Scientist, Entrepreneur, Mother | Dr. Jayeni Hitibandaralage (Plant Biotechnology)

#PlantBioTech #PhDAdvice #SriLanka #Research #Sinhala #Science #Engineering #ResearchAdvice
I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Jayeni Hitibandaralage. She specialized in Plant Biotechnology (PBT) at the University of Colombo. She has worked in the industry prior to going for her a PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her PhD was groundbreaking! Titled: PhD for Developing World’s First Meristem Based Commercial Tissue Culture Platform for Avocado. She also has her Bio Tech Lab setup in Sri Lanka and while doing research in Australia, she is running her company in Sri Lanka. I personally found this inspirational because while balancing the role of a parent she was able to accomplish these ventures. I hope this talk gives inspiration to many out there! Please check the timecodes in the discussion section so you get an overview of the topics discussed.
00:00 Intro
00:48 Where does your story start?
06:56 Your first venture after graduation (Tissue Culture Lab)
14:18 From where did you learn all these skills?
17:10 What is the demand for Plant Biotechnology in Sri Lanka?
25:14 Let’s talk about your Undergraduate Research
29:40 Your second venture
32:04 Starting from scratch
37:42 Motherhood, Management and Migration
39:15 What made me go for a PhD
40:54 PhD Research - The breakthrough
51:23 The story of your company
55:12 Dealing with uncertainty in PhD
57:12 Your company - financing, management STC Bio Tech (pvt) limited
1:04:03 Attitudes of Sri Lankans Vs other countries (in University and Corporate world)
1:11:00 Plans for the future
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[@anjalikothalawala8181]

She is perfectly suitable to my career goal cuz I also need to be a scientist and an entrepreneur in the biotechnology scheme. So proud to see a women like her in my country and this program help me to improve the motivation to reach my goal. Thanks for both of you

[@chalaniruchirawelaratne273]

I am a final year biotechnology undergraduate in university of Mumbai. This is so interesting. Normally I am not studious about plants as animals. Here this is the point which I changed myself. Thank you very much dear ma'am and sir!

[@iot3136]

Dr. Jayeni Hitibandaralage is an inspirational character in our history. Role model for everyone in our country and for anyone. Blessings!!!

[@thisaree3304]

Thank you so much for this channel ....keep doing this type of investigative and advantageous programs .......best of luck

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Me akki ge life story ekan film ekak hari tv series ekak hari klaa nm niyamaai api wage aya godk mortivate venwa . Akki ape rata gana hithana vidi hath niyamai godaaaak watinwa akki oyage life story eka 😃

[@dini8673]

Thank you so much for this video!! Really means a lot!!

[@hashanmadhawa6096]

This session was like so good. Please do more sessions like this. Because it's so inspiring and to be honest i listened so attentively through out the whole session. Dr.Jayeni is such a insipirational figure,how she took her life steps one at a time and explained her journey so wonderfully. Me as an undergradute has alot to take out of this and ive already shared this video link with my whole. Keep Inspiring Fadil!!

[@blackhole1199]

Superb Very inspirational Thank u so much Good luck for your future plans

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wow what a inspirational story 😍 Best luck for your future goals jayeni akki.

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Really its an amazing one brother and I'm very proud to have Prof. Tara as my Mphil supervisor.

[@IQLabs]

wonderful machan! I'm so glad you found it useful!

[@Drifting_Leaf]

Congratulations Jayani. Good luck with your venture. Sri Lanka needs daughters like you.

[@omethaieshana4253]

Mageth goal eka scientist😍😍Thank you madom

[@anuraudagedara3676]

A big thanks to her parents, teachers and all who helped her to build this strong personality!! So proud of you...

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Thank you aiye meh wage videos hadanawata ..... Mamath Dan UOC FOS eke bio science stream eke igana gannawa... this is really inspiring and informative

[@tharushihimasha403]

Thank you.

[@lalithgunawardana1483]

Hats off to you Jayeni ! Good job Fathil.

[@kasuni5557]

Thank you so much..!!! Worth it beyond words❤️👍

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This is excellent video.❤ Please do a session about agriculture technology and management . I want to know about it.

