Sri Lankan Stamp On International Year Of Chemistry

Sri Lanka Philatelic Bureau with the help of Institute of Chemistry Ceylon  issued  a commemorative Stamp on the 30th  of January 2011.

The IYC Stamp and the First Day Cover were ceremonially cancelled in the presence of the Director of Sri Lanka bureau,  Dean Of College of Chemical Sciences, the President, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon and the invited guests.

 

Stamp Featuring Madame Marie Curie And Professor M.U.S Sultanbawa. The Stamp Also Features Sri Lankan Gem- Blue Sapphire with Chemical Structure Of Constituent Aluminum Oxide ( Al2 O3 )

 

Professor M.U.S Sultanbawa featured on the Stamp,hailed from Dutch Fort of Galle and was brought up under the watchful eyes of the reverend Jesuit Fathers and eminently qualified teachers at St. Aloysius' College, Galle in the early 1930's. Sultanbawa chose not leave to Sri Lanka in lieu of greener pastures to the West.

He took up an assignment at Nigeria for a brief period and soon returned to Sri Lanka to contribute by leaps and bounds to the intellectual well-being of Sri Lankans. He fearlessly executed all assignments that were shouldered on him by Late Sir Ivor Jennings, who recognized the talent in Sultanbawa during early research years at Peradeniya.

Prof. Sultanbawa was conferred the D.Sc. in 1978 by the University of London. He was honoured with the title 'Vidya Jyothi' in 1990 by the President of Sri Lanka and made a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science. Sultanbawa was also the winner of the Guinness Award for Scientific Achievements in 1978.

Prof. Sultanbawa was actively involved with the work of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon and the Ceylon Association of the Advancement of Science (CAAS presently known as SLAAS) and held office of the General President of CAAS in 1972. He was instrumental in organizing a series of islandwide school exhibitions under the patronage of CAAs. Prof. Sultanbawa functioned as the Chancellor of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka (1986) from its inception

 

Sri Lanka Post First Day Cover Released To Mark The International Year Of Chemistry

Block Of Four Stamps Of The Stamp Issue By Sri Lanka Post On The Occasion Of IYC 2011

Clickable Map Of Dutch Fort At Galle From Where M.U.S Sultanbawa (Depicted On Stamp ) Hailed From