USJ - University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Oxford University Press (OUP) – Training session
2020-02-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Caracas)
OUP is a scholarly database which can be accessed through our library website.
The Library, with the collaboration of OUP has organized a training session on “how to publish with OUP” as well as “Searching Oxford Medicine Online”.
Date: 11th February 2020
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon.
Venue: Interactive Study Area, Library
The resource person will be from the Oxford University Press, India & South East Asia.
If you are willing to participate please contact Mr. A.M.S. Angammana on ext. 8521 or mail to : santha@sjp.ac.lk.

Public Lecture on "The Novel Corona Virus Infection: How Worried Should We Be?"
2020-02-07 14:00 - 16:00

Prof. H. M. A. Herath Annual Memorial Oration
2020-01-31 17:00 - 20:30

Thai Pongal Festival (தை பொங்கல்) 2020
2020-01-28 07:30 - 09:30

Business Idea Competition - Awarding Ceremony
2020-01-27 17:00 - 19:00

Commencement of the Academy of EcoTourism, Wildlife & Nature Interpretation
2020-01-24 10:00 - 17:00

"Ranrasu" Festival of Art 2019
2020-01-16 08:00 - 2020-01-30 17:00
Ranrasu 2019: Festival of Art organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on December 2019 and January 2020 at the Bandaranayaka Hall of the University. Concurrently, ‘Ranrasu Academic Volume’ will be launched.
Ranrasu will be staged on the following dates:
Ranrasu Stage 1- 16th January 2020
Ranrasu Stage II- 23rd January 2020
Ranrasu Grand Finale – 30th January 2020
This is the largest festival of art conducts by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, aiming to open a platform to display undergraduates talents in various fields such as dancing, singing, announcing, playing, acting, painting, lyrics writing, short story writing, short film making, documentary writing and producing, etc. Undergraduates in the faculty, academic members as well as non-academic staff members have the opportunity to participate in these competitions and to show their talents and skills and finally to own the victory.
Ranrasu Web: http://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/ranrasu/

රන්රසු ප්‍රතිභා අභිනන්දන කලා මංගල්‍යය 2019
2020-01-16 08:00 - 2020-01-30 17:00
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පිඨය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන රන්රසු ප්‍රතිභා අභිනන්දන කලා මංගල්‍යය 2019 දෙසැම්බර් මස සහ 2020 ජනවාරි මස විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය බණ්ඩාරනායක ශාලාවේදී පැවැත්වේ.
වෙබ් අඩවිය : http://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/ranrasu/

Annual Staff Sports Championship - 2020
2020-01-16 08:00 - 17:00
Apply for Annual Staff Sports Championship – 2020.
Deadline: 16th January 2020

Orientation Program of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
2020-01-13 08:00 - 2020-01-31 17:00
The orientation program of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura will be commenced on 13th January 2020 and will be taken place until the end of January 2020.

Touch the Peak Annual Job Fair and Entrepreneurial Ventures - For FAS Students
2020-01-08 - 2020-01-09

Monthly Academic Talk on Freddie Silva's Songs
2020-01-07 15:00 - 18:00
The Department of Sinhala and Mass Communication of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has organized “Freddie Silva’s Songs” as the first in the series of monthly academic talks prior to the Vidyodaya Literary Awards 2020, which will be held at 3.00 pm, on the 7th January 2020 at the Sumangala Reading Hall, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
All are welcome!!

International Conference on Biomedical Engineering
2020-01-06 10:00 - 13:00
Download: Tentative Schedule for the Symposium on 6th Monday 2019

Download: Keynote Speakers Profiles

ජෛව වෛද්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ජාත්‍යන්තර සමුළුව
2020-01-06 10:00 - 13:00

Felicitation ceremony for SAG sports stars and internationally acclaimed USJ students
2020-01-02 11:30 - 17:00
Special felicitation ceremony to felicitate the sport stars of our university who represented SAG and the other special achievers who represented our university in the world arena will be held on 2nd January 2020.
Venue : Faculty of Postgraduate Board room
Date : 2nd January 2020
Time : 11.30 onwards
This ceremony is organized by the sports council of USJ in collaboration with the Alumni Association of USJ.

