The 35th AGM of Alumni Association of the University of Colombo
The 35th Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo was held recently at the College House, University of Colombo. The Chief Guest was Hon. Eran Wickramaratne, State Minister of Finance. The AGM was also attended by the Vice Chancellor Senior Prof Lakshman Dissanayake, Past presidents of the Association, Academics and […]
JSF Corporation (Pvt) Limited to invest in University of Colombo
The group of dignitaries from JSF Corporation (Pvt) Limited wholly-owned subsidiary of REK CO., LTD in Japan, and a registered BOI company in Sri Lanka visited University of Colombo on 28th July 2017 and met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor University of Colombo. The purpose of the visit was to explore the possibility of setting up […]
Book Launch – නිවාස පිළිබඳ සමාජ විද්යාව සහ තිරසාර නාගරික සංවර්ධනය
The launch of ‘නිවාස පිළිබඳ සමාජ විද්යාව සහ තිරසාර නාගරික සංවර්ධනය’ (Sociology of Housing and Sustainable Urban Development), authored by Dr. N. Chandrasiri Niriella, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology was held on 27th July 2017, at 3.00 pm in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. This event was chaired by the Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the […]
Seminar on Economics of Garbage Disposal
Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA) in Collaboration with the Development Resource Center (DRC) of The Department of Economics of the University of Colombo along with the Knowledge Sharing Partnership between the University of Colombo and the World Bank organized Seminar on Economics of Garbage Disposal under the theme of Solid waste to Solid Wealth: Technical Perspective on Sri Lanka Solid […]
Seminar on ‘The Right To Information Act’
Sociology Alumni Association of University of Colombo together with University of Colombo Sociology Students’ Association organized a Seminar on the Right to Information Act for students of the Faculty of Arts on the 26th of July 2017 at the Department of Sociology Auditorium, University of Colombo. Dr. Ranga Kalansooriya, Director General at the Department of Government Information in Sri […]
Bhutan Ambassador visited University of Colombo
The newly appointed Bhutan Ambassador to Sri Lanka His Excellency Mr. Sonam T. Rabgye visited Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo yesterday at the College House of University of Colombo. His Excellency Mr. Rabgye was accompanied by Mr.Kalden Dorji the Second Secretary, Royal Bhutanese Embassy in Dhaka at the meeting. During the […]
Staff Badminton Tournament 2017
University of Colombo Staff Badminton Tournament 2017 organized by the University of Colombo was held on 21st of July at the University of Colombo Indoor Stadium.
Guest Lecture on “සාහිත්යික සන්නිවේදනය හා එහි රමණීත්වය”
The Journalism Unit, Faculty of Arts organized a guest lecture on “සාහිත්යික සන්නිවේදනය හා එහි රමණීත්වය”, on 20th July 2017, at 8.30 am in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium – Department of Sinhala. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Wimal Dissanayake (University of Hawaii)
Book Launch – ‘ජපන් බෞද්ධ ඉතිහාසය හා සම්ප්රදාය’
The launch of ‘ජපන් බෞද්ධ ඉතිහාසය හා සම්ප්රදාය‘ , authored by Prof. Ven. M. Dhammajothi Thero– Department of Buddhist Studies, was held on 20th July 2017, at 3.30 pm in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. The Guest Lecture was delivered by Prof. Toshichi Endo – Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Australia to collaborate with University of Colombo
Professor Diane Twigg, Executive Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Mrs. Tania Beament, International Director of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University visited the University of Colombo on 19th July 2017. The ECU delegates met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Devaka Weerakoon, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, Dr. […]
Aimalfree Foundation Switzerland to collaborate with University of Colombo
Dr Stefanie Schindler, Co–CEO of the Aimalfree Foundation, Switzerland visited the University of Colombo and met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice Chancellor on 19th July 2017. During the visit, Professor Dissanayake and Dr Schindler signed an agreement between the two institutes on an ongoing joint research collaboration. Professor Mangala Gunathilaka, Faculty of Medicine and Dr Kokail […]
Undergraduate Research Symposium , Department of Geography
The Department of Geography is organized the 1st Undergraduate Research Symposium, based on the dissertations of final year undergraduates who are following the Special Degree in Geography, on 19th July 2017. The inauguration ceremony of this symposium was commenced at 8.30 a.m. in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium and the academic sessions were continued from 10.30 a.m. . Senior Professor […]
Tourism Leaders’ Summit and International Research Symposium
The third consecutive Tourism Leaders’ Summit and International Research Symposium organized by the Department of Economics, University of Colombo will be held on 3 and 4 October at the BMICH in Colombo. This was officially announced by the Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs John Amaratunga at the media briefing in Colombo on 19th July 2017 with the […]
Inter University Championship – Swimming
Inter University Championship – Swimming (Men/Women) was held on 15th of July 2017 at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura Swimming Complex.
Deputy Director, Polish Institute visited University of Colombo
Mr. Przemysław Grabowski. Deputy Director, Polish Institute, New Delhi, India visited University of Colombo on 10th July 2017 and met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the Vice Chancellor of University of Colombo. The purpose of the visit was to explore the possible academic collaborations between University of Colombo and the Universities in Poland. Mr. K.A.S. Edward , […]
Launch of the “tobaccounmasked.lk” Information Portal – Centre for Combating Tobacco
The information portal (tobaccounmasked.lk) of the Sri Lankan tobacco observatory, the Centre for Combatting Tobacco (CCT) was launched by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo on 07th July 2017 at The Hotel Kingsbury, Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is now accessible to the public. Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) was established at the Faculty […]
