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Department of Geography

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Ms. S Chithra

Senior Lecturer Gr-II

BA,(Peradeniya), MA,(Peradeniya), Ph.D (Reading)

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Education

Ph.D(Reading)

PGIHS, University of Peradeniya

MA in Development Studies

University of Colombo

2015

BA

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2007

Current Positions

Senior Lecturer Gr-II - Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

2016 June - To Present

Visiting Lecturer - Post graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

2016 - To Present

Resource Person - Post graduate Programme in the Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya

2016 - To Present

Resource Person - CDCE, University of Peradeniya

2014 - To Present

Positions Held

Lecturer - Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2013June - 2016 June

Lecturer (on Contract basis) - Department of Social Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Kandy Regional Center, Polgolla.

2010 - 2013 June

Visiting Lecturer - Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya

2015 - 2016

Visiting Lecturer - Department of Geography University of Colombo

2016 - 2017

Visiting Lecturer - Department of Social Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda

2008 - 2010

Research Assistant - Department of Social Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda.

2008 - 2010

Volunteer Students Counselor - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya.

2017

Supervisor - General Degree Examination in Arts, Centre for Distance and Continuing Education

2016 - 2017

Resource Person - Seminar Series, General Degree Examination in Arts, Centre for Distance and Continuing Education

2014 - 2018

Memberships

Organizing Committee Member - The Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, the University of Peradeniya in collaboration with the Department of Geography, University of Bangalore.

2018

Member - Faculty Library Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya.

2016 – 2019

Member - Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Chithra.S, (2016), Water Pollution and its Impacts, Annual Journal of Geography, Geography Teachers Association, University of Colombo.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Chithra,S. (2018), The Significance of Upper Kotmale Hydro Power Project Resettlement in Social Development of Plantation Labours: A Special Reference in Rathneelakelle Resettlement, Chandrabose A.S., Ramesh, R (eds), Tea Industry and the Upcountry Tamil Community: An Analysis of Socio-Economic and Political Mobility. Colombo: Virakesari Newspaper Ceylon Ltd.

Chithra,S. (2018) Causes for Acceleration of Slope Instability: A Case Study Conducted in Rambuk – Ela Grama Niladhari Division in Akurana Divisional Secretariat, Kandy, 5th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches(ICMA ), University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

Chithra,S, (2015), Impacts of Upper Kotmale Hydro Power Project on Livelihood of Plantation Workers: A Case Study Conducted in Rathneelakelle Resettlement in Talawakelle, International Conference on Postcolonial Societies in Transition, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.

Chithra.S, Shazna Mohamed M.A.F (2014), Peacocks in Danger in the Southern Highway: A Case from Imanduwa to Kokmaduwa, Journal of Sri Lankan Wildlife, vol 10, Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Research Interests

Coastal Geomorphology

Hydrology

Other Academic Contributions

Attended Induction Program for Academic Staff, Staff Development Centre, University of Peradeniya. (January – March 2017)

Participated the Workshop on Student Evaluation Methods, Organized by the Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya, (2014).

Participated the Tutor Training Workshop, organized by the Commonwealth Youth Programme, Asia Centre, Chandigarh in collaborated with The Open University of Sri Lanka, (21st – 25th Feb 2011).


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