Doctoral Candidate
University of Peradeniya
M.Phil
University of Peradeniya
2012
BA (Hons) Sinhala
University of Peradeniya
2002
University of Peradeniya
University of Peradeniya
2012
University of Peradeniya
2002
Senior Lecturer - (Grade I)
2019 - To Present
Departmental Coordinator, Centre for Distance and Continuing Education (CDCE), - University of Peradeniya
2018-2020
Undergraduate Dissertation Programme Coordinator, Department of Sinhala, - University of Peradeniya
2014-2020
Member of Arts Council, - University of Peradeniya
2017-2018
Program Coordinator (Dissertation), Undergraduate Research Congress - University of Peradeniya,
2017-2018.
Academic Program Coordinator, Postgraduate Programs in Sinhala, - University of Peradeniya
2015-2017
Part-Time Academic Sub-Warden, Ramanathan Hall, - University of Peradeniya.
2003-2005
Life Membership - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka
State Literary Award for the Best Short Story Collection in the Year - (Sithuwamen Nerapu Kindurek)
2020
TV Derana ‘Aeya’ Award in Recognition the Contribution to the Field of Literature - Inline with International Women’s Day
2020
State Literary Award for the Best Short Story Collection in the Year - (Gihin Enna Carnival)
2018
‘Rajatha Pusthaka’ Award for the Best Short Story Collection in the Year - (Gihin Enna Carnival)
2018
State Literary Award for the Best Novel in the Year - (Dulwala Alankare)
2016
Honorary Award in Recognition the Contribution to the Field of Literature - District Secretariat Kurunegala.
2018
The winning novel of Godage Script Writing Competition - (Dulwala Alankare)
2015
University Scholarship for Excellency in Arts - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya
2001/2002
C. E. Jayanayake Prize for Greatest Competence in Sinhala - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya
2001/2002
Jayantha Weerasekara Prize for Greatest Competence in Sinhala - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya
2001/2002
Prof. D. E. Hettiarachchi Prize in Sinhala (for Exegetical Literature) - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya
2002/2002
First Place, Rev. Kalukondayawe Sri Pragnasekara Commemorative All Island Essay Competition, - Navagamuwa Youth Foundation.
1996
First Place, All Island Essay Competition, - Korea- Lanka Social and Cultural Organization.
1994
First Place, All Island Essay Competition, Sri Lanka Educational, - Cultural and Social Association of France.
1993
First Place, Human Rights Day, All Island Essay Competition, - Sri Lanka Foundation.
1993
First Place, Major General Denzil Kobbekaduwa Commemorative All Island Essay Competition, - Jathika Veera Padanama.
1993
First Place, ‘Bhasha Upanga’, All Island Sinhala Language and Literary Competitions, - Ministry of Education.
1993
First Place, ‘Sahithya Denuma Minuma’, All Island Sinhala Language and Literary Competitions, - Ministry of Education.
1992/1993
Co-Winner, Martin Wickramasinghe Birth Centenary All Island Essay Competition, - Martin Wickramasinghe Foundation.
1990
Co-Winner, Martin Wickramasinghe Birth Centenary All Island Literary Criticism Competition, - Martin Wickramasinghe Foundation
1990
First Place, All Island Essay Competition, - National Water Supply, and Drainage Board.
1990
Sithuwamen Nerapu Kindurek, Nugegoda: Vidarshana Publications, 2019.
https://www.kbooks.lk/Sithuwamen-Nerapu-Kindurek-Sumudu-Niragee-Senavirathna
Gihin Enna Carnival, Colombo: S Godage saha Sahodarayo, 2017.
https://www.kbooks.lk/gihin_enna_carnival_sumudu_niragee_senavirathna
Dulwala Alankare, Colombo: S. Godage saha Sahodaraho, 2015.
https://godage.com/?s=Dulwala+Alankare&post_type=product&type_aws=true
Madhuvāpī Vihāra Vitti Varnanāva saha Dahaneka Patuna, Colombo: S. Godage saha Sahodarayo, 2014.
https://touch.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558691188549783&id=100032267210889&set=a.455611342191102
The Social Preference and the Change of Vocabulary – Study on Sinhala Language (Samaja Ruchikathvaya saha Vakkosha Parinamaya – Sinhala Bhashava Ashritha Vimarshanayak), Samarchana – Rev. Nittambugama Vachissara Felicitation Volume, ed. Rev. Minuwangamuwe Mahanama, Puwakpitiya: Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, 2008.
