USJ - University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

"HIGHER STUDIES PATHWAY 3.0" Guidance Session
2021-10-17 17:00 (America/Caracas)
Get out there! The world is waiting. Is Your Dream To Go Abroad For Higher Education?
You are kindly invited to participate in the “HIGHER STUDIES PATHWAY 3.0” guidance session organized by Civil and Environmental Technology Student Society (CETSS), Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Aim Of This Session Is To Show The Correct Pathway For “Higher Studies With Government Scholarship.”
Creating a Life Changing Point Of Your Life
17th October at 5.00 pm onwards.
Join Zoom Meeting –
https://learn.zoom.us/j/9945759311?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 994 575 9311
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Webinar on "Overview of Intellectual Property and path to Commercialization"
2021-10-15 17:00
Webinar on “Overview of Intellectual Property and path to Commercialization”

Organized by USJ Tech Transfer Office (UBL Cell),

Medium: English
Date: Friday, October 15, 2021
Time: 5.00pm

Register and Join
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEud-Gppj4sGNCoGHY8R9FLf0t7nIdzC78F

"Globally accepted online courses to improve your knowledge and skills, Micro- Credentials" by Prof. Hiran Amarasekera
2021-10-15 17:00
Career Skills Development Society in collaboration with Career Guidance Unit of University of Sri Jayewardenepura has organized a workshop on ” Globally accepted online courses to improve your knowledge and skills – Micro-Credentials ” with the intention of introducing and giving awareness of globally recognized online courses, which all the undergraduates can follow during this pandemic period.
The guest speaker of the workshop : Professor Hiran Amarasekara, Senior Lecturer, Department of Forestry and Environmental Sciences ,Faculty of Applied Sciences of University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
This workshop will expand your knowledge on below mentioned courses,

Coursera
EdX
LinkedIn Learning

We cordially invite you to join us at this event,
Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/98854051733?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 988 5405 1733

Passcode: [REDACTED]

International Conference on Health Sciences 2021 - Inauguration
2021-10-15 16:30
The Inauguration of the International Conference on Health Sciences 2021 of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, USJ will be held on the 15th of October 2021, at 7.00pm via ZOOM. A pre-inaugural oral communication session will take place from 5.00pm onwards.
The book ‘History of the Research Committee’ will be launched at the inaugural session. The Faculty of Medical Sciences Oration 2021 will be delivered by Senior Professor Kamani Wanigasuriya.
Topic: International Conference on Health Sciences 2021
Time: Oct 15, 2021 16:30 Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting
https://learn.zoom.us/j/69661208700?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 696 6120 8700
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Webinar: Emerging studies on Molecular Entomology in Sri Lanka by Snr. Prof. Nissanka De Silva
2021-10-14 19:00 - 20:00
The Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Zoology, USJP functions under the guidance of Snr. Prof. Nissanka De Silva is celebrating its 10 year anniversary on 13th of October, 2021. To mark this milestone of the lab, we have decided to conduct a webinar series throughout the 2021-2022 year.
You are warmly invited to the first one of the webinar series which will be conducted by Snr. prof. Nissanka De Silva.
Date : 14.10.2021 (Thursday)
Time : 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Title : Emerging studies on Molecular Entomology in Sri Lanka
Resource Person : Snr. Prof. Nissanka De Silva
Join Zoom Meeting
https://learn.zoom.us/j/65443456077?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 654 4345 6077
Passcode: [REDACTED]

“Comments on Polymer Characterization and Superhydrophobic Surfaces” by Prof. Frank D. Blum, Oklahoma State University, USA
2021-10-14 17:30
Guest lecture organized by the Society of Polymer Science will be held on,
Date: 14th Thursday
Time: 5.30pm
Guest speaker: Prof. Frank D. Blum, Oklahoma State University, USA
Topic: “Comments on Polymer Characterization and Superhydrophobic Surfaces”.
The link to the zoom meeting and the flyer are attached herewith.
https://learn.zoom.us/j/69618343323?pwd=[REDACTED]

Supplementary Document

Eighth session of the project “Sith Dahana”
2021-10-12 18:30
Setting goals helps guides your focus and helps you to sustain the rhythm in life. It not only motivates you but can also improve your mental health and your level of personal and professional success.
So, the Career Skills Development Society of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura proudly presents the eighth session of the project “Sith Dahana”, a session on “Mantras and Goal setting” to motivate and encourage your mind to achieve success.
Presenting “Mr Hasintha Hewawasam”, a motivational speaker and social influencer.[Dip in Psychology, BSc in Psychology(UG)]
Hereby we invite you to join the programme and can you pl, help us to share the details with your faculty students.

Join with Sith Dahana on, *12th of October 2021* *6.30 pm onwards*
to change your mind.
Zoom Link : https://zoom.us/j/94803568966?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 948 0356 8966
Passcode: [REDACTED]

"HIGHER STUDIES PATHWAY 2.0" Guidance Session
2021-10-11 17:00
“Get out there! The world is waiting.”
“Is your dream to go abroad to pursue your higher studies?”
You are kindly invited to participate in the “HIGHER STUDIES PATHWAY 2.0” guidance session organized by Civil and Environmental Technology Student Society (CETSS), Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Aim of this session is to show the correct pathway for Higher Studies in “Japan” creating a life changing point of your life
11th October at 5.00 pm onwards.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://learn.zoom.us/j/9945759311?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 994 575 9311
Passcode: [REDACTED]

"Susara Thelithuda" - Grand Final of Lyrics Writing Competition by the Flair Club
2021-10-10 18:00 - 20:00
We would like to cordially invite you to be a part of the glorious final night of “SUSARA THELITHUDA”, organized by the Flair Club of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, which is targeted to create a platform to showcase undergraduates’ creative writing skills in order to give themselves an efficient break from their academics. We have planned to announce the winners of the lyrics writing competition and to share basics and techniques with the undergraduates who are interested in enhancing their creative writing abilities.
Please refer following details on the Grand Final.
 Date – 10th of October ( Sunday )
 Time – from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm
 Topic: Susara Thelithuda, Via Zoom platform
Career Guidance Unit is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/99324425075?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 993 2442 5075
Passcode: [REDACTED]

"Mental Health" - මානසික සෞඛ්‍යය
2021-10-10 08:00
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය වෘත්තීය කුසලතා සංවර්ධන සංගමය, කඩුවෙල සතිපාසල පදනම (Sati Pasala Foundation) – Mindful School* හා එක්ව මෙහෙයවන *සිත්දැහැන* වැඩමුළු මාලාවේ _හත්වන_ වැඩමුළුව
තේමාව
“Mental Health” – මානසික සෞඛ්‍යය
මෙහෙයවීම : මනෝ වෛද්‍ය විශේෂඥ පුෂ්පකුමාර කඳපොල ආරච්චිගේ [Dr Pushpakumara Kandapola Arachchige – මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහල]
2021 ඔක්තෝබර් මස 10 දින,
පෙ.ව 8.00 – පෙ.ව 9.00 දක්වා
Zoom තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ.
Link:
https://zoom.us/j/99610622684?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 996 1062 2684
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Webinar on Research (For USJ Academics) - "How to Write News Stories based on published papers"
2021-10-08 13:00
Topics and Resource Persons
“How to Write News Stories based on published papers”
Prof. Hiran Amarasekera, Director Digital Media and Communication, Professor in Forestry and Environment Science, USJ
“How to publish Science News Stories to the general public based on your research findings”
Mr Rajendra Kulasinghe, Fmr. Editor of Vidusara Science Newspaper
Date and Time: October 8, 2021, at 1:00 pm.
Zoom link: https://learn.zoom.us/j/69984163515?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 699 8416 3515Passcode: [REDACTED]

"කුරුඳු කර්මාන්තය හා බැඳි ව්‍යාපාර අවස්ථා හඳුනා ගැනීමට ඔබත් කැමතිද?" නොමිලේ ව්‍යාපාර අදහස් රැසක්
2021-10-07 18:00 - 19:00
නොමිලේ ව්‍යාපාර අදහස් රැසක්,
කුරුඳු කර්මාන්තය හා බැඳි ව්‍යාපාර අවස්ථා හඳුනා ගැනීමට ඔබත් කැමතිද?
නොදන්නා බොහෝ දේ හා ඔබට දොඩමළු වීමට හොඳම අවස්ථාව මෙයයි, නව ආයෝජකයින්ට මනා වූ නැවුම් වූ දැනුම් සම්භාරයක් සමඟින්, කර්මන්තයේ ප්‍රවීනයෙකු හා දොඩමළු වීමට ඔබට වරම්.
මෙහෙයවීම අමිල සිරිවර්ධන මහතා (Managing Director – New Lanka Cinnamon Pvt, Ltd)
සහභාගීත්වයට ගාස්තු අය නොකෙරේ.
දැන්ම ඔබගේ අවස්ථාව වෙන් කරගන්න
දැන්ම WhatsApp හරහා ලියපදිංචි වන්න 0713194573
Join WhatsApp group
https://chat.whatsapp.com/DMCdp4jwTcEDFc4ijGD9WA
Date: 2021.10.07 Time: 6PM – 7PM
Zoom Meeting ඔස්සේ ඔබ හමුවට
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලීය කළමණාකරණ අධ්‍යනය හා වාණිජ විද්‍යා පීඨයට අනුබද්ධිත ව්‍යවසායකත්ව දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුව මඟින් පවත්වා ගෙන යන ව්‍යවසායකත්ව හා නවෝත්පාදන මධ්‍යස්ථානය මඟින් නොමිලේ මෙහෙයවනු ලබන මාර්ගගත වැඩමුළු මාලවේ පලමුවැනි අදියර ලෙස “කුරුඳු කර්මාන්තයේ අවස්ථා හඳුනා ගනිමු” මැයෙන් මාර්ගගත වැඩමුළුව ඔබ වෙත ගෙන එනු ලබයි.

Workshop on “Protecting and Commercialization of Intellectual Properties”
2021-10-06 10:00 - 12:00
A special workshop for the FHSS staff members on Intellectual Property under the theme ‘’Protecting and Commercialization of Intellectual Properties’’ will take place on the 6th October 2021 at 10 am. The workshop will help you explore the ways your innovative products (books, music, album, videos, etc.) can be commercialized by securing copyrights.
Zoom link to join the workshop is as follows,
Time: Oct 6, 2021 10:00 AM Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93062341638?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 930 6234 1638
Passcode: USJ

Community Leader Program Workshop 02: Presentation Skills & Portfolio writing
2021-10-05 16:00
වැඩසටහන-02: Planning a community development project
මාතෘකාව: නිවැරදිව Portfolio එකක් පිළියෙල කරගැනීම සහ ව්‍යාපෘති සැලැස්මක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම
දිනය: 2021 ඔක්තෝම්බර් මස 05 වැනි දින
වේලාව: සවස 04 ට (04.00 pm)
සම්පත් දායකත්වය: Mrs. Chathurangani Thennakoon and Mr. Sameera Jayawardene, Career Advisers, Career Guidance Unit, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Zoom Link:
Topic: Presentation Skills & Portfolio writing
Time: Oct 5, 2021 04:00 PM Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93946766398?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 939 4676 6398
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Community Leader Program Workshop 01: How to manage a successful community service project
2021-10-04 16:00
වැඩසටහන-01: Planning a community development project
මාතෘකාව: ප්‍රජා සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහනක් නිවැරදිව සංවිධානය කරගන්නේ කෙසේද?
දිනය: 2021 ඔක්තෝම්බර් මස 04 වැනි දින
වේලාව: සවස 04 ට (04.00 pm)
සම්පත් දායකත්වය: Dr. Janaka Fernando, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies
Zoom Link:
Topic: How to manage a successful community service project
Time: Oct 4, 2021 09:00 PM Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95523732238?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 955 2373 2238
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Digital Teaching and Learning Tools to Engage with Students in Online Learning Activities
2021-09-27 15:00 - 17:30
Topic: Digital Teaching and Learning Tools to Engage with Students in Online Learning Activities

Time: Sep 27, 2021 03:00 PM Colombo

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98343278346?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 983 4327 8346
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Workshop on "The philosophical rationales of doing qualitative research"
2021-09-25 14:30 - 16:30
Topic : The philosophical rationales of doing qualitative research
Date : 25th September 2021
Time : 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Scan the QR code or go through https://learn.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50pf-2vrT0iGtB_6A3-6kzlIzc4c3Q9vB8S to register for the workshop.

