Procedure to be followed in Method Development and 

Consultation upon Industrial Request

1.	Coordinator should be contacted on the required consultation/method development, followed up with a 

	detailed written request to the Head of the Department (fax, hand delivery, e-mail or by post)

2.	Meetings with the academic staff members should be by prior appointment through the coordinator

 	(in the event of not been able to be present for the meetings, both parties should take the responsibility 

	of notifying the coordinator at least 24 hrs in advance)

3.	An agreement letter would be issued by the Department for the consultation/method development undertaken

4.	Agreement letters will be approved and signed by the Head of the Department. In the case of long term method 

	development/consultation projects, the agreement letter will also be approved by the Dean of the Faculty of 

	Science and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo

5.	Payments will be decided on after the preliminary round of discussion. An advance payment will be required

6.	Payments should be made only by cheque, written in favor of “University of Colombo”. Cheques could be 

	handed over to the Chemistry Departmental office during office hours, M-F from 8.30 am-12.00 noon 

	(morning) and 1.00 pm-4.00 pm (afternoon)   

7.	An acknowledgement letter would be issued immediately on payment by the Department for the method 

	development/consultation undertaken, until the formal receipt is issued by the University (Department will 

	notify the industry when 	formal receipt is ready to be picked up. After 7 days of notice receipts will be 	

	mailed to the industry at the address provided)

8.	Payments are non refundable

9.	Original of the acknowledgement letter/receipt should be produced and the balance payment should be made, 

	when collecting the report from the coordinator

10.	The original report will be faxed or mail only upon request by the industry

***  Please note that all correspondence with regard to the Industrial Services  
        would be treated as strictly confidential