සාග් ක්‍රීඩා තරු සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගෞරවයට පත්වූ ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සිසුන් සඳහා උපහාර උත්සවය
2020-01-02 11:30 - 17:00
සාග් ක්‍රීඩා තරු සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගෞරවයට පත්වූ ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සිසුන් සඳහා විශේෂ උපහාර උත්සවයක් 2020 ජනවාරි මස 2 වන දින පශ්චාද් උපාධි අධ්‍යයන පීඨ රැස්වීම් ශාලාවේදී පෙරවරු 11.30 සිට පැවැත්වේ.
විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය ආදි ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය හා ක්‍රීඩා කවුන්සිලය සහයෝගයෙන් මෙම උත්සවය සංවිධානය කරනු ලැබේ.

New Year Blessing Ceremony - 2020
2020-01-01 08:30 - 10:00
The new year blessing ceremony organized by the USJ community will be held on 01st January 2020 at the university premises with the participation of Mahasangha and Vice-Chancellor; Prof. Sampath Amaratunge.

Annular Solar Eclipse Public Observation Camp
2019-12-26
On 26th of coming December, As Sri Lanka gets a very rare opportunity to observe an annular solar eclipse which is to be occurred during 7.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. time, we, J’pura Astronomy Club (with the support of Arthur C. Clarke Institute) have organized to hold a public solar eclipse observational camp along with a special astronomical research project. We have planned to conduct this camp in Iranamadu as the central pathway of the solar eclipse falls directly across it. For the program, 70 university students plus 2 lecturers are to be participated, hoping to provide this valuable opportunity for school children (expecting a minimum of 500 school kids’ participation) in the area and outsiders as well.
The main objective of conducting this camp is to popularize astronomy based activities in rural areas in Sri Lanka, making school children and other people interested in the subject. This event also highlights the safety precautions that should be followed when observing a solar eclipse as we guide them to observe the event safely through telescopes with special safety filters, by letting them use safety solar viewers for a safe and memorial solar eclipse experience. Most importantly, we largely focus on providing basic scientific knowledge on different types of solar eclipses such as total, annular and partial eclipses, highlighting their differences. Considering all the above objectives, our program looks forward to increasing peoples’ awareness of astronomy, reflecting all the advantages of it on human society.

Tree Planting Program at Yagirala
2019-12-14 09:00 - 17:00

A Workshop on “Indian Music” and a Mini-concert on "Carnatic Music" by Dept of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts
2019-12-14 09:00 - 17:00
Professor K. Sashi Kumar, Professor of Carnatic Music at the Department of Vocal, Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India will conduct a workshop on Indian Music for the music undergraduate students at the Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts. The Workshop will be held at Sri Sumangala Reading Hall on 14th December 2019 from 9:00 a.m. Professor K. Sashi Kumar is the former HOD at the Department of Vocal, Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University and a music performer who has been awarded a number of music and academic awards in India.
The Workshop is organized by the music section of the Department of Languages, Cultural Studies, and Performing Arts of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science.
At the end of the workshop, Professor will present a mini-concert on Carnatic Music.

Online Lecture on "Development of stealth RNA vector (SRV) for innovative gene and cell therapy"
2019-12-13 12:30 - 13:30
Title: Development of stealth RNA vector (SRV) for innovative gene and cell therapy
Date & Time: December 13, 2019 (12.30 PM -1.30 PM)
Venue: Dept. of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura,
Speaker: Prof. Mahito NAKANISHI
Affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST)

Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day (VURD) 2019
2019-12-05 13:00 - 2019-12-06 17:00
Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day (VURD) 2019 has been organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) for the third time with the theme “Scaffolding for the Future: Unleashing Undergraduate Research Potential”. The main objective of this research conference is to create a platform for the final year undergraduates who follow special degree programs in different disciplines to reach higher levels in their academic research endeavors.
Moreover, the conference provides exposure to the students on the creation of knowledge and how to share knowledge through conferencing. In addition, the conference will strengthen the skills of the students which are needed to transform them into quality ‘social scientists’ and ‘humanists’.
Research Day will be taken place at the Sumangala Reading Hall of the University on 5th and 6th December 2019.
For more information visit web site: http://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/vurd/
Download: List of Selected Extended Abstracts – VURD – 2019>>

