Our philosophy

To be the leading Bio Pesticide Producer and Agriculture Consultancy Provider in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.

To provide Innovative Technology for Sustainable Agriculture to the Farming Community to enrich their Productivity.

Increase Farmer’s Income and Production of Healthy Food through Sustainable Agricultural Technologies.

Who we areWhat we do

Lanka Agroartis (Private) Limited was found in 2007 to carry out Research, Development, Production and Distribution of Bio-Pesticide and Bio-Fertilizer. We also provide Consultancies on Plant Protection (Pest and Disease Control), Organic Farming and other related matters through our Internationally qualified and well experienced Scientists.


We're Amazing peopleMeet our team

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Mrs. G.H.M.D.I. Bandara
Director

Founding member of Lanka Agroartis (pvt) Ltd in 2007. She also holds the position of Managing Director of Lumeena (pvt) Ltd. She has a patent on her credit and has local and international experience on insect bioassays and related research.

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Mr. K.A.M.K. Bandara
Director

Founding member of Lanka Agroartis (pvt) Ltd in 2007. He has a Diploma in Social Science and in charge of the Production Department of Lanka Agroartis (pvt) Ltd. He has over 10 years experience in production technology.

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Prof. Vijay Kumar
Director

Prof. Vijaya Kumar is the immediate Past President of both the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka (NASSL) and the Science Council of Asia (SCA), both of which he served as President during 2014-2016. He is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Peradeniya, where he was formerly Senior Professor in Chemistry and Dean, Faculty of Science. He was Chairman of the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) from 2004 to 2013. He was formerly Chairman (2001-2003) and member (1997-2013) of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD), a member of the UN Millennium Development Project Task Force on Science, Technology and Innovation and Chairman of the AFASSA Network of Natural Product Chemists for South-South Cooperation. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Ceylon and D.Phil. degree from the University of Oxford in Organic Chemistry. He is a recipient of the VidyaNithi National Honour, many Presidential Awards for Research and has 72 international publications, 136 conference presentations and 2 patents to his credit, mainly in natural products and insect related chemistry.

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Mr. K.A.S.D.Bandara
Director

Joined Lanka Agroartis (pvt) Ltd in 2007. He obtained BSc in Computer Systems & Networking (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) in 2013 and Post Graduate qualifications in Business Enterprise (New Zealand) in 2016. He involves with administration activities of Lanka Agroartis Pvt Ltd.

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Dr.K.A.N.P.Bandara
Consultant

Dr.K.A.N.P.Bandara was a prominent researcher in the Department of Agriculture specialized in crop protection and botanical pesticide development and retired from the service as the Additional Director (Research) of Horticulture Research and Development Institute in 2016.He obtained his B.Sc degree in 1979 from the University of Kelaniya followed by M.Phil (Agric. Biology) from PGIA in 1987 and Ph.D (Chemical Sciences) from PGIS in 1997, University of Peradeniya. He was the Coordinator of Entomology Working Group of the Department of Agriculture from 2008-2012 and serve as the coordinator of a large number of National and Internationally funded research projects of DOA and served as the District Director of Agriculture in Anuradhapura and Matale from 2012-2014. He is a recipient of four Presidential Research Awards in 2000, 2004 and 2007 and Best Researcher Award from the Department of Agriculture in 2004.Dr Bandara has over 25 international publications and conference presentations and one patent to his credit mainly in pest management and botanical insecticide development research. He has contributed to the farming community with a number of novel technologies on plant protection.