Register Now - "Susara Telithuda" Essay Competition
2021-09-24
Flair Club is affiliated with the University’s Career Guidance Unit, which aims to help undergraduates develop their artistic abilities. We have proposed to organize a “Susara Telithuda” essay competition with the aim of introducing these creative students to the field of music and add value to their creative skills.
The caption and the flyer of the competition are as follows.
Send the creative lyrics on or before 24th of September 2021
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/V5K2WqKdwxY5y1gg8

Possible impacts of ship accidents on marine biodiversity & ecosystems of Sri Lanka (Monthly Public Lecture - September 2021)
2021-09-21 19:00 - 20:00
Topic : Possible impacts of ship accidents on marine biodiversity & ecosystems of Sri Lanka
නෞකා අනතුරු හේතුවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සාගර ජෛව විවිධත්වය සහ පරිසර පද්ධති කෙරෙහි ඇතිවිය හැකි බලපෑම් – සම්මානිත ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය රුචිරා කුමාරණතුංග
Medium: Sinhala
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Time: 07:00 PM – 8:00 PM Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://learn.zoom.us/j/61351469001?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 613 5146 9001
Passcode: [REDACTED]

“Susara Telithuda” - First Session
2021-09-19 18:00
Flair Club of Career Guidance unit of University of Sri Jayewardenepura which is established to enhance undergraduates’ artistic abilities, has organized a lyrics writing competition named “SUSARA THELITHUDA” which is conducted via virtual platform with the purpose of enhancing undergraduates’ creative writing abilities.
As the first phase of this event , we are planning to conduct a workshop on lyrics writing in order to provide a better idea on creative lyrics writing for the undergraduates including the applicants of “SUSARA THELITHUDA”, lyrics writing competition as well as the other parties who prefer to enhance their creative writing skills.
Please find the details of the first session below.
Resource Person : Mr. Nilar N Cassim (Veteran Lyricist)
Date : 19th of September 2021
Time : 6.00PM onwards
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97785534630?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 977 8553 4630
Passcode: [REDACTED]

1st National Action Research Conference on Higher Education (NARCHE 2021)
2021-09-16 09:00 - 19:00
The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences (FHSS) of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura- Sri Lanka proudly invites you to the 1st national action research conference on higher education (NARCHE 2021)– the first ever conference of its kind in Sri Lanka.
Conference will be held on 16th September 2021 through Zoom. Conference day program include an inauguration ceremony, two sessions and panel discussion on “Good Practices in the teaching learning process in higher education”.
Inauguration
Time- 9.00 a.m.
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94436658285?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 944 3665 8285
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Technical Session 1 (Virtual)
Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94018410889…
Meeting ID: 940 1841 0889
Technical Session II (Virtual)
Time: 1.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Zoom link: https://learn.zoom.us/j/63025051555…
Meeting ID: 630 2505 1555
Passcode: $L22!wJf
Panel Discussion
Time: 3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/99551796005…
Meeting ID 995 5179 6005
Passcode [REDACTED]
Fore more info and conference program book with all the zoom links visit: http://narche.sjp.ac.lk

Conference Program PDF

Workshop on Research Proposal Writing
2021-09-10 08:00 - 10:30
A Workshop on Research Proposal Writing organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on 10th September 2021.
Those who are interested in participating should register through the following stated google form.
Topic: Workshop on Research Proposal Writing
Time: Sep 10, 2021, 08:00 AM Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi
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Meeting ID: 635 7433 4719
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Harassment against women” Is it a fashionable topic to speak?
2021-09-09 18:00 - 20:00
Harassment against women” Is it a fashionable topic to speak ? (කාන්තා හිංසනය ගැන කතා කිරිම විලාසිතාවක්ද?) a timely discussion organized by the Center for Gender Equity and Equality of the Equal Opportunity Cell, Faculty of Humanities, USJ will be held on 9th September 2021.
The discussion will be conducted by Ms. Sajeewani Abeykoon, (Attorney at Law) (LL.B) (LL.M), The Director of Law Enforcement at National Child Protection Authority and moderated by Dr. Neranji Wijewardhana; Coordinator of the Center for Gender Equity.
Time: Sep 9, 2021 06:00 PM Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 895 3623 3947
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Donation of Medical Equipment to Homagama Hospital by Japura Alumni Canada
2021-09-08 14:00
Medical Equipment sponsored by Japura Alumni Canada will be donated to Homagama Hospital by Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage; Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Date : 8th of September 2021
Time : 2pm.

"මානසික ආතතියෙන් තොර ජීවිතයක්" - (Stress Free Life)
2021-09-05 08:00 - 09:00
“නිරවුල් මනසකින් සුවබර දිවියකට” – සිත්දැහැන හය වැඩමුළුව
“මානසික ආතතියෙන් තොර ජීවිතයක්” (Stress Free Life) තේමාව ඔස්සේ,
මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහලේ මනෝ වෛද්‍ය විශේෂඥ පුෂ්පකුමාර කඳපොල ආරච්චි වෛද්‍යතුමන්ගේ මෙහෙයවීමෙන් (Dr Pushpakumara Kandapola Arachchige)
සැප්තැම්බර් මස 5 වන දින පෙ.ව 8.00 සිට 9.00 දක්වා.,
Zoom Link:
https://zoom.us/j/99610622684?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 996 1062 2684
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Workshop on "Voicercise 21"
2021-09-03 18:00
Flair Club of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura which is established in the Career guidance Unit with the purpose of helping the undergraduates to enhance their artistic abilities has organized the workshop series “Voicercise 21”. This special voice training workshop series will be conducted by famous artists and musicians in the field focusing on the improvement of undergraduates’ singing skills under different singing styles while sharing the knowledge about proper vocal balancing and techniques.
Furthermore, this program helps our students to make a definite difference in relieving the stress of our students in this epidemic situation.
Please find the details of the first session below.
Resource Person: Mr.Mihindu Ariyaratne (Singer. Composer, Lyricist)
Date: 3rd of September 2021
Time: 6.00 PM onwards
Zoom Meeting Link :
https://zoom.us/j/94714378210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 947 1437 8210
Passcode: [REDACTED]

"How can USJ academics help to improve the World Ranking of the University? A review on current Ranking, Web Publishing and Research trends" by Prof. Hiran Amarasekera
2021-09-03 14:00
“How can USJ academics help to improve the World Ranking of the University? A review on current Ranking, Web Publishing and Research trends” Workshop conducted by : Prof. Hiran Amarasekera, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
The Research Council of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: How can USJ academics help to improve the World Ranking of the University? A review on current Ranking, Web Publishing and Research trends
Time: Sep 3, 2021, 14:00 Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi
Join Zoom Meeting,
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Meeting ID: 614 2462 7425
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Faculty Publications Day (FHSS) - 2021
2021-09-01

JESA Workshop - "How to do a presentation on the Virtual Platform"
2021-08-31 18:00
Career Skills Development Society of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura is organizing the mandatory workshop series of JESA (Japura Employability Skills Awards). This workshop series is organized to get all the JESA contestants and all undergraduates to get ready with the skills and knowledge they need to fulfill, to compete throughout the JESA journey and their future employment prospects.
The 3rd workshop of the series will be on 31st August from 6.00 p.m. onwards under the topic of How to do a presentation on the virtual platform.
The Guest speaker will be Mr. Sandharu Ferdinando who is a senior executive in MAS Holdings(Pvt) Ltd.
We cordially invite you to join us at this event and hope you will share the information with your faculty students.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91740319625?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 917 4031 9625
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Student Registration for Flair Club of USJ – 2021
2021-08-30
CGU helps undergraduates to brush up their artistic abilities and make stage these students to stage to perform their talent in order to develop their artistic abilities, personality development, and platform to realize their stress. Therefore we expect your attention to share the below notice with students to join the Flair club.
“Are you talented in Singing, Dancing, Instrument playing, Acting, or any other aesthetics?
This is the best platform for you..!
FLAIR CLUB of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura is ready to give a hand to your inborn talents.
*REGISTRATIONS for the second half of the year OPEN NOW!*

Fill the following google form before midnight on 30th August 2021
https://forms.gle/6x9WZsF7HXzhU3Yz7
