Connect ahead is an ‘App’ developed to connect Industries with Universities.
CREATING ACCOUNT AS ACADEMIC MEMBER
Academic members are expected to create a profile for themselves. This app acts as a platform facilitates exposure within companies and other universities like a match making website so that academics can connect with other University academics or private companies without hassle.
URL : https://ahead.lk/connect/
This app is just developed and launched under AHEAD Grant of WORLD BANK. Depending on the usage and interest the features will be improved with time. Students are not expected to update their information. Though their input is valued but when they leave and if a company try to contact, there will be an issue. There is no point in creating the profile if there are no key words. The industries researchers are working with are also expected inform to register in the App.
| Title | Faculty | Principal Inventor | RIC/DOR |
| Developing speaker verification and speaker diarization technologies for real world applications | Faculty of Engineering | Dr. Ahilan Kanagasundaram | RIC 2 |
| Cultivation of microalgae for biolipid production. optimization of net energy and mathematical modeling of bioprocesses | Faculty of Engineering | Dr. Balachandran Ketheesan | DOR 82 |
| Development of Novel Electrolyte and Electrode Materials for Secondary Sodium-ion and Magnesium-ion Batteries | Faculty of Science | Dr. Kandasamy Vignarooban | DOR 62 |
| Multi-Stakeholder Approach for Water Security in Northern Province, Sri Lanka: Through Participatory Action Research | Faculty of Gratuate studies | Dr. Rajendra Surenthirakumaran | R2 DOR 6 |