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Department of Sociology

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Prof. WASN Wijesinghe

Professor in Sociology

Ph D(Reading - Sweden), MA (Thailand), BA (Peradeniya)

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About Me

Professor Shanti Nandana Wijesinghe is a Sociologist, researcher as well as social activist who has been serving as a Professor in Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and he started his professional carrier as a lecturer in Sociology in 1985. At present, he is reading for his Ph.D. at the Department of Peace and Development Research, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He received a MA in Health Social Sciences in 1996 from the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand. Prof Wijesinghe obtained his BA in Sociology with Second Class Upper Division Honours in 1985 from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He has served as the Director of Social Development Affairs to His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. He initiated as a pioneer of 18 Social Reconciliation Centers (SRCs) of Sri Lankan state universities in 2021 under the theme of Social Reconciliation among University Communities and the University Grant Commission (UGC) has launched SRCs as a joint initiative with the President's Office for increasing capacity building, research output, and other reconciliation activities of universities for an initial period of ten years (2022 to 2032). Prof Wijesinghe was appointed by His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka for the Presidential Task Force – One Country One Law in 2021. As one of the pioneers of Ceylon School of Economics & Technology (CSET) was established in 2021, is an institution of advanced education and research, which has secured itself an extensive network of contacts with top-notch universities within and outside Sri Lanka (https://cset.edu.lk/about-2/). He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses on sociological theories, peace theories, human rights, population and society/ development, medical sociology/anthropology and sociology of reproductive health, sociological perspectives, classical sociological theory, advanced sociological theories, and sociology of religion. He has conducted research and training in the fields of social reconciliation, peace, conflict, and health. He has served for nearly twenty years as the editor of “Samaja Vimasuma” (Social Analysis), the annual publication of the Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya. He is currently serving as the chief editor of an international journal called “Social Affairs” (https://www.socialaffairsjournal.com/en/), “Samaja Sameeksha” and Executive Director of World University Friends (WUF) http://www.worlduniversityfriends.org/. Some of his outstanding research and publications are; Youth Volunteerism and Social Reconciliation for Social Development, Published by WUF and Innovators Pvt (Ltd), P VI+142, 2015, ISBN 978-955-4889-05-7, The Attitudes, Conflict Styles and Personality of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks in Peace, Published by World University Friends. P VIII-166, ISBN 978-955-3901-11-8, Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Peace in Sri Lanka, Reconciliation in Post-conflict Sri Lanka, Colombo: Department of Government Printing, P iv + 55, 2013, ISBN 978-955-4889-03-3, Empowerment, Leadership, and Social Development. Colombo: Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Program, Published by WUF and Innovators Pvt (Ltd), P 120, 2012, ISBN 978-955-4889-01-9.

Education

PhD (Reading)

University of Gothenburg

MA

Mahidol University

1996

BA

University of Peradeniya

1985

Current Positions

Director (SRC at PDN) and Member, Steering Committee on Reconciliation - University Grant Commission, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

2021 - To Present

External Eminent Expert appointed by the university council, Social Reconciliation Centre (SRC) - Management Committee, University of Wovuniya, Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka,

2021 - To Present

External Eminent Expert appointed by the university council, Social Reconciliation Centre (SRC) Management Committee, - Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee Hwy, Chenkaladi, Sri Lanka,

2021 - To Present

Professor in Sociology - University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

2017 - To Present

Visiting Professor - Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

2015 - To Present

Positions Held

Member, OCOL Presidential Task Force - President Office, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka

2021-2022

Visiting Professor - Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

2015 - To Present

Visiting Lecturer - Department Higher Degree Programme, Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2008 - 2015

Visiting Lecturer - Department of Sociology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

2014 - 2015

Director to HE the President of Sri Lanka - Social Development Affairs, President Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2005 - 2015

Senior Lecturer in Sociology - University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

1996 - To Present

Lecturer in Sociology - University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

1988/1989 - 1996

Assistant Lecturer - University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

1985 - 1988/1989

Memberships

Peace Ambassador (https://www.wwpo.org/assets/bios/Wijesinghe.html), - WWPO WORLDWIDE PEACE ORGANIZATION in Sri Lanka, www.wwpo.org, https://www.wwpo.org/feature_table_general2.html

Life Member - Association for Sri Lankan Sociologist, Dept. of Sociology, University of Colombo 3, Sri Lanka, 2015 onwards.

Life Member (LMF 161) - Indian Sociological Society, Institute of Social Sciences, 8 Nelson Mandela Road,Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India, Since 2000.

Life Member - Sociological Association of Sri Lanka, Dept. of Sociology, University of Colombo, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka.

Member - the Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health (APNET) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia, Since 1994.

Life Member - Alumni Association of University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

Awards

The Theory and Practice in Systems Analysis- and the context of Swedish connections with IIASA in Stockholm, Ph.D. Summer Course - Organized by the Swedish IIASA Committee at FORMAS, Stockholm, Sweden,

27-30 August 2008

Ph.D. course on Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War, - Dept. of Political Science, The University of Oslo, Oslo and the Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute (IPSR), Oslo, Norway,

26-30 May 2008.

Workshop on Forced Migration, Calcutta Research Group (CRG), - FE 390, Sector 11, Ground Floor, Calcutta 106, India, Funded by Organizing Committee.

01-15 December 2004,

NORFA Ph.D. course: Managing Research, - Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Blaagaadsgade 23B, DK 2200 Copenhagen N,

20-24 September 2004

The World Alliance for Peace in Sri Lanka (WAPS) conference - Oslo Kongressenter, Norway, Funded by Senter in Norway,

20th August 2004.

The course on Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data - 2004 - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dragvoll, Trondheim, Norway Funded International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Norway,

21-25 June 2004

The course on Human rights and the exceptional, - The course on Human rights and the exceptional, University of Lund, Sweden, Funded by the Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Finland,

31.05.2004 to 06.06.2004

Contact Scholar, Nordic - Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Leifsgade 33, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark, (Funded by NIAS).

01-14.03.2004

The course on Responsive Institutions and Conflict Prevention-2004 Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) - International Peace Research Institute(PRIO), Fuglehauggata 11, 0260 Oslo, Norway,

14-18 June 2004.

SIDA/ SAREC Scholarship - Department of Peace and Development Research, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Box 700, SE 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden

2003 - 2010

The Pioneer Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Fellowship - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 1992/93. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011, U.S.A.

1992-1993

Ford Foundation Scholarship - Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand.

