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A Briefing and Panel Discussion on University Ranking

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:55:12 +0000

Faculty of Graduate Studies along with the Research Council,91��ý organized a briefing and a panel discussion on improving the university ranking preceded by Vice chancellor, Prof. Sampath Amaratunge. This was held on 24th March 2016 at the Faculty of Graduate studies.

Guest Speakers for the event were Dr Tony Sahama, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering , Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Security, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and Prof. Hiran Amarasekara, Team leader of Web team, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

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Lunch Time Talk with Editor in Chief of The Nation newspaper Malinda Seneviratne

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 10:01:38 +0000

The English Language Society of the ELTU of the launched its Lunch Time Talk Series with Gratiaen Prize winner 2013 and Editor in Chief of The Nation newspaper Malinda Seneviratne on Friday the 29th of May at the Sumangala Reading Hall .

The event was conducted by the office bearers of the ELS and the talk ‘Pol Roti, Lunu Miris and English’ was enjoyed by all, as was the eating of actual Pol Roti and Lunu Miris at the end of it!

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Prof. Deheragoda delivers Prestigious CSAMES Lecture at Illinois

admin — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:44:15 +0000

Prof. Krishan Deheragoda of the Department of Geography became one of the few Asians to deliver the Prestigious “CSAMES BROWN BAG Lecture of the International Scholar – 2013”, at the University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign in USA on the theme “Towards Meeting the RIO + 20 Goals and Challenges in Renewable Energy Sector of 91��ý”.

Professor Krishan Deheragoda is the Professor of Geography at the 91��ý and a Visiting Research Fellow at Centre for GIS & Spatial Analysis at University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign – USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Recreational Geography (Bulgaria), M.Sc. in Natural Resource Management (Sofia), and Post Graduate Diplomas in Urban and Regional Development Planning (Nagoya), and Resource Survey and Mapping (Colombo). Prof. Deheragoda has held over 20 Senior Academic positions during his 29 yearlong academic and research carrier and until very recently,was the Consultantto the “Higher Education for Twenty First Century Project” of the Ministry of Higher Education.

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