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So inspiring...🤜

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Thank You🙏😍

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Best of luck Akki and ayya

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Really superb 👍 please do more videos like this ☺️

[@chathumikumarage9808]

Thank you so much🙏 me wage vedios genwata😍 good luck brother 😊

[@sandaliherath8367]

Thank you very much for this videos. Please do a video about research amd higher education opportunities for agriculture Science degree holders.

[@sunandabandara1]

Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Superb akki niyamai proud of you aiyaa me wage aya thawath interview kranna thanks a lot ♥️😃

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Ane sir biomedical science ගැන vedio එකක් කරන්නකො..🙏

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exemplary character.....👏👏

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Super ❤

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Excellent video! Very Inspirational!

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Thanks machan!

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Thnks...I am al student 😊

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[@sandalifernando3609]

Fadil, thanks a lot for this video. I also graduated with a PBT special degree from Jpura which is pretty much similar to that of Colombo uni. So I can guarantee that, just like it was explained here, PBT is a wonderful and fascinating field. Never boring. It has a wide range of streams starting from traditional breeding of crops to editing their genes to overcome today’s challenges. E.g. Production of golden rice, wheat varieties resistant to drought (you can add a gene into wheat from one other drought tolerant plant species), producing fruits with a longer shelf life, producing ornamental flowers with new, different colour combinations etc. However, the lack of sophisticated facilities in Sri Lankan labs is a huge issue which discourages the continuation of biotechnology related research. I hope the government opens their eye and increases the budget and facilities available for R&D in the future. On the other hand, students in the (A/L) Biology stream should get to know about this area and see how much more doors are available for them, not just medicine, dental sciences etc (No offense). It was nice listening to someone speak about PBT at last! 🙂

[@IQLabs]

I'm so glad you liked it. My pleasure Sandali! I found this area quite fascinating :D Let's do the best we can for now, and see how things unfold in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@vvd8020]

Akki I have selected for jpura bioscience degree in this year and I'm waiting to study pbt😊 Can I know the difference between pbt and pbl.

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Really interesting 🥰🥰

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Pls do more like this podcast❤

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Aiye.. ratata watina chanel ekak.. Thank you so much. adai chanel eka hambune

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Mek atta❤

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Wow wish you best of luck both of you .thank you very much

[@IQLabs]

Thank you! 😃

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Please do an interview with a scientist who is doing higher studies in agri field.

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Good luck❤❤

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All the best..❤ thank you..

[@IQLabs]

Thank you too

[@nadeeshachandrasiri4550]

Wow, this the most awaiting video of your Fathil...real interesting! Thank you very much brother for the interview💐 All the best Jayeni akka❤

[@IQLabs]

My pleasure! Thank you for the kind wishes. I wish you all the best!

[@jayenihitibandaralage5632]

Thanks so much

[@vvd8020]

Woah ❤😊 really interesting video akki❤ This is my dream also . Thank you so much dear aiya !!! For these kinds of videos. And I have selected to jpura bioscience degree and waiting for study pbt 😍💟

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So inspiring !!Thank you so much.pls upload a vedio of a physics phd student.I think you are also a one....🙂I am also about to start my phd.pls..pls...upload.

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Man aasama field eka

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Ane Mage Asama field ekath genetics Dan visheshayenma crisper Cas9 kiyana gene editing kramaya. Mage asawa me kramaya magin kawadahari thaliseemiya rogaya suwa karanna kramayak hoyaganna. Me video eka Loku motivation ekak. Thankyou me video ekata. Lankawa biotechnology walata thank thiyenawa kiyala danagaththa eka hondai. Ganulamayek widiyata thawath sathutui.

[@IQLabs]

All the best!

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Ayya this is so inspiring! ❤️Please do a session with food scientist.

[@IQLabs]

You're welcome! Check Dr. Himaya's video I made :D

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Motivated

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❤🔥

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Sir, I am thinking of applying OUSL ..and I am interested in Bio medical sciences ..The problem is OUSL doesn't offer that degree ..should I apply for a private campus or apply OUSL in natural sciences ? What is your opinion ?

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I'll see machan, that's an area which I don't have any connections to.

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❤️

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♥️