Dr. Gayan Priyadarshana, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Materials and Mechanical Technology, Faculty of Technology has received an Investigator Driven Grant by the National Research Council (NRC)-Sri Lanka on 14th December 2022 for the project entitled; “Colloidal Dispersions of Cellulose Nanostructures from Sustainable Raw Materials and Their Applications in Packaging Industry”. Co-investigators of the project are Prof. Renuka Nilmini, Dr. Ruchira Wijesena, and Dr. Randika Jayasinghe.