විසින් කලාශුරි ආචාර්ය ප්රනීත් නිශාද අබේසුන්දර මහතාට උපහාර පුදනු වස් සංවිධානය කරනු ලැබූ “නිෂාද යාමය” 2018 ජුලි මස 18 වැනිදා ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ උපකුලපති මහාචාර්ය සම්පත් මරතුංග මහතා ඇතුළු සම්භාවනීය පිරිසකගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් ඉතා සාර්ථකව පැවැත්විය. මිට සමගාමිව “මානව විද්යාව : ආචාර්ය ප්රනීත් අබේසුන්දර අභිනන්දන” වෙළුම එලි දැක්වීමද සිදු විය.
“Nishada۲ⲹ” organized by the Anthropology Crew of the of the , was an honoring evening offered on behalf of , Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, and a prominent figure in the fields of literature, music composing, sociology of literature and anthropology of art etc. He is an owner of various awards and medals for his contribution towards the development of art and literature in the country. Recently he was awarded Kalashuri title at the National Honors Award Ceremony held in 2017.
Nishada Yamaya was held on 18th July 2018 at the Bandaranayaka Hall of the University with the participation of a large number of prestigious guests including Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice Chancellor, USJP, Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara, Dean-FHSS, Prof. Sudantha Liyanage Dean-FAS, Prof. Yasanjalee Jayathilake, Head of the Department of Anthropology, Prof. Sunil Ariyarathna; former Professor in the Department of Sinhala and Mass Communication, USJP, Prof. Sanath Nandasiri; Chancellor of the University of Visual and Performing Art and a Classical musician, Mrs. Malkanthi Nandasiri; singer, Prof. Samantha Herath, Prof. Samanchandra Ransinghe, Mrs. Neeta Rathnapala, Mr. Buddhadasa Galappaththi, Mr. Sunil R. Gamage, Mr. Kularathna Ariyawansha, Mr. Dharmarathna Perera, Ms. Anuradha Nandasiri, Mrs. Niranjala Sarojini, Mrs. Daya De Alwis, Mr. Leelarathna Kankanamge, Mr. Chandana Liyanarachchi and Dr. Pabilis Silva etc.
Department of the Anthropology also launched their novel magazine: Anthropology; Dr. Praneeth Abeysundara Felicitation Volume on the same day.