1994 - 1996

University Scholarship - University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya

1980 - 1984

Publications

BOOKS

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2015) Young Volunteers and Peace in Sri Lanka , Colombo: Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Courage National Program, P75 (Unpublished).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2015) Youth Volunteerism and Social Reconciliation for Social Development, P XII+145, (Unpublished).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Reconciliation in Post-conflict Sri Lanka, Colombo: Department of Government printing, P iv + 55, ISBN 978-955-4889-03-3.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Investing today for tomorrow´s smiles, Colombo: Department of Government printing, P VI+42, ISBN 978-955-4889-04-0.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Sisudiriya (Sinhala & English booklet) Colombo: Department of Government printing, P 34, ISSN 2345-9891.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Sisudiriya (Sinhala & Tamil booklet) Colombo: Department of Government printing, P 34, ISSN 2345-9891

(2012) Empowerment, Leadership and Social Development Colombo: Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Program, P 100, (Unpublished), ISBN 978-955-4889-01-9

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2011) Author, the Attitudes of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk to Peace Proposals in Sri Lanka, Colombo: P34, (Forthcoming).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2010) Decentralization: Theory and Practice, Colombo:, P85, (Unpublished), ISBN 978-955-4889-02-6

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (Co-author) the chapter on the legal system of Sri Lanka, the book entitled Trends in Legal Advocacy: Interviews with Leading Criminal Defense Lawyers and Prosecutors around the Globe, edited by Professors Jane Delahunty (Charles Sturt University, Australia) and Dilip Das (Coppin State University, United States). CRC Press & Taylor and Francis Group, and will be part of a series on Global Leaders in Criminal Justice.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (n.d.) (Co-author) the chapter on Mr. Yasantha Kodagoda, (Presidents Counsel), Additional Solicitor General, Attorney General's Department, Colombo the book entitled Trends in Legal Advocacy: Interviews with Leading Criminal Defense Lawyers and Prosecutors around the Globe, edited by Professors Jane Delahunty (Charles Sturt University, Australia) and Dilip Das (Coppin State University, United States). CRC Press & Taylor and Francis Group, and will be part of a series on Global Leaders in Criminal Justice.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2015) Buddhist Education in Sri Lanka, Eurasia Review.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/26052015-buddhist-education-in-sri-lanka-analysis/

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2014) Empowering Youth–Road to Reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Eurasia Review

http://www.eurasiareview.com/06012014-empowering-youth-road-reconciliation-sri-lanka-oped/

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Spurring reconciliation Sri Lanka facilitating social capital among youth networks peace, Eurasia Review

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30122013-spurring-reconciliation-sri-lanka-facilitating-social-capital-among-youth-networks-peace-analysis/

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) The Spring of Reconciliation in the Higher Education, Eurasia Review,

http://www.eurasiareview.com/13052013-sri-lanka-the-spring-of-reconciliation-in-higher-education-analysis/.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Reconciliation through Art and Dancing, Eurasia Review

http://www.eurasiareview.com/03052013-sri-lanka-reconciliation-through-art-and-dancing-analysis/.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Countering Extremism through Soft Power, Eurasia Review.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30042013-countering-extremism-through-soft-power-analysis/.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (Co-author) (2010) Harmony within Diversity–Emergence of Peace and Development through Student Empowerment Society activities in Northern Sri Lanka, Colombo: Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Program, P17.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2010) Co-author, Leadership, Empowerment and Harmony for Social Development, Colombo: Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Program, P14

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2000/2001)‘Samaja Vimasuma’ 20th annual celebration and Indian lesions. Samaja Vimasuma, Publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Vol. 10, pp 1-8.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2000) Drug Addiction: Is it a Physical or Social Problem. Sri Premarathana Felicitation Volume, Dikkapitiya, Sri Lanka, 31-37.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1999) Bodhi Puja in Sri Lanka, Prabuddha: Rev. Udugama Sri Buddharakkhitha Felicitation Volume, Asgiri Maha Viharaya, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 221-226.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1999) The Sociological Significance of Proverbs in Sinhalese Society. Uvasara: Prof. Ananda Kulasooriya Felicitation Volume, Dept. of Sinhalese, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 168-173.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1992/93) Primary Health Care and Related Social Behavior: A Conceptual Analysis. Samaja Vimasuma, Publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, Vol. 8, pp 88-100.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. Customs of Sinhalese Society. Published in Hidden Information in Kandy Publication of Wariyapola Sri Sumangala College, Kandy. Sri Lanka, pp 98 - 103

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1991) The Socio-Economic factors relating to protection of Cattle. Published in Sambhasha, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Isurupaya, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, pp 148-151.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1990/91) An Introduction to Sociology & Social Anthropology. Published in Samaja Vimasuma, Publication of Dept. of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka. Vol. 7, pp 17-27.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (n.d.) The first Sri Lankan Professor of Sociology. Published in Ralph Pieris Felicitation Volume, publication of Dept. of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka. Vol. VI 1988/89, pp 60 - 68.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1987) Folk life in rural Sri Lanka, published in Pethikada. Editor - O.Chandana, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, pp 74 - 83

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1987) Buddhism & Ayurveda Medicine. Published in Samaja Vimasuma, publication of Dept. of Sociology, University of peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, Vol. v, pp 17 - 28

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (1986) Open Economic Policy and Peasant production, published in Samaja Vimasuma publication of Dept. of Sociology, University of peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Vol. iv , pp 114 - 133.Translated the above English article into Sinhala.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. The Role of Indigenous Medicine in Primary Health Care in Sri Lanka.Published in Ayurveda Sameeksha vol. v. Ministry of Indigenous Medicine, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. Traditional Practitioners in Primary Health Care in Sri Lanka, Term paper-SHSS 500 Health Sociology, Master´s Degree Program in Health Social Sciences, Dept. of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand pp 19,(Unpublished).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. Fertility decline and related socio-economic and cultural factors in Sri Lanka, Term paper-SHSS 679 Population and Health, Master´s Degree program in Health Social Sciences, Dept. of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand, pp 12, (Unpublished).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. The impact of indigenous medical beliefs on individual health behavior in Sri Lanka, Term paper- SHSS 595 Medical Anthropology, Master´s degree program in Health Social Sciences, Dept. of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand, pp 7(Unpublished).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. Primary Health Care and related social behavior : A sociological study of indigenous medicine in Sri Lanka, Term paper-SHSS 684 Social Research Methodology, Master´s degree program in Health Social Sciences, Dept. of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand pp 12,(Unpublished).

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2015) Reconciliation through Arts and Dancing, SAARC Regional Seminar on Cultural Dynamics in National Harmony in South Asia, at Senate Room, Senate building, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, organized by SAARC Cultural Centre in Sri Lanka in collaboration with University of Peradeniya.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2015) Social Development through Social Capital Formation and Social relations, Sociology Day 2015 on ''Sociology for social Development and Reconstruction'' at New Arts Theater (NAT), University of Peradeniya, organized by Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya. Funded by University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Inter-religious and ethnic harmony in post-conflict Sri Lanka, Sri Lankaramaya, 30C, St Michael Road, Singapore 579786.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) The role of change agent in reconciliation in Sri Lanka, at the Kishore Mahbubani Library, WUC South East Asia, Singapore.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) Sri Lankan University Undergraduates as Change Agents in Post-conflict reconciliation, Rajarathnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2013) The role of inter-religious leaders and devotees in reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Harmony Centre at an Nahdhan, 9A Bishan Street, 14, Singapore 579786.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2011) The Vision and Mission of Sisu Diriya National Program. National Seminar on Peace, Harmony and Diversity 2011, NAT, University of Colombo, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2008) The Attitudes of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks to Peace Proposals in Sri Lanka. PADRIGU DAY,SGS, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2008) Buddhist Monks as Community Leaders for Integral Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka, Assignment submitted for PhD Summer Course organized by the Swedish IIASA Committee at FORMAS, Stockholm, Sweden, 27-30.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2008) The role of Buddhist monks in Peace, Hettne´s Seminar and PADRIGU Week, School of Global Studies, Peace and Development Research, University of Gothenburg, SE 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2004) Buddhist Theory on Causality and Views on Peace and War, OGSAA work-shop on Religion, Power and Politics in Asia and Africa, The Centre for Asian Studies in Gothenburg, 27-28.

