The Short Course on “Cultural Linkages towards an Asian Ideology” 2022/23 Lecture 01
“Impact of Globalization on Economic Linkage towards Asian Ideology – Special Reference to Sri Lanka” by Professor M.G. Kularatne

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first lecture of the Short Course on “Cultural Linkages towards an Asian Ideology” 2022/23 was delivered by Professor MG Kularatne on “Impact of Globalization on Economic Linkage towards Asian Ideology – Special Reference to Sri Lanka” the on 11th October 2022 from 1500 to 1630 via Zoom. Read More >>&gRead More…

Disaster Management Exhibition 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Under the theme “Evergreen”, the Disaster Management Exhibition 2022 was held on 06th October 2022 at the Academic Building. Major General Milinda Peiris RWP RSP VSV USP ndc psc MPhil, Vice Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, graced the event as the Chief Guest, while Brigadier W Chandrasiri RSRead More…

The Inauguration Ceremony of the Short Course on “Cultural Linkages towards an Asian Ideology” 2022/2023

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The virtual inauguration ceremony of the Short Course on “Cultural Linkages towards an Asian Ideology” 2022/2023 was held on the 4th of October 2022 from 1500 to 1600 hours.
The course was ceremoniously inaugurated with the Deputy Vice Chancellor – Defence and Administration, Brigadier Wipula Chandrasiri RSP USP psc gRead More…

Plenary Session on Management, Social Sciences & Humanities

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 15th KDU IRC, Plenary Session of Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities were successfully conducted on 29th September, 2022. Session was chaired by Professor Anoma Abeyrathne, University of Peradeniya. Presenters of the session were Professor Lalith Ananda, Dr. Nishan De Mel, Dr. Sharon McCulloch and Ms. Read More…

Visit of Representatives from Commonwealth Secretariat and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A team of representatives from the Commonwealth Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) visited KDU on September 12th, 2022 to have a discussion on the project on Promoting Nonviolent Communication and Responsible Use of Media at KDU implemented in 2021. The aim of this meeting was to understand the Read More…

Annual Case Study Tour of Intake 38 – BSc. Social Sciences Degree Programme

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Department of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Management, Social Sciences, and Humanities of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University organized its annual case study tour of intake 38 to Ratnapura district from September 22 to September 23, 2022, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge on the gem industry and disRead More…

A webinar on ‘Understanding Gender Equity and Equality’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A webinar on ‘Understanding Gender Equity and Equality’ was organized by the FMSH under the initiative of the Committee on Gender Equity of Equality (CGEE). This was a result of conducting informative sessions by each faculty of the university on Gender Equity and Equality in order to enhance the knowledge of the academic and non-academic staff of the FacultiRead More…

Student Exchange Programme to Japan

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Eight students of the Department of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities (FMSH) of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) were given the valuable opportunity to take part in a Student Exchange Programme to Japan from the 1st to the 10th of September 2022.
The programme was conducted under the InternationalRead More…

The Dawn of a New Era at ELC: the 2nd Installation of the English Literary Club of KDU

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the promise of a fresh beginning, the 2nd installation ceremony of the English Literary Club of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University was held on Tuesday, 29th of August 2022, at the Main Auditorium of the Faculty of Defence and Strategic Studies. Read More >>>
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From ‘The Vendor of Sweets’ to ‘Rasa Kevili Velenda’: Translation Transcending Cultures

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rasa Kevili Velenda, a Sinhala translation of R.K. Narayan’s novel The Vendor of Sweets, by Mr. Kithsiri Amaratunga, the incumbent Dean of the Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities (FMSH) of KDU, was ceremonially launched on 02nd, September 2022 at the Faculty of Graduate Studies auditorium. The publicatioRead More…