The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka is the successor to the ‘Engineering Association of
Ceylon’, which was founded in 1906. In 1968, the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka was made
an incorporated body of the government, by an Act of Parliament. The IESL being the Apex body
for engineering professionals in Sri Lanka, having a membership of more than 20,000, is called
upon and mandated to represent the profession at many national forums and to contribute for
the national development with the Vision to be among the leading professional institutions of
engineering and technology in the world, has Missioned techno Sri Lanka for “Bringing out and
Unleashing the Country’s Multi – Disciplinary Engineering Talents, for Driving Sri Lanka into
Technological Excellence and for Revolutionary Uplifting of Peoples’ Living Conditions”.