gunawardena This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
5. Curing of bamboo culm that suit to tropical environment and bamboo products development (TG 18/152)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. P. N. R. J. Amunugoda This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
6. Development and scaling up of technologies of value added products from selected underutilized fruits and
investigation of their functional properties. (TG 19/169)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Theja Herath This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
7. Spray drying of selected fruits, vegetable juices and yam pulps and innovative spray dried powder based
product development. (TG 19/170)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. P N R J Amunugoda This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
8. Chemical residues in bovine milk produced by medium and large scale dairy farms and their public health
concern in Sri Lanka. (TG 19/171)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
9. Development of technologies to utilize waste whey in local dairy bio processing industries for the production
of value added/functional beverages (TG 19/172)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Ms. Upeka Rajawardana This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
10. Establishment of a facility for thermal process validation of canned food and low moisture processed food
operations in Sri Lanka. (TG 19/173)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Mr. Samantha Madage This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
11. Development of a plant based fungicide formulation to control anthracnose disease of mango and papaya.
(TG 19/174)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Ongoing Treasury Funded Projects as at March 2020
1. Enhancing the nutritional stages of people by introducing healthy food products from jack, pumpkin, banana
and fish while reducing postharvest losses of these commodities. (FP 128)
Funded by |
Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Completed Projects 2009 – March 2020 – (FP)
1. Biological based post-harvest quality maintenance & disease control for mango & papaya (FP 86)
Funded by |
HORT CRSP & USAID |
Contact Person |
Dr. (Ms.) Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
2. Value addition to fruits and vegetables by clarifying, concentrating and separationof bioactive
components using membrane filtration technology and process (FP 96)
Funded by |
National Science Foundation |
Contact Person |
Dr. (Ms.) Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
3. Enhanced preservation of fruits by controlled delivery of Hexanal using nano-fibres & bio-films developed
from indigenous crops (FP 101)
Funded by |
IDRC, Canada |
Contact Person |
Dr. (Ms.) Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
4. Formulation of probiotic foods as an alternative treatment for Helicobacter pylori (FP 102)
Funded by |
National Science Foundation |
Contact Person |
Dr. (Ms.) Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
5. Ensuring human health, food & nutritional security through novel cereal & fruit based prebiotics (FP 110)
Funded by |
Indo-Sri Lanka Governments |
Contact Person |
Dr. Wasundara Divisekera This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
6. Production of Glucose syrup and high protein concentrates from locally available raw materials of broken rice,
maize & manioc (FP 111)
Funded by |
National Research Council |
Contact Person |
Dr. Theja Herath This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
7. Enhanced preservation of fruits using nanotechnology (CIFSRF Phase 2) (FP 116)
Funded by |
IDRC, Canada |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
8. Biodiversity and technological potential of micro-flora from Selected Sri Lankan dairies (FP 120)
Funded by |
National Science Foundation |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
10. Studies in surface sterilization of spices using non thermal processes (FP 125)
Funded by |
Indo- Sri Lanka Joint collaboration |
Contact Person |
Dr. P N R J Amunugoda This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Completed Projects 2009 – March 2020 – (TG)
1. High iron & protein containing rice products (TG 11/34)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Theja Herath This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
2. Rice bran snacks rich in antioxidants (TG 11/35)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Theja Herath This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
3. Formulation of anti-diabetic rice bran products (TG 11/36)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Ms. Ramya Pitipanaarachchi This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
4. Identification of anti-inflammatory & lipid lowering traditional rice (TG 11/37)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
5. Enhancing the quality of Jaadi (TG 11/41)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Mr. Samantha Madage This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
6. Establishment of a testing facility to assess imported feed (TG 11/42)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Mr. Samantha Madage This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
7. Assessment of suitability of selected Sri Lankan tomato varieties for development of physico-chemically &
functionally sound tomato puree under different processing conditions (TG 13/65)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
8. Development of a low caloric functional bread (TG 13/66)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
9. Establishment of non thermal processing technologies for blended fruit and vegetable
juices (TG 13/67)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. P N R J Amunugoda This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
10. Formulation of ready-to-drink beverage and herbal tea with Thebu (Costusspeciosus)
and evaluation of bioactivity (TG 13/68)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Ms. Udayani Binduhewa This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
11. Quality Analysis of Selected Imported & local Food in Sri Lankan Food Baskets (TG 13/00/04)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Ilmi Hewajulige This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
12. Formulation of high fibre & low sugar healthy cereal based products from selected local
raw materials (TG 15/101)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Theja Herath This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
13. Study of Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in selected firewood smoke &
development of a cottage level food Smoker (TG 15/115)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Mr. Samantha Madage This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
14. Testing of heat pump dryer for perishables & cereal dehydration (TG 15/116)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. P N R J Amunugoda This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
15. Isolation, identification & characterization of potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria of
dairy origin in Sri Lanka for future application as probiotic starters (TG 15/117)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Ms. Upeka Rajawardana This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
16. Evaluation of bioactive properties of Sri Lankan Finger millet and determination of in-vitro cholesterol
assimilation effect of potential probiotics isolated from Finger millet (TG 16/122)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. Wasundara Divisekera This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
17. Development of an anti-glycation and glycation reversing assay kit addressing all stages of glycation process
(TG 16/123)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Dr. P. Ranasinghe This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
18. Development of shelf stable high energy instant food products from locally available raw materials using
gamma irradiation (TG 16/124)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Ms. Ramya Pitipanaarachchi This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
19. Technological optimization and shelf life studies of processed and refrigerated coffee-milk beverage.
(TG 18/148)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Ms. Udayani Binduhewa This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
20. Assessment of frying conditions on safety and quality aspects of food. (TG 18/151)
Funded by |
General, Treasury |
Contact Person |
Mr. Nisala Gunasekara This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |