Over the past year, Sri Lanka’s university students have been confined to their homes, adapting to a new virtual learning environment. While much of the defining features of a student’s university life have been amiss during the past year, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) Senior Prof. Sudantha Liyanage says there are...Read More
Prof. N.G.S. Shantha Gamage, attached to the Department of Physics, has been elected as the President of Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka (IPSL) at the 41st Annual General Meeting held on March 20, 2021 at the Auditorium, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Colombo 07. Institute of Physics Sri Lanka is the apex...Read More
Dr Chameera Udawattha Senior lecturer of Department of Estate Management and Valuation, Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce of USJ received the Presidential Award for Scientific Research 2020, given to the top 100 scientific publications based on their SCImago Journal Ranking (which is source normalized based on weighted citations), where at least 20% of authors are...Read More
“Sanifly” an innovative project carried out by a team of Final year undergraduates following the Business Information Systems (Special) Degree offered by Department of Information Technology (DIT), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura won the National Runners Up position in the Best Innovative product/Project (University Category) of the SLASSCOM National Ingenuity...Read More
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year is a very important event in the Sri Lankan calendar and includes the celebration of many rituals and traditions. One such ritual is the ‘Hisa Thel Gama’ (oil anointing ceremony) where a specially prepared herbal oil is anointed on the head at an auspicious time. This year, this ritual...Read More
Ven. (Prof.) Pinnawala Sangasumana Thero; Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences USJ appointed as the new Director of External Degrees and Extension Courses Unit (EDECU), USJ effect from 3rd of May 2021. Ven. (Prof.) Pinnawala Sangasumana Thero is currently working as a professor at Department of Geography.Read More
Dr. W. G. S. Kelum, Deptartment of Accounting, Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce, USJ appointed as the new Director of Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) with effect from 8th of May 2021 by the University Grants Commission. Dr. W. G. S. Kelum completed his education at Royal College, Colombo 7. Dr. Kelum completed his M.Sc....Read More
The Japanese government made public the recipients of “The Order of the Rising Sun”, conferred by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan on foreign nationals who have made distinguished contributions to enhancing friendly relations with Japan. The Spring Conferment this year honours Sri Lankan national, Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Chairman of the University Grants Commission,...Read More
In the backdrop of the massive resurgence of COVID-19 in several parts of the world, a new more infectious and potent strain of SARS-CoV-2 has been discovered in Sri Lanka. Expert scientists at Sri Jayewardenepura University have said that the new strain of COVID-19 is airborne and its droplets can remain in the air for...Read More
COVID-19 patients detected post-New Year season are showing severe symptoms as opposed to the patients reported before implied by Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dr. Jeewandara quoted “At present severe complications are being reported among young individuals infected with the virus,...Read More