විද්‍යෝදය ශිෂ්‍ය පර්යේෂණ දිනය 2019
2019-12-05 13:00 - 2019-12-06 17:00
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ මානව ශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීය විද්‍යා පිඨය සංවිධානය කරන විද්‍යෝදය ශිෂ්‍ය පර්යේෂණ දිනය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයීය සුමංගල ශාලාවේදී 2019 ඔක්තෝබර් මස 1 සහ 2 යන දිනයන්හිදී පැවැත්වේ.
වැඩිදුර විස්තර සඳහා : http://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/vurd/

Joint Symposium by NSYSU, Taiwan & USJ on “Barring the Exploitation of Economically Important Plants in Sri Lanka”
2019-12-05 10:00 - 12:00
“Barring the Exploitation of Economically Important Plants in Sri Lanka”
Joint Symposium by National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan
and
University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ)
On
05th December 2019
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children…”
(Chief Seattle 1786-1866)
The Symposium is organized to protect indigenous identity of “Ceylon” natural products, spices, plantation crops, herbs and endemic plants to ensure its lasting survival for our future generations and way forward to value added product development utilizing cutting-edge technology.
Date: 05th December 2019
Time: 10.00 AM to 12.00 PM
Venue: Board Room, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ)
The session is chaired by two speakers from National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan followed by an interactive session.

Keynote Speakers
Topic

Prof. Ranil de Silva,
Director, World Class University Project, USJ
Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Innovation in Biotechnology & Neuroscience, USJ
Barcoding of Ceylon Commercial Crops: The Way Forward for Sri Lankan Economy

Prof. Yu –Chung Chiang,
Chairman & Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NSYSU
The Native and Cultivated Phalaenopsis Species from Biogeography to Horticulture

Prof. Chih-Chuang Liaw,
Chairman & Professor, Department of Marine Biotechnology & Resources, NSYSU
The Development and Recent Research of Phytomedicines in Taiwan

The Symposium will have a key focus on:

Joint/Split double M.Phil/Ph.D programs (https://www.sjp.ac.lk/news/taiwan-scholarships-establishment-environmental-change-sciences-technology-innovation-center/)
Tuition waiver scholarships by NSYSU
Multidisciplinary research collaborations leading to innovative product development with NSYSU, Taiwan and USJ.
Public Private Partnerships linking industry and academia leading to product development targeting the global market

It is a great honour to invite you and interested members from your organization to participate in the Symposium and to actively contribute in the interactive session.
Contact:
Prof. Ranil de Silva
Director. World Class University Project,
Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Innovation in Biotechnology & Neuroscience
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
011 2758697 | https://www.sjp.ac.lk/wcup/ | wcup@sjp.ac.lk
Please confirm your participation by sending an email to wcup@sjp.ac.lk
Downloads
1. Symposium invitation
2. Symposium Flyer
3. Program schedule
4. NSYSU Delegate list

Youth Social Enterprise Incubator Programme (YSE)
2019-12-05 08:00 - 17:00
Youth Social Enterprise Incubator Programme (YSE) is organized by LSV as part of the Building Enterprises for Sustainable Economies supported by the British Council Sri Lanka. It is specially designed for 20 young social entrepreneurs aged between 18 and 30 interested in starting up businesses that address social or environmental issues. The duration of the program is 6 weeks and during this period, the entrepreneurs will be provided general and bespoke business support that includes business coaching, advice and training, and other resources through a structured and comprehensive the program delivered by experts and accredited by the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) in the United Kingdom.
Download Application trough google drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17xjlLxMOWEPpKQtfVCi6FaqY3_pu1pJI

