Commencement of Duties for Year 2019
The University of Colombo ceremonially commenced their duties of the new year on 1st of January 2019, with a special function attended by the Vice-chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, deans of the faculties with the other all staff members of the university at the College house premises. The function commenced with the hoisting the National […]
Improved B-Learning Management system for Institute for Agro-technology
The University of Colombo was chosen as a lead implementing partner for a new UNESCO project on ICT-driven innovation; Seizing Digital Opportunities in Higher Education: Building staff capacity for ICT-driven innovation in Cambodia and Sri Lanka. This project is supported by the Shenzhen Municipal Government within the UNESCO-Shenzhen Funds-In-Trust Framework (SFIT). UNESCO project on B-Learning for […]
Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Student’s Service Center
Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the proposed Student’s Service Center (SSC) of Faculty of Science was held on 21st of December 2018 at the Faculty of Science premises. The Chancellor Most Reverend Dr. Oswald Gomis, the vice Chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the Director of UCSC, Professor K.P Hewagamage, Deans of the faculties Professor K. […]
MoU between UoC and Philips Medical System
University of Colombo and Philips Medical Systems, Nederland, BV entered into a research agreement on the 21st of December 2018. Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake signed on behalf of UoC while Philips Medical Systems was represented by a group of dignitaries from Philips India and Philips Sri Lanka, headed by Clinical Scientist, Dr. Indrajit […]
Program Establishment Support Series Organized by Academic Mentoring Program – Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo is pleased to announce the inauguration of its first formal initiative on establishing academic mentoring for staff. This program was inaugurated by Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-chancellor of the University of Colombo on 18th of December 2018 at the Faculty of Medicine. Faculty of Medicine launched its first in-house faculty mentoring program […]
22nd Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Organization
The 22nd Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Organization of the University Of Colombo was held on the 15th December 2018 at New Arts Theatre of the University of Colombo. The Alumni Organization was established in the year 1993 and completing its 22nd year and step up into 23rd successful year. A souvenir was issued […]
Annual “Pirith” Chanting Ceremony
The Annual “Pirith” Chanting Ceremony of the University of Colombo was held on 13th -14th December 2018 at the College House Premises. The Ceremony was organized by the Student & Staff Affairs society for the purpose of receiving blessings on future works of the University. View more photos on Facebook
Annual Christmas Carols 2018 – Faculty of Medicine
The Annual Christmas Carols of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo dates back to many decades and takes the topmost place in the calendar of the Catholic Medical Students’ Society (CMSS). It is held with the purpose of glorifying in the birth of Christ, with the participation of students of all religions signifying the strength of […]
ICAUST 2018
The 6th International Conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha & Traditional Medicine 2018 (ICAUST 2018) – “Ayurveda towards Global Wellness” was held on 7th – 9th of December 2018 at the Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo. The Keynote Speakers were Professor Kamal Nayan Dwivedi, Head Department of Dravyaguna, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, […]
Panel Discussion on Marriage Law Reforms in Sri Lanka
The Family Law Course Team of the Department of Private and Comparative Law organized a panel discussion themed “Reforming the Law related to Marriage in Sri Lanka: Attempts and Prospects” on 5th December 2018 at the Faculty of Law. The panel consisted of Professor Sharya Scharenguivel, Mr. Thishya Weragoda (Attorney-at-Law), Ms. Safana Gul Begum (Attorney-at-Law), […]
Henry Dunant Memorial Moot (Regional Rounds) 2018
The Regional rounds of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition were held from the 4th to 6th December 2018, at Tehran, Iran, with the participation of 10 teams from India, Nepal, Iran, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Faculty of Law University of Colombo was represented by Ms. Shelani Palihawadana, Ms. Prashanthi Vignanantha, and Ms. […]
NILIS Research Symposium 2018
The Annual Research Symposium of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo was held on 1st December 2018 at the NILIS Auditorium. The theme of the symposium was “Library and Information Science Education in the Digital Era”. Mr. W Sunil, Director General, National Library and NLDSB was the Chief Guest […]
The launch of “ආසම පාට දම් පාට”- A Poetic book
The launch of “ආසම පාට දම් පාට”- a poetic book, written by Mr. Susith Nimantha Siriwardena – final year undergraduate following the Special Degree in Sociology, was held on 28th November 2018, at 2.30 pm in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Faculty of Arts. Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean – Faculty of Arts, graced this occasion and the book was […]
Annual Research Sessions of the Library – 2018
The Library Network held its Annual Research Sessions on November 27th, 2018 on the theme “Paradigm Shift of University Libraries in the Digital World”. The Sessions contained 12 research presentations on the sub-themes; Information dissemination in the digital environment, Managing E-Resources in the Digital Era, Library innovations for digital natives. Professor Inder Vir Malhan from […]
Dean’s Literary Award and Book Exhibition
The Award Ceremony of the Dean’s Literary Award 2018 organized by the Faculty of Arts was taken place on November 27th at 2.00 pm onwards at the New Arts Theatre, University of Colombo. The keynote speaker was Professor Raj Somadeva, Senior Professor, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology. This year the award ceremony was accompanied by a book exhibition […]
Guest Lecture on “Advances and New Space Applications of Earth Observation and GIS”
The Department of Geography organized a guest lecture on “Advances and New Space Applications of Earth Observation and GIS” on 26th November 2018 from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm at Room no. 127, Department of Geography. The lecture was delivered by Professor Mukund Kadursrinivas Rao – Chief Executive, Centre for Spatial Analytics and Advanced GIS and Adjunct Professor, National […]