The First Language Planning Process in Sinhala: A Study on the Language Revival in the Kandyan Period (Sinhalaya Prathama Bhasha Selasumkarakna Vyaparaya Mahanuwara Yugəye Bhasha Punarjeevana Karthavyayan Pilibanda Vimasumak), Rev. Wilapitiye Gnanawansa Felicitation Volume, ed. Rev. Kahawatte Jinasiri, Gelioya: Nigrodhakheththa Maha Pirivena, 2007.
Collision of Classicalization and Modernization: A Study on Sinhala Written Language in the 20th Century (Visivana Siyavasa Sinhala Lekhana Vyavaharaya Ashritha Sambhavyakaraka-Naweekaraka Visadrushaatha), Sambhasha, ed. Rev. Walaswewe Gnanarathana, Piriven Education Branch in the Ministry of Education, 2006.
A Study of the Scared Offerings for Tooth Relic and the Contemporary Socio-Cultural Background (Dalada Wahanse Wetha Pidunu Vividha Puja Wasthu Saha Thadanubaddha Samaja Sanskruthika Pasubima Pilibanda Vimarshanayak) Siri Dalada Harasaraniya, ed. Prof. Ven. Hanguranketha Dheerananda and others, Department of Government Information, 2013
Empowering the Voice of Intermediate Texts: The Historical Importance of Madhuvapi Vihara Vitti Varnanava saha Dahaneka Patuna, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, New Series, Vol. 58 Part 2, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 2013.
Hirubata Nimnaya – Kothmale, Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers, 2005. (Translation of ‘Sunset in a Valley Kothmale’ by Prof. Anuradha Seneviratne,)
http://search.lib.ou.ac.lk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-imageviewer.pl?biblionumber=82938
Delegate of South Asian Literature Festival,
Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature,
New Delhi, India
2018
Official Delegate of First China-South Asia Literature Forum,
China Writers Association,
Chengdu, China
2017
Contribution as a scriptwriter for the ‘Vinivindimi Andura’ teledrama series directed by Mr. Christy Shelton Fernando, telecasted by ITN. The teledrama scripts were written based on the short stories mentioned below. Apasu gamana – Gunadasa Amarasekara, Atheeranaya – K. Jayathilaka, Ganudenuwa – Hemapala Munidasa, Nambu pissuwa – T. G. W. de Silva, Narak wu piti banduna – Martin Wickramasinghe, Welegedara Sugunawathee – Piyaseeli Wijemanna
Sinhala Language and Literature
SLS 401 - Sinhala Exegetical Literature
Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya
2013-2021
SLS 402 - Historical Linguistics and the History of Sinhala Language
Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya
2014-2021
SLS 408 - Sinhala Vocabulary Studies
Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya
2013-2021
SLS 303 - Descriptive Linguistics
Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya
2016-2019
SLS 206 - Modern Literary Studies
Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya
2014-2021
SLS 208 - Sinhala Textual Studies
Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya
2013-2021
SLS 102 - Introduction to Language
Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya.
2010-2021
SLS 604 - Socio Linguistics
Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya
2016
SLS 605 - History of Sinhala Language
Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya
2015-2017
SLS 607 (Old Syllabus) - Modern Linguistics
Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya
2013
SLS 501 - Classical Sinhala Poetry
Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya
2016
SLS 502 (New Syllabus) - Practical Sinhala Grammar and Styles
Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya
2016-2017
SLS 502 (Old Syllabus) - Classical Sinhala Prose: Etymology and Exegetical LIterature
Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya
2014
Spatial Literary Studies
Socio Linguistics
Non-Fiction Studies
Contribution of service to compile Extra Reading Text-Book (Beddegama) for Advanced Level Students, Educational Publications Department, 2021.
Manual Writing (SINE 301-Introduction to Language and the History of Sinhala Language), BA External Degree Programme, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2020.
Compiling the Hand-Book for the Final Year Dissertation, Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya.
Contribution of the service for the Revision of the BA External Degree Programme, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2016.
Contribution of the service for the Revision of the Undergraduate Syllabi, Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2012-2013.