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2004) Social Aspect of Poverty in Northern-eastern Sri Lanka, International Seminar on “Global Challenges and Local Responses: Trends and Developments in Society and Sociology in Asia and Beyond”, 14-16 Organized by the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore; the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore, the International Sociological Association (ISA), and the Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Block AS7 (Shaw Foundation Building), Level 1, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore,5 Arts Link, Singapore 119241 ( The paper was accepted).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2004) Reconciliation: Building on Local Tradition and intercultural Dialogue, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Leifsgade 33, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark, (Funded by NIAS).

Wijesinghe, W. A. S. N. (2004) Buddhist Theory on Causality and Views on Peace and War, OGSAA work-shop on Religion, Power and Politics in Asia and Africa, The Centre for Asian Studies in Gothenburg, 27-28.

CHIEF EDITOR/EDITOR

Chief Editor, Social Affairs, Vol 1, No. 3, 2015, P 94 ISSN 2362-2889, http://socialaffairsjournal.com, Printed version, P V+75, (Forthcoming).

Chief Editor, Social Affairs (trilingual) affiliated Sinhala Language Journal; 'Samaja Sameeksha', Vol 1 No. 1 (P IV+95), 2015 and Tamil Language Journal; Samooga Chalaram Vol 1 No. 1, 2016, (Forthcoming).

Chief Editor, Social Affairs, Vol 1, No. 2, 2015, P 94 ISSN 2362-2889, http://socialaffairsjournal.com, Published Printed version, P V+85.

Chief Editor, Social Affairs, Vol 1, No. 1, 2014, P IV+93 ISSN 2362-2889, http://socialaffairsjournal.com, Published Printed version, P V+94.

Chief Editor of Sahajeevana Vol 1 No 1(P20), 2015. ISSN 2345-9859 Publication of World University Friends (WUF) and Harmony Centre Sri Lanka, No. 440/01/M, Bulugahawatta, Ihala Biyanvila, Kadawatha.

Chief Adviser of Nana Guna (Knowledge and Virtues) Vol 1 No 1(P20), 2009, Vol 1 No 2(P24), 2010, Vol 1 No 3(P24), 2011, Vol 1 No 4(P24), 2012. Publication of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nana Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana) Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF)Since 2009 Onwards.

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD

Editorial Committee, Conference Programme and Abstracts of Papers Presented on Socilogy Day 2015, annual theme on " Sociology for Social Development and Reconstruction", at New Arts Theater, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka. Funded by University of Peradeniya. VIII+24, 2015.

Editor, Panhidaka Arumaya, Colombo: Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Program, P224, 2011 (Unpublished).

Editor, Sarasavi Vimasuma, The annual publication of World University Friends (WUF), Colombo: P88, 2011 (Unpublished).

Editor, Who is this Mahinda ( Kauda Me Mahinda), Peradeniya: World University Friends (WUF), P50, 2005.

Editor, An Aspect of Mahinda Chinchanaya, Peradeniya: World University Friends (WUF), P150, 2005

Editor of Samaja Vimasuma, Publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 2000/2001, viii + 187 pages.

Editor of Samaja Vimasuma, Publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 1992/93, viii + 216 pages.

Editor of Samaja Vimasuma, publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka 1990/91, vii + 200 pages.

Editor of Ralph Pieris Felicitation Volume (Samaja Vimasuma), Publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka 1988/89 vi + 192 pages.

Editor of Samaja Vimasuma, publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400,1987, v + 142 pages.

Editor of Samaja Vimasuma, publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 1986, 1v + 162 pages.

Editor of Samaja Vimasuma, Publication of Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka 1985, iii + 216 pages.

Conferences

Training session for SRC Management Committee Members

Resource Person, Harmony, Empowerment, and Leadership in Social Reconciliation in Sri Lankan Universities, a Training session for SRC Management Committee Members, Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee Hwy, Chenkaladi, Sri Lanka,

Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee Hwy, Chenkaladi, Sri Lanka

27th April 2022.

Training session for SRC Management Committee Members

Resource Person, Harmony, Empowerment, and Leadership in Social Reconciliation in Sri Lankan Universities, University of Vavuniya, Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka,

Universities, University of Vavuniya, Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka,

27th April, 2022

Harmony, Empowerment, and Leadership in Social Reconciliation

Resource Person, Harmony, Empowerment, and Leadership in Social Reconciliation in Sri Lankan Universities, University of Vavuniya, Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Training session for SRC Management Committee Members,

University of Vavuniya, Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

12th of August 2021

OCOL National Summit for University Academics and Students

Chairperson and Convener, National Summit for University Academics and Students, Organized by Presidential Task Force for One Country One Law,

BMICH, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

19th February 2022

2nd World Peace Congress. Barcelona, Spain

Participant, International Peace Bureau - 2nd World Peace Congress. Barcelona, Spain Organized by International Peace Bureau (IPB), https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/event/international-peace-bureau-2nd-world-peace-congress-barcelona-2021/

Virtual

15, 16, 17 October 2021,

Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group (CPERG)

Participant, Positive Peace, and Pandemics by Professor Hilary Cremin was delivered by Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group (CPERG), on Wednesday, the 13th of October 2021, www.cperg.org/events/positive-peace-and-pandemics

Virtual

13th of October 2021

Transformative education for global change Workshop

Participant, Move Forward Together, Civil Society for ESD 2030, Transformative education for global change Workshop, The Workshop is hosted by VENRO Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs, an online conference from 11 to 13 October 2021, https://padlet.com/vivekajani/se4ezr3vku3e9ts1

VENRO Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs

11 to 13 October 2021

Mapping Peace Education Virtual Launch Event

Participant, Mapping Peace Education Virtual Launch Event, organized by the Global Campaign for Peace Education,

the Global Campaign for Peace Education

October 9, 2021

Symposium on Academic Dependency and Indigenous Knowledge: The Role of Social Sciences, 2019

S.N. Wijesinghe, P.M. de Mel, N.M. Bandara, and N. Paleti, Ethno-Medicine and Local Knowledge in Sri Lanka, Proceedings: Symposium on Academic Dependency and Indigenous Knowledge: The Role of Social Sciences, 2019 PROCEEDINGS, Organized by Social Affairs Journal in collaboration with Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and World University Friends (WUF),

Senate Building, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

12 -14 December 2019.

Symposium on Academic Dependency and Indigenous Knowledge: The Role of Social Sciences, 2019

S.N. Wijesinghe, WM Gunathilake, P.M. de Mel and N.M. Bandara, Saraswathi Sangeetha Pooja: A South Asian Heritage for Harmony and Spirituality, Proceedings: Symposium on Academic Dependency and Indigenous Knowledge: The Role of Social Sciences, 2019 PROCEEDINGS, Organized by Social Affairs Journal in collaboration with Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and World University Friends (WUF),

Senate Room, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

12 -14 December 2019.

DA Rajapaksa 50th Commemorative Oration,

2100 Sri Lanka: Social Capital for Social Reconciliation,

Auditorium, Urban Council Hall, Thangalle, Sri Lanka,

07 November 2017.

ISME South Asia Regional Conference

Saraswathi Sangeetha Mandapaya : A Heritage of Peradeniya Academic Tradition in Sri Lanka. ISME South Asia Regional Conference,

National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, India,

26th to 29th November 2017

“Performative arts, reconciliation, and education: Eight years of the Sri Lanka - Norway Music Corporation ”

Ageing, Social Cohesion and Reconciliation, Sri Lanka Norway Music Cooperation (SLNMC) “Performative arts, reconciliation, and education: Eight years of the Sri Lanka - Norway Music Corporation ” for the Universities of Sri Lanka

The Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute

27 February 2018

The workshop on co-existence

Youth for coexistence in post-conflict Sri Lanka, The workshop on co-existence organized by Mahinda Deegalle, School of Humanities and Cultural Industries, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom,

Queens Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka

15th May 2017

Social Development and Sustainable Development Goals (ICSD-AP)

Spuring reconciliation in Sri Lanka: Facilitating social capital among youth networks for peace, the International Conference on Social Work - Social Development and Sustainable Development Goals (ICSD-AP), Organized by Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka,

Oak Ray Hotel, Deveni Rajasinghe Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka

29-30 September 2016.

Workshop 1: Perception, Perspective, and Misunderstandings

What has gone wrong in Sri Lanka: Ravana Balaya or Balakaya, Buddhism, and co-existence, Workshop 1: Perception, Perspective, and Misunderstandings, organized by Mahinda Deegalle, School of Humanities and Cultural Industries, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom

Queens Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka

9th July and 22nd December, 2016

The Association of Sri Lankan Sociologists (ASLA) Coference

Youth Empowerment and Leadership in Social Reconciliation in Sri Lanka, the International Conference on Socio-Political and Cultural Dimensions of Reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Organized by the Association of Sri Lankan Sociologists (ASLA),

Sri Lanka Foundation, Torrington Square, Colombo 07,

6th of May 2016.

Reconciliation through Arts and Dancing, SAARC Regional Seminar on Cultural Dynamics in National Harmony in South Asia

Seminar at Senate Room, Senate building, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, organized by SAARC Cultural Centre in Sri Lanka in collaboration with the University of Peradeniya.

Senate Room, Senate building, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri

15th - 17th May 2015.

Sociology Day 2015

Social Development through Social Capital Formation and Social Relations, Sociology Day 2015 on ''Sociology for Social Development and Reconstruction'' at New Arts Theater (NAT), University of Peradeniya, organized by Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya. Funded by University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.

New Arts Theater (NAT), University of Peradeniya

08th April 2015.

Divisional Semester in Indian Program 2013,

“The Change Agent in Integration and Reconciliation: Unity, Integration and Building Harmony in Sri Lanka”, Divisional Semester in Indian Program 2013, Organized by Unity Mission Trust Conference,

Holiday Inn Hotel, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka

5th November 2013.

Exhibition Presenation 2013

Inter-religious and ethnic harmony in post-conflict Sri Lanka,

Sri Lankaramaya, 30C, St Michael Road, Singapore 579786,

10th March 2013.

WUC Seminar 2013

The role of change agent in reconciliation in Sri Lanka, at the Kishore Mahbubani Library,

World United Collage (WUC) South East Asia, Singapore,

05th March 2013

Department Conference

Sri Lankan University Undergraduates as Change Agents in Post-conflict reconciliation,

Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore,

28th February 2013.

The role of inter-religious leaders and devotees in reconciliation in Sri Lanka,

The role of inter-religious leaders and devotees in reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Harmony Centre at a Nahdhan, 9A Bishan Street, 14, Singapore 579786,

Harmony Centre at a Nahdhan, 9A Bishan Street, 14, Singapore 579786,

28th February 2013.

,” The All-Island Annual Budgetary Expenditure Conference for University Administrative Staff,

An overview of the ‘Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya’ (Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment) programme as a request to expand it to the university level

Hotel Janaki, Colombo, Organized by the Ministry of Higher Education,

05th January 2013

The first national conference on reconciliation: the way forward for post-conflict Sri Lanka

The Lessons Learned from Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Program, Organized and funded by Laskhman Kadirgamr Institute of International Relation and Strategic Studies(LKIIRSS), 24th November 2011.

Lanka Conference on `Peace and Development

Social Activism, Political Socialization, Peace & Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka. Sri , 23-25 August 2009, Hotel Tourmaline, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

7th APSSAM Conference

The socio-cultural and personality explanation of the contribution of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks in war and peace, The Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines , 21- 23 October 2008, (The paper was accepted).

18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies

Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Mental Health: A conceptual Analysis, Lund University, Sweden July 6- 9, 2004(The paper was accepted)

18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies

Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Mental Health: A conceptual Analysis, Lund University, Sweden July 6- 9, 2004(The paper was accepted).

Conference Internationella Kursgården

The Conflict, Related Parties and the Root Causes of Conflict in Afghanistan, PADRIGU-UPPSALA Joint, Uppsala University, Uppsala January 30, 2004.

The Potential Role of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Regional Conflicts, SEACSN conference

Research and Education for Peace, School of Social Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia, 12-15 January, 2003.

Annual Research Conference

Buddhist views on conflicts, violence and conflict resolution, Annual Research Conference-2003, PADRIGU, Dept. of Peace and Development Research, University of Gothenburg, SE 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden, 27-28 November, 2003.

Annual conference 2003, Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU)

Conflict related poverty in Northeastern Sri Lanka, FAFO Institute Applied Social Science, Funded by The Research Council of Norway (NFR)/The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Oslo, 23-24 October, 2003.

6th APSSAM Conference

Aspects of economy power, Status And their relationships to Breast Feeding Behavior in Sri Lanka. The Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China, 14- 18 October, 2002.

6th APSSAM Conference

Aspects of economy power, Status And their relationships to Breast Feeding Behavior in Sri Lanka. The Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China, 14- 18 October, 2002.

25th All Indian Sociological Conference,

High Risk Sexual Behavioural Patterns among Sex workers in Sri Lanka. Kerela University, Thiruvanathapuram, 29-31 December, 2000.

Annual Research Sessions-1993

A Sociological Study of Indigenous Medicine in Sri Lanka. Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.

Creative Work

Researcher and Producer, Wahalkada Isiwara Asapuwa, Visual Ethno-medical film on treatment that has combined Sinhalese medicinal tradition, Buddhist cultural heritages of treatments, and Hindu forms of worship (particularly involving Goddess Pattini), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyaUfj1hlmw&feature=youtu.be. Editing credits to Suwan Dharshana Wijesinghe, Script and Director MPM de Mel.

Director, OBT 2020, Ridigama Rideeviharaya, Kurunegala, More inspiring insights from OBT 2020 at Ridigama Rideeviharaya. Editing credits to Suwan Dharshana Wijesinghe, https://www.facebook.com/110626047195893/videos/1331023047085153

Director, Me Sundara Bak Mase...........The more novel expectation from Sundara Bak Mase (the month of April) in 2020. Lyrics by Dr. Lalani Singappuli, Music by Madura Gunawardena, Voice by Vidura Gunawardena, and Editing credits to Suwan Dharshana Wijesinghe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRN9jN7pOf4&t=18s

Director, Song on the contemporary global social crisis: Corona pandemic In the monthly event of Saraswathi Archana on 04 April 2020, OBT 2020 and World University Friends produce a song on the contemporary global social crisis: Corona pandemic. Lyrics by Prof Wijithapura Wimalartne, Dept of Economics, UOC

Directed by Prof Shanti Nandana Wijesinghe, Dept of Sociology, UOP, Produced by OBT 2020, University of Peradeniya and World University Friends (WUF), Screenplay by Saman and Ayoma Gunawardena Music by Madura Gunawardena, Visiting Lecturer, UOP Voice by Vidura Gunawardena, University of Peradeniya Edited by Suwan Darshana Wijesinghe, NSBM Green University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEiIid6-inE