Orientation Program of the Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce (FMSC) 2019
2019-12-02 08:00 - 17:00
WELCOME TO THE ORIENTATION PROGRAMME 2019!
The Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce (FMSC) of University of Sri Jayewardenepura is looking forward to welcoming new students to the faculty, for the academic year 2019, as the first management faculty to commence the new academic year for the students who sat for the advanced level examination in 2018.
The inauguration ceremony of the Orientation programme will be held on 02nd December 2019, at the Bandaranayke Hall of the university from 8.30am onwards.
The Orientation programme provides an unique opportunity for you to learn about FMSC’s academic opportunities, while getting to know your new batch mates. This programme aims to cover practical aspects pertaining to living and studying in the university and the faculty, so that you can be ready to begin your studies with confidence.
The programme will include an introduction to the university, the faculty and the facilities available for students. There will also be various workshops related to your academic activities on campus. All the members of the university community will be happy to guide you and answer your questions. We wish you all the best and look forward to meeting you very soon.
Sincerely,
The Orientation Committee – 2019 / FMSC

Joint Symposium by National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan & USJ
2019-11-29 14:00 - 16:30
Joint Symposium by National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan & University of Sri Jayewardenepura
on
“Towards a Better Environment: Challenges and Solutions”
29th November 2019
The Symposium is organized to protect the environment to guarantee a better public health to ensure its lasting survival for our future generations and a guiding light to the world by adding value utilizing cutting-edge technology.
To address the challenges by environmental changes, we are honoured to organize the Symposium on “Towards a Better Environment: Challenges and Solutions” in collaboration with National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan. (http://www.nsysu.edu.tw/)
Date: 29th November 2019
Time: 02.00 PM to 04.30 PM
Venue: Auditorium, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
The symposium will be graced by the following Key Speeches, followed by a Brainstorming session.
– Air pollution, Environmental Changes and Public Health: Current Challenges in Aerosol Science Studies by Prof. Chia C. Wang, Director, Aerosol Science Research Center, NSYSU
– Wonders of Nature: Writes the Story of Slow Dance of Molecules by Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, USJP
–Mineral Dust Aerosols: Air We Breathe and Climate Change by Prof. Pradeep M. Jayaweera, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, USJP
The Symposium will have a key focus on:

Joint/Split double M.Phil/Ph.D programs
Tuition waiver scholarships by NSYSU
Multidisciplinary research collaborations leading to innovative product development with NSYSU, Taiwan and USJP.
Public Private Partnerships linking industry and academia leading to product development targeting the global market

It is a great honour to invite you and interested members from your organization to participate in the Symposium and the interactive session.
Contact:
Prof. Ranil de Silva
Director. World Class University Project
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
0112758697
https://www.sjp.ac.lk/wcup/
wcup@sjp.ac.lk
Please confirm your participation by sending an email to wcup@sjp.ac.lk
Downloads
1. Symposium invitation
2. Symposium Flyer
3. Symposium schedule
4. NSYSU Delegate list

ICBM 2019 conference Workshops for current and prospective PhD supervisors and Research Students
2019-11-28 03:30 - 17:00
The organizing committee of the International Conference on Business Management 2019 warmly welcome to join with research workshop to be held on 28th November 2019 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm.
There will be two parallel workshops.
Workshop 1: Workshop for current and prospective PhD supervisors
Resource Person: Prof. Felix Mavondo, Monash University, Australia.
(Prof. Felix is the winner of 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Award and Monash Business School Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Supervision. He is with more than 25 years of experience and successfully supervised more than 50 PhD’s)
Venue: Faculty Board Room
Online Registration through URL:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZQkdBuZHzMzVLDMnRLC-e2SMTqw2oExyqQADAS4WgHJjizw/viewform
Workshop 2: Workshop for current and prospective PhD research students
Resource Person: Dr. Lakmal Abeysekara, Monash University, Australia.
Venue: Prof. K. A. Munasinghe Hall
Online Registration through URL:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeY7xXc2db7pqQeoV2z6XIF2SnsLB1DpWsE8Msem3vQHPTTdQ/viewform
Please see the workshop flyer attached.
We look forward to your participation for these important workshops.
Organizing committee – ICBM 2019

Workshop on Improving Dengue Diagnostics in Sri Lanka Emerging Technologies
2019-11-27 08:00 - 2019-11-28 17:00

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නැගී එන තාක්ෂණයන් මඟින් ඩෙංගු රෝග විනිශ්චය වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම පිළිබඳ වැඩමුළුව
2019-11-27 08:00 - 2019-11-28 17:00
