Launch of ‘Professor Emeritus Indrani Munasinghe Felicitation Volume’
The launch of ‘Professor Emeritus Indrani Munasinghe Felicitation Volume‘ was held on 09th August 2017, at 3.00 pm in the FGS Auditorium, College House, University of Colombo. The key note speech was delivered by the Professor Emeritus S. Pathmanathan, Chancellor – University of Jaffna.
Southern University of Science and Technology, China to collaborate with University of Colombo
Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo, and Dr. Lu Chun, General Secretary of Southern University of Science and Technology(SUSTech), China signed the MoU between the two Universities during a ceremony held on 8th August 2017 at SUSTech, Shenzhen, China. This will open up more opportunities for both students and staff of the two […]
Seizing Digital Opportunities in Higher Education: Building staff capacity for ICT-driven innovation in Cambodia and Sri Lanka
University of Colombo has been 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, A project supported by the Shenzhen Municipal Government within the UNESCO-Shenzhen Funds-In-Trust Framework (SFIT). Blended learning – the synthesis […]
General Convocation – 2016
The General Convocation of the University of Colombo was held on 1st and 2nd of August, 2017 at the BMICH for the conferment of Bachelor’s Degrees of the University of Colombo. The Convocation consisted of six (06) sessions. His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis, the Chancellor of the University of Colombo was conferred […]
Seminar on “Negotiating with Yakās: A Performative Approach to Study Healing Rituals and Demons”
The Department of Sociology organized the August Monthly Seminar of the Department Seminar Series on the 3rd of August 2017 at the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology. At this month’s seminar Dr. Eva Ambos from University of Heidelberg, Germany, presented on “Negotiating with Yakās: A Performative Approach to Study Healing Rituals and Demons.” Dr. Eva Ambos studied Cultural […]
Delegation from Shandong Province, China visited University of Colombo
A delegation led by Mr. Xue Qingguo, the Director General of Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government and the President of Shandong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries visited University of Colombo on 03rd August 2017. During the visit the delegation met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake , Vice Chancellor of University of Colombo […]
UCSC දානමය පිංකම 2017
UCSC නිර්මාතෘ විද්‍යාජෝති මහාචාර්ය වී.කේ. සමරනායක මැතිතුමන්ට පුණ්‍යානුමෝදනා කරනු පිණිස සහ කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය පරිගණක අධ්‍යයනායතනයට මෙන්ම එහි සියලුම සිසු සිසුවියන්ට, කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයට ආශිර්වාද ලබාගනු නිමිති කරගනිමින්, UCSC 13වන කණ්ඩායම සංවිධානය කල, මහා සංඝරත්නය 50 නමක් විෂයෙහි සාංඝික දානමය පිංකම 2017 අගෝස්තු මස 02වන බදාදා දින දහවල් UCSC පරිශ්‍රයේදී පැවැත්විණ. More images
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.