Creative Coordinator, Ediriweera Sarachchandra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzpb00HyIy4&feature=youtu.be

Love and rain, Lyrics: Professor W. Wimalaratana, Voice: Kunchana Anjalee Ranchagoda, Music Composor: Mark F T Cooray, Music Production: Miuru Fernando, Piano: Pradeep Fernando Creative Coordination: Professor Nandana Wijesinghe, Sarasavi Mithuro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8oa6_f8i1M&feature=youtu.be

Editor, Sisu Diriya Exhibition (Paintings), ISBN 978-955-3901-05-7

Editor, Sisu Diriya Exhibition (Photographs) ISBN 978-955-3901-06-4

Editor, Sisu Diriya Rangana (Dancing), ISBN 978-955-3901-07-1

Editor, Sisu Diriya Rangum (Drama), ISBN 978-955-3901-08-8

Editor, Suva Sevana: Medical and Counseling Camps, ISBN 978-955-3901-09-5

Editor, Reconciliation, and National Celebrations, ISBN 978-955-3901-10-1

Editor, University Communities in Reconciliation ISBN 978-955-3901-16-3

Editor, Sahajeevana Samaja (Harmony Clubs) in Reconciliation ISBN 978-955-3901-14-9

Adviser and Chairperson, Sociology Day 2015: Glimpse of Past and Present, organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya. Funded by University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka. 10 minutes

Adviser and Coordinating Director, The Spring of Reconciliation, funded by World university Friends (WUF), Harmony Centre Sri Lanka. 13.57 minutes

Adviser and Coordinating Director, Sri Lanka : Emerging Wonder of Asia for CHOGM 2013 with the collaboration of Young Asia Television (YATV), 10 minutes.

Adviser and Coordinating Director, Reconciliation through Harmony in 2012 (Development of Personality, Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas) with the collaboration of Manuka as Director 2012, 15 minutes.

Adviser and Coordinator, Sisu Diriya, Fifth Anniversary (English) (Development of Personality, Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas) with the collaboration of Young Asia Television (YATV) 2011, 05 minutes.

Adviser and Director, Unity in Diversity (Sisu Diriya Rangana/Dancing), Painting Exhibition and sports on World Children Day, 2010, 01 Hour.

Adviser and Director, Sisu Diriya Rangana, Fourth Anniversary (Development of Personality, Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas) 2010, 01 Hour.

Adviser and Director, Uda Adura Bida Sada Uda Sada, (Sisu Diriya, Fourth Anniversary among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas) 2009, Part 1 (15 minutes). II(15 minutes). III (15 minutes), (15 minutes) IV (15 minutes), V (15 minutes).

Adviser and Coordinating Director, Pipena Mal (Development of Personality, Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Conflict and Difficult Areas) with the collaboration of Mr. Siripala Dissasekara as Director, 2009, 35 minutes.

Adviser and Coordinating Director, Sisu Diriya, Fourth Anniversary (Development of Personality, Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas) with the collaboration of Miss Sadamalie Gunaratne et al as Directors 2009, 15 minutes.

Adviser and Producer, Sisu Diriya, (Development of Personality, Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Conflict and Difficult Areas) with the collaboration of Sri Lanka Television Training Institute (SLTTI) 2007, 15 minutes.

Adviser, Sisu Diriya, (Development of Personality, Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Conflict and Difficult Areas) with the collaboration of Sri Lanka National Television Cooperation (SLNTV) 2007, 15 minutes.

Specialization

Medical Sociology

Teaching

SOC 608 - Advanced Sociological Methods

Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 613 - Sociology of Peace Building

Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 508 - Academic Writing for Social Sciences

Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 506 - Foundation of Sociology and Social Anthropology

Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 502 - Theories of Societies

Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 501 - Basic Concepts in Sociology

Post–Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

ED/DIP - Sex Education

Department of Education, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 4001 - Advanced Sociological Theories

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 406 - Sociology of Religion

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 3001 - Classical Sociological Theories

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 3007 - Medical Sociology

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 311 - Medical Anthropology

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 316 - Population and Development

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 2001 - Sociological Perspectives

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 206 - Population and Society

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

To Present

SOC 2009 - Sociology of Reproductive Health

Dept. of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

1998 - To Present

ESS 1006 - Personality, Leadership and Ethics

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka

2019/2020 - To Present

Research Interests

Research interests include Medical Sociology, Reproductive Health, Peace and Conflict, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconciliation, Religion and Conflict, Peace Building.

Research Grants Received

Aging, Social Cohesion, and Reconciliation, International Forum of “Performative arts, reconciliation, and education: Eight years of Sri Lanka - Norway Music Corporation” 2017-2018.

Factors Affecting Chronic Kidney Disease (CKDu) Patients’ Health Seeking Behavior-Grant No URG 2017/19/A, Peradeniya University Research Grant 2017.

Researcher, Young Volunteers and Peace in Sri Lanka. Funded by University Research Allowance and Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Western and other Provinces in Sri Lanka.

Researcher, Youth Volunteerism and Social Reconciliation for Social Development. Funded by University Research Allowance and Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Western and other Provinces in Sri Lanka.

Researcher, Reconciliation in Post-conflict Sri Lanka. Funded by University Research Allowance and Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Western and other Provinces in Sri Lanka.

Researcher, Conflict, Peace and South Asia. Funded by University Research Allowance and Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Western and other Provinces in Sri Lanka.

Researcher, Force for Peace: Buddhist monks and the Sri Lankan conflict experience from six districts form six districts 2005-2009, SIDA/SAREC Research Project 2003-2009.

Researcher, the Attitudes, Conflict Styles and Personality of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks in Peace.

Researcher, the Role of Sri Lankan Youth in Conflict and Peace, (Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Program) and other local Agencies Funded Research Project, Since 2009 Onwards.

Researcher, the Role of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks in Peace, SIDA/SAREC Funded Research Project 2003-2010.

Researcher, Decentralization: Theory and Practice. Funded by Provincial Council, Central Province, Kandy

Coordinator of the Behavioral Surveillance Surveys among The specific Sub-Populations in Sri Lanka. At the Center for Intersectoral Community Health Studies (CICHS), Kandy, Sri Lanka 1997-98

Researcher on Aspects of economy, power, status and their relationship to breast feeding behavior in Sri Lanka. Funded by Ford Foundation 1994-1996.

Researcher on a sociological study of Indigenous Medicine in Sri Lanka, Funded by Arts Faculty Research Committee, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 1992/93.

Submitted Dissertation in partial fulfillment of degree examination requirements entitled A Sociological Study of Sinhala Buddhist Practices relating to Health and Illness in an Upcountry Village in Sri Lanka”, University of Peradenya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 1983/84.

Other Academic Contributions

Asia Regional Launch of the UNESCO Framework for Enabling Intercultural Dialogue, “We Need to Talk: Measuring intercultural dialogue for peace and inclusion”, The Grand Sapphire at the Courtyard by Marriott Colombo, 27-28 June 2023.

Qualitative Research Methodology & Data Analysis with NVivo 12 Workshop, conducted by Ace Learning Excellence and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13th & 14th June 2023

The Meaningful Youth Engagement UNESCO training workshop on the 24th and 25th of November, 2022 Organised by UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, and Sri Lanka

Member, Review Committee, the 1st Annual Conference of the Office of National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR), Sri Lanka 2021, The Office of National Unity and Reconciliation, Sri Lanka, has organized its First Conference, October 30th and 31st, 2021.

