VS Hydro

VS is a Sri Lankan company developing hydro power projects Evolution

VSHydro traces its roots back to 1972, when Premasiri Sumanasekera, a graduate in Physical Science from the University of Colombo, who later became a renowned teacher and meteorologist, started Vidya Silpa in the backyard of his residence, essentially to manufacture laboratory science equipment which was previously imported at great cost from the developed Western countries.

Manufacture of these intricate measurement instruments were started with two artisans using basic equipment and technology. A special feature of these products however, were their extreme high quality – a feature that has characterized all VS Group operations hence and has become their watchword.

Soon the company grew from a backyard workshop to being the foremost supplier of laboratory equipment for all schools in Sri Lanka. The equipment manufactured at Vidya Silpa reached the highest quality standards and technological levels equivalent to their much more expensive European counterparts. The two man workshop in the Sumanasekera backyard grew to a large factory with 150 workers – replete with high quality plant and equipment required for manufacture of this equipment.

It has been a long and eventful journey, through times of political turmoil and financial uncertainty and yet VS Group has come out unscathed and stronger than ever, with honour and perseverance.

Mpanga Hydroelectric Power Station in Kitagwenda County, Kamwenge District, in Western Uganda constructed by VS Hydro (Private) Limited,^[1] at an estimated cost of US$26 million.^[2]

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