A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING was signed between the Waste Management Authority of Western Province, Sri Lanka, and the Center for Sustainability of Department of Forestry and Enviornment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura to provide Technical Assistance for Monitoring and Mitigation of Environmental Pollution of Karadiyana Controlled Dump at Thumbovila. The Agreement was signed on 20th...Read More
“Sri Lanka is an oasis. In the future, greater number of the world population will follow this country’s method because every other country will be in disaster without an effective sustainable mechanism. Your method of sustainability will be the key for the future” said Prof. Peter Timmerman of Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada at...Read More
Smooth functioning of the brain is vital for a healthy life. Millions of people around the world are affected by neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. It is estimated that 15% of the population in western countries are affected by one of these diseases. Despite many advances in the field of...Read More
Valedictory Lecture delivered by Prof. Dhammika A. Tantrigoda, Chair and Senior Professor of Physics on 19th March 2015 at Science Auditorium First of all I would like to thank the Physics Society for inviting me to deliver a valedictory lecture on the eve of my retirement from the position of Chair and Senior Professor...Read More
Eight academics from the Faculty of Applied sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura was awarded with Presidential and NRC Merit Awards for Scientific Publication. This is selected by the National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka and it is considered as the most prestigious award for a research publication in Sri Lanka President’s Awards for Scientific...Read More
Workshop on Modernization of the Physics Curriculum of University of Sri Jayewardenepura was held at KITHUL KANDA – on 28 February 2015. Prof D A Tantrigoda, Dr P Geekiyanagae, Head Department of Physics and other members of the Department particiapted this event. Madhuranga FernandoRead More
The application closing date of the M.Sc. Degree Program in Computer Science 2015/2016 has been extended to 15th March, 2015. Those who have already responded do not need to reapply. For more details visit http://www.dscs.sjp.ac.lk/?p=504Read More
Prof. Sumio Iijima is a Japanese physicist, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes. For his great discovery and his related work in the field of nanotechnology he was awarded, the inaugural Kavli Prize (on par in nanotech to Nobel) for nanoscience in 2008. He was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics in 2002, “for the discovery and elucidation of...Read More
Dhammika Ariyakumara Tantrigoda was born on the 10th day of June 1949 in the salubrious village of Palatota in the close vicinity of the historical coastal city Kalutara. After completing his primary and secondary education at Kalutara Vidyalaya and Royal College-Colombo, he joined the then University of Ceylon, Peradeniya Campus and successfully read for a...Read More
