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Researchers at the Faculty of Technology, USJ successfully produced Bio Ethanol using waste Banana collected from the vegetable market. “Total amount of 8% of ethanol was generated by waste banana after the fermentation process. After completing the multiple distillations to remove the moisture, we were able  to produce 98% pure bioethanol.” said Dr. Udara Arachchige, Department of Civil...Read More

Applications are invited from those who are qualified to follow the Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) conducted by the Staff Development Centre of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (SDC/USJP). Application closing date: 30th November, 2021.  Syllabus Content of CTHE Program Application form of CTHE Program Please visit the link below for more information and...Read More

A ceremony to confer “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” award on Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge; former vice chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, was held on 14th of October 2021, at the official residence of Ambassador SUGIYAMA Akira. Snr. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge...Read More

Marine xenobiotics (chemical substances that are foreign to animal life) pose a serious threat to marine biodiversity due to their endocrine disrupting effects.  Researchers at Centre for Water Quality and Algae Research have detected and quantified, Endocrine disruptor Tributyltin  TBT in water, sediment, and biota. “This was the first time TBT contamination in Sri Lankan water, soil,...Read More

An agreement was signed between the State Ministry of Rattan, Brass, Clay, Furniture, and Rural Industry Promotion and the Department of Marketing Management (DMM) on the 7th of October 2021 in the State Minister Office. The agreement would facilitate cooperation in the transfer and exchange of knowledge and expertise of the Department of Marketing Management towards...Read More