Mr. K. Thavendren, working at Parker Hannifin AS –Oil & Gas division from Norway, visited the faculty on 14th December 2015 and delivered a talk to the academic staff of mechanical engineering on hydraulic technology especially the technologies which are being used in Parker. He donated some hydraulic equipment and accessories, their manuals, and handbooks. Further, he discussed about constructing a hydraulic system for the faculty of engineeringin collaboration with Parker for demonstration purpose of the students. Also he discussed about conducting a training program in Sri Lanka with the collaboration of the Faculty to introduce cutting-edge technologies in hydraulic operations.