The Faculty of Agriculture launched a Media Incubator Space to promote development communication on 10th November 2022 with the participation of Prof. MD. Lamawanse, Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, Mr. Nicolas Gerad, Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Prof. Sarath S. Kodithuwakku, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture,…
A. Baur & Co (Pvt.) Limited donated five Laptop Computers to selected students from the Faculty of Agriculture, Management, Engineering, Science & Arts. Mr. Janaka Gunasekara, Director Agriculture, Baur & Co (Pvt.) Limited and Ms. Basnayake, Director, IT and a few Senior Officials of A. Baurs & Company Limited gave away Laptop Computers at a…
The Colombo Chapter of the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya together with Dialog Axiata PLC came up to fund the ongoing Student Assistantship Program (WSAP), the Program introduced for the students to earn while learning. The WSAP initiated by the University few months ago provides an opportunity for students to work up to…
Nine researchers from the University of Peradeniya are among the top 2% of world scientists based on the ranking by the September 2022 edition of Stanford University. The University of Peradeniya is proud to be the university with the highest number of world 2% researchers in the country. September 2022 edition of the top 100,000…
The University organized a certificate awarding ceremony on October 24th in a bid to appreciate the employees of the landscape division of the University of Peradeniya. The landscape division is responsible for maintaining over 150 acres of land in the university park. Twenty-three best-performing employees were awarded certificates of appreciation and cash prizes. Professor MD….
Prof. MD. Lamawansa, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Terrence Madhujith, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Ms. Jayantha Dharmasiri, the Acting registrar and Mr. Mahesh Abeywickrama, the Public Relations Officer and a few other officials of the University paid a visit to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Kandy and met with Diyawadana Nilame (Chief custodian) Dr. Nilanga Pradeep…
With the current economic downturn, there is an imminent threat of a food shortage in the country. In this backdrop, the Deans of Faculties of Agriculture of state Universities of Sri Lanka led by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya have been very thoughtful in developing strategies to restore and rebuild the once very…
The welcome ceremony for the new entrants of the Faculty of Dental Sciences was held via Zoom on 30th May 2022. The welcome address was delivered by Prof. AM Attygalla, Dean, Faculty of Dental Sciences. This was followed by the Vice Chancellor’s speech. Prof. MD Lamawansa, Vice Chancellor, University of Peradeniya joined the ceremony via…
Professor M.D. Lamawansa, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, and few academics from the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Peradeniya attended the Neuro care workshop held from May 9th – 12th 2022 in Kristianstad, Sweden. The event was organized in collaboration with European partners from Högskolan Kristianstad, Sweden, Triskelion, Norway, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia,…
On an invitation of the His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka, The Vice Chancellor of University of Peradeniya, The Team Leader of the Face Mask Invention Team, Professor RMG. Rajapakse, Senior Professor of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, and the Team Leader of the COVID-19 Detection Kit, Dr. Ruchika Fernando of the…