The 91传媒 has maintained close ties with Hikkaduwe Nalagasdeniye Nagarame temple for a long period as it was the roots of the most Venerable Welivitiye Sri Soratha Thero and the most Venerable Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero, the chief incumbent Thero was one of our chief links in maintaining this historical relationship. Therefore, it’s a great loss. However, the relationship forged with the great temple will be maintained an nurtured.

May Shasthracharya Welivitiye Pragnajothi Nayaka Thero attain the Supreme Bliss of Nirvana.

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Mr. K. M. Nimal Chandrasiri has done 38 years of remarkable service to the University.

The 91传媒 wishes to express its deepest sympathies in regards to the demise of Mr. K. M. Nimal Chandrasiri, former Chief Security Officer of the University. May he attain the supreme bliss of Nibbana.

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Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences (2002 January – 2004 June)

Emeritus Professor Dayasiri Fernando passed away on 28^th November 2015 after a brief illness.

Late Emeritus Professor Dayasiri Fernando was the founder Professor of Surgery at Faculty of Medical Sciences, 91传媒. He was the key person responsible in setting up the University Surgery Professorial Unit at Colombo South Teaching Hospital in 1995 prior to which he was serving the Colombo Medical Faculty for more than 25 years. This unit has developed into one of the best surgery units in the country within a very short period mainly due to Prof. Fernando鈥檚 tremendous efforts and wise decisions with regard to the infrastructure and human resource development.

His contribution as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in uplifting the standards of the Faculty of Medical Sciences to one of the most prestigious Medical Faculties in the country is immense. He had functioned as acting Vice-chancellor of the 91传媒 at several occasions and at crisis situations.

His service was not limited to the university system, he was a great surgeon, the most soughed Gastro-enterologist in the country with very humane qualities.聽 He was an internationally reputed academic in his field. He served as the President of the College of Surgeons of 91传媒.聽 Prof. Fernando鈥檚 demise is a huge loss to the country as he introduced the subspecialty of Gastroenterology and trained so many efficient surgeons to serve the people of 91传媒. After his retirement from the university he was made Emeritus Professor of Surgery considering his university and national contribution.聽 He served in the capacity of Chairman, Public Service Commission the highest position in the public service.

He was a much loved teacher, a skilled surgeon and most of all a great human being.

May he rest in eternal peace.

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Prof Kariyawasam鈥檚 remains were lying at his residence at 4A, 1st Lane, Nawala Road, Nugegoda. Following religious rites at his residence at 10 am on Sunday the body was taken to the University of Sri Jayawardenepura at 1 pm where it was kept for public respect.

Watch the Funeral from our YouTube channel.

Professor Kariyawasam is well-known for literature particularly in Sinhala drama, novels and short stories. He was also a grate proponent of Sinhala folklore. He was the Chairman of the National Rupavahini Corporation from 1990 to 1994, and the National Library and the Documentation Services Board.

Professor Kariyawasam has been the Chairman of the Sinhala Drama Panel and the member of the Presidential Task Force on Media.

Tissa Kariyawasam graduated with honours from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya at age 22 in 1964 and joined the university staff soon after. His biography has been a significant part of the history of our university system in the second half of the 20th century.

He is such a well-known university personality that at this point in time it is almost impossible to say anything new about him that is true, or anything true about him that is new. His interests have been extraordinarily wide: Sinhala, History, Archaeology, Religion, Aesthetics, Drama, Journalism, Exorcism and Culture.

From 1980 to 1988 he was Director of the Institute of Aesthetic Studies (IAS) which has now transformed itself into the University of the Visual and Performing Arts.

As it happened, he has been the longest serving Director of the IAS and he has had a decisive influence on its development. Being an authority on the 鈥淓xorcist Rituals in the Low Country鈥� (which was the subject of his Master鈥檚 thesis presented to the University of Ceylon) he commanded great respect from many members of the teaching staff of the IAS. Having acted as Director of the IAS for a few months in the year 2000, I am aware of the enormous prestige he continued to enjoy among the staff of the IAS, .

Professor Kariyawasam has been a prolific writer. To date he has published more than 50 books including a definitive four-volume study on the History of Sinhala Drama from 1867 to 1956. His 10 books on Mass Communication have provided the basic textbooks to students reading journalism in the Sinhala medium.

Professor Kariyawasam has the distinction of having organized the first-ever production of a Sinhala Drama outside our country. That was in 1981 when he produced John ds Silva鈥檚 famous play Sirisangabo at the 6th Festival of Asian Arts in Hong Kong.

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