Participant, International Peace Bureau - 2nd World Peace Congress. Barcelona, Spain Organized by International Peace Bureau (IPB), 15, 16, 17 October 2021, https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/event/international-peace-bureau-2nd-world-peace-congress-barcelona-2021/

Participant, Positive Peace and Pandemics by Professor Hilary Cremin was delivered by Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group (CPERG), on Wednesday, the 13th of October 2021, https://www.cperg.org/events/positive-peace-and-pandemics.

Participant, Move Forward Together, Civil Society for ESD 2030, Transformative education for global change Workshop, The Workshop is hosted by VENRO Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs, an online conference from 11 to 13 October 2021, https://padlet.com/vivekajani/se4ezr3vku3e9ts1

Participant, Mapping Peace Education Virtual Launch Event, organized by the Global Campaign for Peace Education, October 9, 2021

Honorable Achiever, “Be the Titan”, International Motivational Program, at Royal Classic Resort, Kandy, Organized by Motivation.lk Consultancy and Training, on 28 March 2021

Panel member at the International Tourism Research Conference,7th Consecutive Tourism Leaders’ Summit (TLS), and International Tourism Research Conference (ITRC) in parallel to the Official Celebration of UNWTO World Tourism Day in Sri Lanka, with the Department of Trade Commerce and Tourism, Central Province, in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation together with key stakeholders of Sri Lanka Tourism, Organized by the Tourism Study Programmes of the Department of Economics and the Alumni Association of Tourism Economics and Hospitality Management (AATHEM) Department of Economics, the University of Colombo on 27th Sep. 2020 from 08:30 am to 05:00 pm at the Kandy City Center, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

National conference on the role of higher education in reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Green Grass Hotel, Jaffna, Organized by University Grant Commission (UGC), Ward Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, 13-14 June 2013.

Training Workshop for Academic Staff on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, "Engendering University Spaces: Training of Peer Eductors, Auditorium, Staff Development Centre, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, September 17, 2018.

YUVA Meet 2013, Green Growth- Preparing Youth for Sustainable Living, Organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Educating Youth for Sustainable Development, The Energy and Resources Institute, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003 India, 28-29 January 2013

Reviewer, 4th International Research Symposium of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. the symposium is organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the BIOFIN Programme of the UNDP, Sri Lanka, 17th -18th of October, 2018.

Workshop on analysis of qualitative data using ‘NVIVO’, Dept. of Industrial Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Organized and Funded by Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century (HETC) Project, Human Development-HRD, Sri Lanka, 23rd-26th April 2012.

Aging, Social Cohesion, and Reconciliation, Sri Lanka Norway Music Cooperation (SLNMC), Forum on “Performative arts, reconciliation and education: Eight years of the Sri Lanka-Norway Music Corporation” at Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 27 February 2018

The Theory and Practice in Systems Analysis- and the Context of Swedish Connections with IIASA in Stockholm, Ph.D. Summer Course organized by the Swedish IIASA Committee at FORMAS, Stockholm, Sweden, 27-30 August 2008

“Srasawathi Sangeetha Mandapaya“ (Spiritual Reconciliation), A Heritage of the Peradeniya Academic Tradition in Sri Lanka, The South Asian Regional Conference 2017 International Society for Music Education (ISME), at NIAS, Bangalore.

PhD course on Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War, Dept. of Political Science, The University of Oslo, Oslo and the Centre for the Study of Civil war, International Peace Research Institute (IPSR), Oslo, Norway, 26-30 May 2008.

International conference on 25 years in Retrospect Buddhism, Ethnic Conflicts and Religious Harmony in South and South East Asia, Organized by International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka, at Royal Mall, Kandy, 26-27 June 2014.

Motivation Picnic, for Morale Boosting and Attitude Training, Conducted and Organized by London English College (Pvt) Ltd, Wisdom Trainer International (Pvt) Ltd, and Kuma Iddamallena Leadership Academy, at Amaya Hills Hotel, Kandy, 29 July 2006.

Commonwealth Peoples Forum 2013 (CHOGM 2013), Organized by Common Wealth Secretariat at Chaaya Tranz Hotel, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, 11 - 14 November 2013.

Demystifying social theory, A residential workshop organized by the ACS Hameed foundation in collaboration with the South Asia Network for Social Theory (SANTOSH) and Sri Lanka Network for social Theory (SLANT) at The Ratnasiri Wickramanayake National Training Centre, Hantane Estate, Ooduwela, Kandy, Sri lanka, 25-31 May 2005.

A Workshop on Projects and Study Opportunities by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and NSF (National Science Foundation), at the Senate Room, University of Peradeniya, 04 July 2018 https://www.pdn.ac.lk/uop/iao/newsall.php?value=DAAD_NSF

Workshop on the Use of Interactive Multimedia in Development of Courseware, Organized by Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) and University of Kelaniya in Collaboration with the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Director (CVCD), 22nd February - 11th March 2005, Funded by the Organizing Committee.

Workshop on Forced Migration, Calcutta Research Group (CRG), FE 390, Sector 11, Ground Floor, Calcutta 106, India, 01-15 December 2004, Funded by Organizing committee.

NORFA Ph.D. course: Managing Research, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Blaagaadsgade 23B, DK 2200 Copenhagen N, 20-24 September 2004 (Distance participants).

The World Alliance for Peace in Sri Lanka (WAPS) conference, Oslo Kongressenter, Norway, Funded by Senter in Norway, 20th August 2004.

The course on Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data - 2004, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dragvoll, Trondheim, Norway Funded International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Norway, 21-25 June 2004

The course on Responsive Institutions and Conflict Prevention-2004 Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) International Peace Research Institute(PRIO), Fuglehauggata 11, 0260 Oslo, Norway, 14-18 June 2004.

The course on Human rights and the exceptional, University of Lund, Sweden, Funded by Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Finland, 31.05.2004 to 06.06.2004

Contact Scholar, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Leifsgade 33, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark, 01-14.03.2004 (Funded by NIAS).

Workshop on Using Counseling Skills in Higher Education, Conducted by the Staff Development Centre, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 22-23 May 2003.

Workshop on Visual Anthropology conducted by Professor David Blundell, a visiting scholar from the International and Area Studies, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, USA at the Department of Sociology University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 7-14 February 2003. Workshop on Visual Anthropology conducted by Professor David Blundell, a visiting scholar from the International and Area Studies, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, USA at the Department of Sociology University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 7-14 February 2003.

Workshop on Visual Anthropology conducted by Professor David Blundell, a visiting scholar from the International and Area Studies, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, USA at the Department of Sociology University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 7-14 February 2003.

Translation Studies Program consist of 125 hours of teaching, including lectures, tutorials, assignment, and workshop, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 8th July 2002 to 9th August 2002. Funded by the Translation Committee of the Faculty of Arts.

Facilitator, Participant, 6th APSSAM Conference, The Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China, 14- 18 October 2002.

25th All Indian Sociological Conference, Kerela University, Thiruvanathapuram, 29-31 December 2000, Funded by the Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health (APNET).

5th APSSAM Conference, The Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, 23- 30 September 2000.

4th APSSAM Conference, The Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 7- 11 December 1998.

