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 publication is a milestone as it is the first publication by the KDU Press since its establishment as the publication arm of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, which is also the first ever university press in Sri Lanka.