Prof. Meththika Vithanage, Director of Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Science, was awarded the prestigious TWAS-Fayaz M. Al-Kharafi Award 2020 by the World Academy of Sciences, Italy at the Annual Meeting held virtually at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia yesterday (1st November 2021). This annual award, named after...Read More
Ms. Amaya Kalukottage, a first year student of the Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura has won the bronze medal for Sri Lanka in the women’s team event at the Central South Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championship – 2021. The championship was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Accordingly, the gold medal...Read More
A ceremony to confer “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” award on Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge; former vice chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, was held on 14th of October 2021, at the official residence of Ambassador SUGIYAMA Akira. Snr. Prof. Sampath...Read More
As part of Nestlé’s focus on homegrown innovation, its Nestlé Connect University Innovation Challenge has awarded three undergraduate teams out of 200 participants for their winning ideas in nutrition and sustainability. The competition was launched in late 2020 for undergraduates from four universities – University of Kelaniya, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Colombo and...Read More
The State Literary Festival 2020 has awarded the Prize for the Best Translation (Novel) from Sinhala to English to Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake, for her work The Sowing Festival, the translation of Somaratne Balasuriya’s novel Wap Magula. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri...Read More
“The Brilliant Minds; Multiple Intelligence Challenge-2020” was organized by the Center for Digital Education and Professional Development (CDEPD) in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, with the aim of improving students’ IQ and General Knowledge. The competition was conducted under three rounds and the final round was held on 23rd January 2021....Read More
One of the flagship events in the academic calendar of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, “The Research Awards – 2019,” prestigious annual event which was previously scheduled to be held at the Faculty of Technology was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic situation in the country. However the awardees were awarded by the Vice-Chancellor,...Read More
Dr Chameera Udawattha Senior lecturer of Department of Estate Management and Valuation, Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce of USJ received the Presidential Award for Scientific Research 2020, given to the top 100 scientific publications based on their SCImago Journal Ranking (which is source normalized based on weighted citations), where at least 20% of authors are...Read More
“Sanifly” an innovative project carried out by a team of Final year undergraduates following the Business Information Systems (Special) Degree offered by Department of Information Technology (DIT), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura won the National Runners Up position in the Best Innovative product/Project (University Category) of the SLASSCOM National Ingenuity...Read More
The Japanese government made public the recipients of “The Order of the Rising Sun”, conferred by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan on foreign nationals who have made distinguished contributions to enhancing friendly relations with Japan. The Spring Conferment this year honours Sri Lankan national, Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Chairman of the University Grants Commission,...Read More