HIV risk behavioral surveillance surveys (BSS): country examples, lessons learned, and recommendations for the future held at the Royal River Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 11-14 August 1997. Funded by Family Health International.

Research on Mental Health of Sri Lankan Adolescents, Organized by Prof. Bonne Nastai, School Psychology Programs, State University of New York at Albany, and Dr. Asoka Jayasena, Dept. of Education, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 26 July 1997.

Workshop on Youth and Sexual Risk in Sri Lanka, Swiss Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Organized by Centre for Inter-sectoral Community and Health Studies, Kandy, January 19, 1997.

Regional Workshop on the Social Science and Reproductive Health theme: community-based programs for adolescent sexual health and domestic violence against women, 10-12 July 1996 Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Funded by Ford Foundation and UNFPA.

Third International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific: The 5th National AIDS Seminar in Thailand, Pang Suan Kaw hotel, Chaing Mai, Thailand, 17-21 September 1995, funded by the organizing committee.

Study Program at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011, U.S.A. Participated as the Pioneer Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Fellow selected from Junior members of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Completed four Fall Semester courses: (201b) Anthropological Research, (2506) Collective Behaviour, (101CIntroduction to the Study of Religion, (60 c) English composition, funded by the ISLE program and Bowdoin College, 25th August - 31st December 1992.

Workshop on teaching Methods conducted by the Teaching Methods Unit of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in collaboration with Wolverhampton Polytechnic, UK and sponsored by the British Overseas Development Authority, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 20 January - 01 February 1992.

Completed the Institute’s 50-hour courses in English Language at the University of Cambridge FCE 1,2,3,4 levels: English Language Center, The British Council, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

English for graduates course, Department of English, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, From 1990/1994.

Workshop on computer skills for research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, conducted by the Computer and Technology Council of Sri Lanka, Seminar Room, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400 Sri Lanka, 23rd and 24th March 1991.

Sarasavi International/National Webinar : Coordinator, Sarasavi International Webinar on Memory, Voice & Identity on Dec 20, 2020, 09:00 AM Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi. The guest speakers are Prof Feroza Jussawalla (University of New Mexico, USA), Dr. Doaa Omran (University of New Mexico, USA) including other contributors from Nazarbayev University in Nursultan, Kazakhstan, Alexandria University, Egypt, Coastal University, USA, Higher Institute for Languages in Mansoura, Egypt and Swansea University, UK. The webinar was brought by Social Affairs Journal (SAJ), Post/ Decolonial Thought in the Global South (PDTGS), and World University Friends (WUF). https://learn.zoom.us/j/67250786721?pwd=aEVsSG9VblR1RjJkOG0xYmRJVXJwdz09. : Coordinator, Sarasavi Webinar Series 2020 onwards on Leadership, Personality, Ethics, and contemporary dialects via Zoom; Socio-cultural aspects of the COVID pandemic and post-COVID pandemic, May 24, 2023, Prem Rawat speaking about his message of Peace Apr 19, 2023, Just Breathe! Manage Stress and Saraswathi Sangeetha Archana, Apr 18, 2023, Yoga for Mental and Physical well-being By Ven. Balangoda Ananda Chandrakeerthi. Senior Lecturer in Meditation, Mar 18, 2023, Yoga Practical Session for Mental and Physical well being By Niluka Dilhani on Mar 08, 2023, The State of Bhodisattvas of Earth and Bhodhisattavas of the theoretical Teaching By Saman Balasooriya on 11 March 2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Ven. Balangoda Ananda Chandrakeerthi. Senior Lecturer in Meditation on 04.03.2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Jayantha Bogoda on 25.02.2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Dr. Kalyani Miranda on 18 February 2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Thilak Subasinghe on 11 February 2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Sanjeewani Rupasinghe on 04 February 2023, Holistic Healing Session by Prof Keerthi Walgama on 28 January 2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Thilak Subasinghe on 21 January 2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Jayantha Bogoda on 02.2023, Buduhamuduruwo/Buddha, By Prof WM Gunathilake, on January 14, 2023, Reciting the Golden Light Sutra, 31 December 2022, Decolonization of Knowledge By Dr Siri Gamage on 13 Febrauary 2021, Believe in Yoursellf By Ishan Wijethilake on 13 Febrauary 2021, Power of Visualization By Bhatiya Arthanayake on 30 January 2021, Power to Change By Saabir Muhamud Hashim on 16 January 2021, Facing the Challengers as Undergraduates through the Pandemic of COVID-19 By Dr. Kuma Iddamallena on 03 January 2023,, Lessons from Life by Prof. Arjuna Aluvihare, Oct 4, 2020, Born to Succeed by Mohan Palliyaguru, Oct 23, 2020, Democracy, and Youth by Mr. Mahinda Desapriya, The First Chairman of the Election Commission, Sri Lanka, Sep 26, 2020, Memory Techniques for Youth by Sanath Gamage, Sep 12, 2020, Rights for Youth by Viranjan Sumanasekera, Sep 19, 2020, Leadership and Youth by Atthanayake M Herath, Sep 6, 2020, National Security and Leadership by Prof Rohan Gunarathne, Aug 29, 2020, Personality and Personality Development by Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, Aug 22, 2020, 21st Century Leadership by Lal Fonseka, Aug 15, 2020, Yoga and Spiritual Development in collaboration of Indian Embassy, Aug 10, 17 and 20 2020, Saraswathi Archana, Aug 8, 2020, on Sailing through post-COVID challenge stream by Sumendre Jayaram, Aug 1, 2020.

List of National/ International Projects

Holistic Healing Session and Saraswathi Sangeetha Archana, (Spiritual Reconciliation): A Heritage of the Peradeniya Academic Tradition, Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), - High Commission of India, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, 2023 (April), Time: April 01, 2023

Holistic Healing Session and Saraswathi Sangeetha Archana, (Spiritual Reconciliation): A Heritage of the Peradeniya Academic Tradition, Kandy City Centre (KCC), Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2023 (March) March 22, 2023

Holistic Healing Session and Saraswathi Sangeetha Archana, (Spiritual Reconciliation): A Heritage of the Peradeniya Academic Tradition, Nihada Arana, Wariyagala, Nillambe, Sri Lanka, 2023 (February) 22.02.2023

Holistic Healing Session and Saraswathi Sangeetha Archana, (Spiritual Reconciliation): A Heritage of the Peradeniya Academic Tradition, Nihada Arana, Wariyagala, Nillambe, Sri Lanka, 2023 2023 (January), 22. 01.2023

Collaborator, Collaborate. Engage. Solve. WSA Youth for Innovation, For six weeks, 41 students from 6 participating Sri Lankan Universities (EU & Sri Lanka) have addressed 8 entrepreneurial business challenges, hosted by former WSA Winners. The real-life challenges of the WSA entrepreneurs ranged from business development to marketing strategies, with the goal for the students to engage in collaboration to find the best solutions, from 4 October to 2 December 2021

Coordinator, A global conference on SDG 4 and the Right to Quality Education for All, University of Vienna, Austria, Organized by World University Service (WUS), with 100 years of experience, September 21-23, 2021, (More than 30 Sri Lankan students were given to opportunity to attend A global conference on SDG 4 and the Right to Quality Education for All, University of Vienna, Austria, Organized by World University Service (WUS), with 100 years of experience), https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3VoGd7DMth-SQR8_ooZRw, http://www.wus-austria.org/30/pages/46/wus100.

