He worked at the Maha Illuppalama Agricultural Centre and later was appointed to direct a training programme and to set up The TTI with "Honesty-Training-Industry" as its motto.
The United Kingdom and Canada classified the TTI as a Regional Technical Training Institute (RTTI) for South East Asian Countries under the Colombo Plan.
In 1976, the National Diploma in Technology (NDT) engineering second-year courses were transferred from HSTI to Katubedda which later became a separate unit under the University of Moratuwa.
These are two-year colleges providing courses with a practical bias designed to meet the manpower requirements of the developing nation.
The Junior University College strived to meet the manpower needs of both the public and the private sector, emphasizing employment-oriented rather than purely academic education that leads directly to job placement[14] The idea of a Junior University Colleges of Ceylon was proposed by the Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs of Ceylon, I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla.
Among the institutions visited were the junior colleges of Southern California, was impressed with what he saw and "returned to Ceylon with renewed enthusiasm and determination to provide semi-professional education for his nation" The junior university colleges system is at the apex of Ceylon's educational reforms.
[15][16] Tertiary & Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) has granted NVQ level 6 equivalence to the following HND programmes of SLIATE.
The Ceylon Technical College at Maradana was set up by the colonial government in 1893, accounting education was not given a place in its programs for another fifty years.
Only after 1942 did the Ceylon Technical College take steps to organize and offer certificate and diploma courses in accounting.
The curriculum of this course was quite similar to those of the leading professional accounting bodies in the U.K.[36] The Higher National Diploma in Information Technology (HNDIT) program at the Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE) was developed and commenced in 2000 with the objective of producing the middle level IT professional required for the new millennium.
Objective of HND-AGRI course is to produce middle-level managers, who are capable of practicing appropriate technology and management tasks in crop and animal production, agro product processing and agribusiness and contributing to the socioeconomic and sustainable development of the agriculture sector locally and internationally, with professional attitudes and confidence to serve the local and global community.
National diploma in Business and Finance has been introduced in 1984 by the Board of Technology and Education Council in United Kingdom.
The school also attempts to provide students with specialized knowledge in selected areas of study with accompanied technical skills in finance, management, and business strategy.
Therefore, the program is intended to provide a clear and adequate understanding about Engineering principles, practical applications and emerging necessities of changes and creative innovations in the specific area/field to move with time.
Since then, SLIATE has been conducting this program with the aim of creating Higher National Diploma Holders who are competent enough and equipped with modern technology in the disciplines of Civil, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering.