USJ - University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Monthly Public Lecture - Human Rights and Our Responsibilities (මානව හිමිකම් සහ අපේ වගකීම්)
2022-09-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Caracas) | Online
මානව හිමිකම් සහ අපේ වගකීම් – මාසික මහජන දේශණ
Monthly Public Lecture (Human Rights and Our Responsibilities)

Medium: Sinhala
Date: September 29, 2022
Time: 07:00 PM Colombo

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Organized by
Faculty of Graduate Studies
University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Risks to Australia's Biosecurity from the Trade of Ornamental Fish - Guest Talk
2022-10-04 15:00 - 16:00 | Senate Board Room, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Gangodawila, Nuegoda, Nugegoda, Western, 10250, Sri Lanka
Guest Talk on Risks to Australia’s Biosecurity from the Trade of Ornamental Fish by Prof Joy Becker, Associate Professor in Aquatic Animal health and Production, of the University of Sydney. Event organized by Department of Aquatic Bioresources, Faculty of Urban and Aquatic Bioresources, USJ and moderate by Dr. Erandi Pathirana, head, Department of Aquatic Bioresources of USJ.
Guest Talk scheduled to held on Oct 04, 2022, from 3.00PM to 4PM at Senate Board Room of USJ.

Zumba and Yoga classes for university staff members by the Department of Physical Education
2022-10-05 15:30 - 17:00 | University Gymnasium., University of Sri Jayewardenepura Gangodawila,, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Zumba and Yoga classes for university staff members by the Department of Physical Education.
Yoga classes starting from 4th of October 2022 from 3.00 pm -5.00pm at the University Gymnasium.
Zumba classes are starting from 3rd of October 2022 from 3.45PM onwards at the University Gymnasium.

Get more information
0711867330
E.D Priyadarshani
Department of physical education

Calling for Papers - Twenty seventh International Forestry and Environmental Science Symposium 2023
2022-10-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
Theme: Economic resilience and environmental sustainability: A synergy for the future
The Department of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura proudly invites you to the 27th International Forestry and Environment Symposium.

Key Dates
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 10th October 2022
Notification of Acceptance (Abstract): 10th November2022
Commencement of Registration of Presenters: 15th December 2022
Submission of Full Papers Selected for the Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment: 15th March 2023

Key Sessions:

Forest and Natural Resource Management
Biodiversity Conservation and Management
Waste Management and Pollution Control
Environmental Economics and Resource Management
Climate Change and Disaster management
Biomass and Sustainable Energy
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable Land Use and Urban development
Wood Science, Wood and Non-Wood Industry
Environmental Engineering and Green Technology
Geology, Soil and Water Resource Management

Submission procedure
Abstracts are now accepted for formal presentations and posters via http://fesympo.sjp.ac.lk
visit the symposium website for guidelines on preparation and submission of abstracts. All correspondence will be made by the principal author by email.

Review and Selection process
Abstracts will be reviewed by panel of experts, those selected will be published in symposium proceedings. Authors of the selected abstracts have the option to submit their full papers to the Journal of Tropical Forest and Environment. The journal has double- bind peer- review process
Read the latest online issue https://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/JTFE

Contact Details
Symposium Chair
Prof. Priyan Perera
Symposium Coordinators
Dr. Chaamila Pathirana
Symposium organizing Committee
Department of Forestry & Environmental Science
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 11 280 4685
Fax: +94 11 280 2914
Email: fesympo@sjp.ac.lk
http://fesympo.sjp.ac.lk

Valedictory Lecture on "Shedding some light on light" by Prof. C. P Abayaratne
2022-10-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Senate Board Room, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Gangodawila, Nuegoda, Nugegoda, Western, 10250, Sri Lanka
Prof. (Mrs.) Chula Abayarane retired from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on the 30th of June 2022 after a service spanning over four decades. In order to mark the professor’s retirement and to acknowledge her academic career, the mi of University of Sri Jayewardenepura has organized a valedictory lecture to be conducted by Prof. C.P Abayaratne on 10th October (Monday), 2022 from 1.00 pm at the Senate Board room, USJ

Anthropologist Prof. Luxman Waidyasekara memorial Lecture – Anthropological Declamations – 04 (මානව විද්‍යා භාෂණ – 04)
2022-10-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
යටත් විජිත යුගයේ බි්‍රතාන්‍ය ලේඛන සහ ග්‍රන්ථ මඟින් පිළිබිඹුවන මානව විද්‍යාත්මක වටිනාකම්
දේශක:

ආචාර්ය උපුල් ලේකම්ගේ
අධ්‍යයනාංශ ප්‍රධාන
සමාජීය විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයනාංශය
සබරගමුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය

දිනය: 2022 ඔක්තෝබර් 12 වැනි බදාදා
වේලාව: ප.ව. 3.00 සිට ප.ව. 4.00 දක්වා
මාධ්‍යය: සිංහල

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Special Job fair for Faculty of Engineering Graduates - Happening Now
2022-10-13 08:00 - 2022-10-14 17:00 | Online

Uni-In-Alliance symposium organized by the Society of Industrial Scholars of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
2022-10-14 08:30 - 10:00 | Faculty Boardroom, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Uni-In-Alliance symposium organized by the Society of Industrial Scholars of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura will be held on October 14, 2022, for the 8th consecutive year. This will be held under the theme “Inspiring young researchers for reviving Sri Lankan economy” with a special focus on Industry in Sri Lanka.
The opening ceremony will be held with the participation of the Vice Chancellor, the Dean of the faculty, the industrial and academic experts, and the students from the B.Sc. Honours degree in Applied Sciences program at the Faculty Board Room, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and shortly after the opening ceremony, oral and poster presentation sessions will begin.
Date: October 14th, 2022
Time: From 8.30 AM to 10.00 AM.
Venue – Faculty Board Room, Faculty of Applied Sciences

AGENDA - UNI IN ALLIANCE 2022

Rhythm to Personality - A specific Workshop 22
2022-10-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Rhythm to Personality – A specific Workshop 22 – to capture your heart with the life experience of an amazing young personality!
@4.00 P.M.
Via Zoom & YouTube
Join us via bellow link:
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Meeting ID: 923 7568 3265
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Awareness programme on Scientific Evaluation and Monitoring Procedures
2022-10-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
The Quality Assurance Cell of the Faculty of Graduate Studies has organized an Awareness programme on Scientific Evaluation and Monitoring Procedures on 19th of October 2022 at 10.00 AM via Zoom.
Please find the Zoom details below;
Topic: Awareness on Scientific Evaluation and Monitoring Procedures
Time: Oct 19, 2022 10:00 AM Colombo
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First Members Meetup - The Startup Hub of USJ
2022-10-20 12:00 - 13:00 | CSDS Room in English Language Teaching Unit, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Gangodawila,, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Are you interested in starting/ developing your own business to the next level or making technology-based, innovative solutions through your own work?
Here is the greatest chance ever for you!
The Startup Hub is the latest initiative at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, which creates the best platform for your innovative ideas, innovations, and business solutions.
The Startup Hub in collaboration with the Career Guidance Unit, cordially invites you to the First Members Meetup, which will be held on 20th October from 12.00 pm to 1.00 pm at the CSDS Room in ELTU premises.
All of you are warmly welcome to grab this golden opportunity to achieve great success in your life.

Carbon Footprint Certificate Award Ceremony
2022-10-20 14:30 - 16:00 | Senate Board Room, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Gangodawila, Nuegoda, Nugegoda, Western, 10250, Sri Lanka
The Center for Sustainability of University of Sri Jayewardenepura is delighted to announce accomplishment in completing the disclosure of the Carbon Footprint of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura for the academic year 2019, according to ISO 14064-1: 2018, as the first university in South Asia to be certified according to an ISO standard.

The Center for Sustainability invites you to the Certificate Award Ceremony which will be held on Thursday, 20th of October at 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm at the New Senate Boardroom.

Senarath Paranavithana memorial Lecture – Anthropological Declamations – 05 (මානව විද්‍යා භාෂණ – 05)
2022-10-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
මානව විද්‍යා භාෂණ – දේශන 05
2022 ඔක්තෝබර් 26

(මහාචාර්ය සෙනරත් පරණවිතාන අනුස්මරණ දේශනය)

සංස්කෘතිය මිල කළ හැකි ද?
මානව විද්‍යාත්මක විමසුමක්

දේශක:

ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය යසාංජලී දේවිකා ජයතිලක
මානව විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයනාංශය
මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීය විද්‍යා පීඨය
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය

දිනය: 2022 ඔක්තෝබර් 26 වැනි බදාදා
වේලාව: ප.ව. 3.00 සිට ප.ව. 4.00 දක්වා
මාධ්‍යය: සිංහල

Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 681 1549 2340
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Special Artifacts Exhibition in Celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Archaeology Museum of USJ
2022-10-28 08:00 - 2022-10-29 17:00 | Department of History and Archaeology., Department of History and Archaeology Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, , Sri Lanka., Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Opening ceremony of refurbished Sri Soratha Galary of the USJ Sri Soratha Museum
2022-10-28 09:00 - 17:00 | Department of History and Archaeology., Department of History and Archaeology Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, , Sri Lanka., Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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"The next Economic Direction of Sri Lanka" Online Discussion
2022-10-31 19:30 | Online
Please join the discussion “The next Economic Direction of Sri Lanka ” on 31st October 2022 at 7.30pm.
Zoom link https://learn.zoom.us/j/65451728317?pwd=[REDACTED]
Organized by AAPA. USJ.

හිමිදිරිය ප්‍රසාංගික කලා උළෙල සමාරම්භක උත්සවය 2022
2022-11-01 19:00 - 21:00 | University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Gangodawila, Nuegoda, Nugegoda, Western, 10250, Sri Lanka

"Shadow of Success Phase-8" - Career Guidance workshop
2022-11-15 17:00 - 19:00 | Sri Sumangala Auditorium, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Wijerama, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
“The Shadows of Success” is one of the most popular Career Guidance workshops among students in the last 8 years. In this workshop, we bring internationally recognized Sri Lankan legends to motivate our students to reach their goals by overcoming different obstacles, etc.
This time the fastest runner in Asia Mr. Yupun Abeykoon will join the session, and this is a golden opportunity for our students to hear his story.
Mr. Yupun Abeykoon, track and field athlete and a South Asian record holder in men’s 100 m, men’s 200 m, & men’s indoor 60 m and who is the Fastest Asian Man for 2022 in men’s 100 m discipline. Also, he holds the world ranking position 20, in men’s 100m.
The programme on next (November) 15th at 5 pm in Sumanaga hall, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Workshop on Vehicle Maintenance
2022-11-17 09:00 - 17:00 | Faculty of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura Gangodawila,, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
The Staff Development Committee of Faculty of Medical Sciences has organised the Workshop on Vehicle Maintenance on 17th November 2022 in 2 sessions
(Same session will be in duplication. So that the staff can join either morning or evening session depending on the free time).

Register for the event through below link

Pre registration link – https://forms.gle/Xy8gfBsY8ENn48qG7

16th External Degree Convocation of USJ
2022-11-20 08:00 - 17:00 | BMICH, Colombo 07, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka

Awareness on Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF)
2022-11-21 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
The Quality Assurance Cell of the faculty has organized an Awareness on Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF) on 21st of November, 2022 at 09.30 AM via Zoom. The flyer is sending you herewith.
Your participation is highly appreciated.
Please find the Zoom details below;
Topic: Awareness on Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF)
Time: Nov 21, 2022 09:30 AM Colombo
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Innovations in Energy and Environmental Technology for a Circular Economy - Special Session on ICIET 2022
2022-11-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Online

Monthly Public Lecture - November 2022 - නිරෝගී දිවියකට දේශීය වී
2022-11-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
නිරෝගී දිවියකට දේශීය වී

Medium: Sinhala
Date: November 22, 2022
Time: 07:00 PM – 08:00 PM
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Guest Lecture-ICT for Smart Farmers- Current Practices and Future Perspectives'
2022-11-24 15:00 - 16:00 | C-1 Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Scieces, University of Sri Jayewardenepura,, Nugegoda, Westen Province, Sri Lanka
The Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Urban and Aquatic Bioresources, organizes a guest lecture on ‘ICT for Smart Farmers- Current Practices and Future Perspectives’ conducted by Mr. Prasad Piyasena, an Additional Director General of Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA). The details of the event are as follows.

Date: Thursday, 24th November 2022
Time: 3.00- 4.00 pm
Venue: C-1 Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry, FAS

USJ StartUp Hub - Meeting
2022-11-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
Topic: USJ StartUp Hub – Meeting
Time: Nov 24, 2022 3.00 pm
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VURD 2023 - Abstract writing workshop
2022-11-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Bandaranaike Hall, University of Sri Jayawardenepura,, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

How to develop a journal article from your theses (Sinhala Medium) -VURD 2023
2022-11-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Sri Sumangala Auditorium, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Wijerama, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

How to create a journal article from your theses (English Medium) - VURD 2023
2022-11-25 13:00 - 14:00 | S4 Hall, Department of Political Science, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Gangodavila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Prof. Tenison Perera memorial Lecture – Anthropological Declamations – 07 (මානව විද්‍යා භාෂණ – 07)
2022-11-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
මානව විද්‍යා භාෂණ – දේශන 07
2022 නොවැම්බර් 30

(සම්මානිත මහාචාර්ය ටෙනිසන් පෙරේරා අභිනන්දන දේශනය)

මිනිසා කවුරුන්ද?
මානව විද්‍යාත්මක විමසුමක්

දේශක:

ආචාර්ය නෙළුම් කාන්තිලතා
මානව විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයනාංශය
මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨය
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය

දිනය: 2022 නොවැම්බර් 30 වැනි බදාදා
වේලාව: ප.ව. 3.00 සිට ප.ව. 4.00 දක්වා
මාධ්‍යය: සිංහල

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Meeting ID: 699 6148 2867
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Web Page Launch of the ‘English for Fun’ Project and the English Language Acquisition Centers (ELACs)
2022-12-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Main Library, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 109 Sri Soratha Mawatha,, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Web Page Launch of the ‘English for Fun’ Project
on 13th December 2022, 9 a.m.
The English for Fun Project is designed to intervene at a crucial age of language acquisition, the pre-school age, which will help people learn English better as they progress in life. It will give children exposure to the English language through fun and enjoyment and is therefore based on stories, nursery rhymes and songs. The audio tracks as well as the PDF versions of the Student and Teacher’s Guidebooks are provided free of charge to anyone who is interested. Printed material is carried in Sinhala and Tamil as well, so that adults can help their children become familiar with English even without being proficient in the English language themselves. This website will make the whole syllabus available to English Language Acquisition Centers that will be established in the Public Library System nationwide.
The English for Fun Project is conceptualized and designed by Dr. Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake, Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Programme – Web Page Launch of the ‘English for Fun’ Project

Welcome Speech – Dr. Nayana Wijayasundara, Librarian, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Speech by Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage – Vice Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Speech by Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge – Chairman, University Grants Commission
Speech by Professor Nanda Dharmaratne – Chairman, National Library Services Board
Speech by Professor Shirantha Heenkenda – Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, USJ
Launching of the English for Fun/ELAC webpage.
Speech in Tamil by Ms. Parvathi Nagasundaram, former Head of the Department of English, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Speech by Professor Rajiva Wijesinha – Former Chairman, Tertiary and Vocational Educational Commission
Vote of Thanks by Dr. Madhubhashini Ratnayake – Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, USJ

Session will be conducted by Dr. Manoja Samaradiwakara, Senior Assistant Librarian, University of Sri
Jayewardenepura. English Compering, Ms. Yashodha Medis, Department of English Language Teaching,
USJ. Tamil compering, Ms. Bhagya Dilhani, Department of Sinhala, USJ.
Your presence at this event will be greatly appreciated.
Nayana Wijayasundara, PhD
Librarian
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
PRESS Release
