The Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts organized a seminar and workshop on Hindi language studies titled “Sri Lanka Mei Hindi Ki Dasha Evam Disha” on the 29th December. The event took place at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Board room. A number of Indian academics participated at the seminar as...Read More
Dr. Ravindra de Silva joined University of Sri Jayawardenapura after having served for 14 years at a Japanese university. After obtaining his doctorate, Dr. de Silva initiated his career at Toyota as a research fellow, and then finally becoming an assistant professor at Toyohashi University of Technology. He carried out research in diversified areas of...Read More
Vol 5, No 2 (2015) of Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment JTFE has been published. JTFE is a peer reviewed international journal that publishes original research articles in forestry, environmental sciences and natural resource management relevant to tropical regions. This is a semiannual journal published by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University...Read More
University of Sri Jayewardenepura bids farewell to Mrs.Tamara De Silva – Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Mathematics, as she retires on 2nd January 2016. Mrs.De Silva has served the university system for 43 years. She joined the university back in 1980 and has even served as Head of the Department of Mathematics on...Read More
Senior Professor HHDNP Opatha has written and published a new book titled Organizational Behaviour: the human side of work which is another mammoth and herculean work, single handedly. It is the first Sri Lankan English Medium textbook on Organizational Behaviour (OB) published in 2015 having A4 size 672 pages and 14 chapters providing a systematic...Read More
The late Emeritus Prof Dayasiri Fernando was the founder Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Prior to this he had been serving the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo for over 25 years as the Professor of Surgery too. His contribution as the Dean of the...Read More
For the first time in Sri Lanka, a rare opportunity for those engaged in neuroscience related fields has come by, as the workshop on neuroscience continues. The much acclaimed workshop began on 14th December at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura features academics from a number of foreign universities as well as foreign students. Several symposia...Read More
In an effort to take university research to the next level, the University of Sri Jayawardenepura has decided to set up a research school by 2017.With the establishment of the Faculty of Technology and the Faculty of Engineering from next year, the university intends to set up a research school combining all its research centers...Read More
The National Science Foundation organized the Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (SUSRED) awards at the BMICH on 15th December 2015. These awards were presented for PhD and MPhil supervision. The chief guest at the ceremony was Hon.Susil Premajayantha , Minister of Science, Technology & Research. The following awardees from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura...Read More