Coordinator, The Outbound Training (OBT 2020) for the 1000 first-year students at the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, at International Conference Hall, Rideegama, Kurunegala; Sri Lanka, OBT 2020-III, 29 February to 02 March 2020.

Coordinator, The Outbound Training (OBT 2020) for the 1000 first-year students at the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, at International Conference Hall, Rideegama, Kurunegala; Sri Lanka, OBT 2020-II, 21-23 February 2020

Coordinator, The Outbound Training (OBT 2020) for the 1000 first-year students at the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, at International Conference Hall, Rideegama, Kurunegala; Sri Lanka, OBT 2020-I, 14-16 February 2020.

Coordinator, Symposium on Academic Dependency and Indigenous Knowledge: The Role of Social Sciences, 2019, Organized by Social Affairs Journal in collaboration with Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and World University Friends (WUF), Senate Hall, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 12 -14 December 2019

Saraswathi Sangeetha Archana, (Spiritual Reconciliation): A Heritage of the Peradeniya Academic Tradition, Organized by Social Affairs Journal in collaboration with Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and World University Friends (WUF), New Arts Theatre (NAT), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 14 December 2019

Coordinator, Spiritual Healing Event for CKDu Patients, Two major healing events – Sutra recitation and pooja 01, Ruwanweliseya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 23rd August 2018, pooja 02, Auditorium of the North Central Provincial Council, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 24th August 2018

Researcher and Producer, Wahalkada Isiwara Asapuwa, Visual Ethno-medical film on treatment that has combined Sinhalese medicinal tradition, Buddhist cultural heritages of treatments, and Hindu forms of worship (particularly involving Goddess Pattini),

Coordinator, Youth Empowerment for Social Development (YES) in Urban Low-Income Communities, Rohana Viharaya, Kandy Road, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 04th December 2016

Organizer and Chief Adviser, Reconciliation through Arts, drama, and dancing in Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition 2014, Central, Eastern, Northern, North Central, and Western Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post-Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka under National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana), under the specific annual theme ‘‘the Wonder of Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council, at Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition Site, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Lional Jayathilake Mawatha, Kanadulla, Kuliyapitiya, 60200, Sri Lanka, 21 - 28 February 2014

Organizer and Chief Adviser, Mekala: a Dance drama (Reconciliation and harmony transcending socio-cultural diversity) For Professional Artists, University of Students Visual Arts and Performing and reintegrated youth from the districts of Killinochchi and Mullativ in Sri Lanka under National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Youth Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Youwn Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Aru Sri Art Theater and Civil Security Department, Killinochchi, at BMICH, Colombo. 19th November 2013.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, Reconciliation through Arts, drama and dancing in Commonwealth Peoples Forum 2013, For reintegrated youth from the districts of Killinochchi and Mullativ in Sri Lanka under National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Youth Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Youwn Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana) Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), and Civil Security Department, Killinochchi, at Chaaya Tranz Hotel, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, 11 - 14 November 2013. : Member, Organizing Committee, One-day National conference on the role of higher education in reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Organized by the University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka at the Senate Room, 27th July 2013

Organizer and Chief Adviser, Painting and Photo Exhibition on 'Returning to Paradise……….. 2013' for the third party youth involvement with World United Collage (WUC) South East Asia and Sri Lankaramaya in Singapore under National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment National Programme (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana) Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of WUC South East Asia in Singapore, World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), at the Kishore Mahbubani Library, WUC South East Asia, Singapore and Main Hall, Sri Lankaramaya, Singapore, 04 - 10 March 2013.

Organizer, Resource Person and Chief Adviser, Social Integration among Female Tamil Soldiers and University undergraduates - 2013 for universities of Colombo, Kelaniya, Visual Arts and Performing and NISD in Sri Lanka under National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Youth Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Youn Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana), under the specific annual theme ‘‘the Wonder of Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), SF Head Quarters, KIllinochchi at Presidential Secretariat, Leisure World, and Sea View Hotel in Sri Lanka, 09-11 January 2013.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, Reconciliation through Arts, drama, and dancing in Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition 2013, Central, Northern, and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post-Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka under National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana), under the specific annual theme ‘‘the Wonder of Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council, at Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition Site, Hadi Technology Institute, Ampara, Sri Lanka, 23 - 30 March 2013.

Organizer, Resource Person and Chief Adviser, Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas under National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka, the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council Killinochchi District, Sri Lanka, 19-23 December 2012.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, Reconciliation through Arts and Dancing – 2012 for a special delegation of Ambassadors and UNESCO special officials from 03.11.2012-10.11.2012. Participated 500 youth from the Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka under the National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana), the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony' Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) and Northern Provincial Council at Bollagala Manelwatta Viharaya, Sri Lanka, 04th November 2012.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana), Reconciliation through Sinhala, Tamil New Year Activities, Dancing, Drama and sports – 2012 for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), in 05 Schools of Mullaittivu district, at Mu/Mullaittivu Maha Vidyalaya, Mullaittiviu, Sri Lanka, 30th December, 2011 – 01st January 2012.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post-Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Peace, Harmony, and Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), in 24 Schools of Kilinochchi district, at Kn/ Central College, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, 23-24 December 2011

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Sisu Diriya Rangana; Peace, Harmony, and Diversity 2011: Reconciliation through dancing for Eastern, Northern, North Central, and Western Provinces in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Peace, Harmony and Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at Gymnasium, University of Colombo, 2-5 August 2011.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Sisu Diriya Painting Exhibition; Peace, Harmony, and Diversity 2011: Reconciliation through paintings for Eastern, Northern, North Central, and Western Provinces in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Peace, Harmony and Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at Gymnasium, University of Colombo, 2-5 August 2011.

Organizer, Resource Person and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana), "Peace, Harmony, and Diversity 2011": Reconciliation through Counseling, Health and Medical Camps, Shramadana, Donation and Religious Activities – Special Program on the 2600th Sri Sambuddhatva Jayanthiya for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at V/ Tamil Central College, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, 18-20 May 2011.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana), Theme; Peace, Harmony, and Diversity 2011: Reconciliation through paintings for Eastern, Northern, North Central, and Western Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), January to April, 2011.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana) in Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition – 2011 for Eastern, Northern, North Central and Uwa Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post-Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Peace, Harmony, and Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition Site, Buttala, Sri Lanka, 04 - 10 February 2011.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), in 5 Schools of Mannar district, Sri Lanka, 27-29 October 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on World Children's Day, Theme; Unity in Diversity 2010: Reconciliation through dancing, Drama, paintings, and sports for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at Kn/Hindu College, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, 30th September – 01st October 2010.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project for Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition – 2011, Uwa Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Teachers in Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Mahanama Primary School, Monaragala, Sri Lanka, 27 - 28 August 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), in 8 Schools of Mannar district, Sri Lanka, 03-06 August 2010.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana), Theme; Siu Diriya Rangana 2010: Reconciliation through dancing and Drama for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at V/ Tamil Central College, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, 20-23 July 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), in 6 Schools of Mannar district, Sri Lanka, 02-04 June 2010.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana), Reconciliation through Sinhala, Tamil New Year Activities – 2010 for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at V/ Tamil Central College, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, 25-26 April 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), in 8 Schools of Mannar district, Sri Lanka, 15-18 March 2010

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana) in Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition – 2010 for Central, Eastern, Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at International Buddhist Academy, Pallaekele, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 04 - 10 February 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) in 7 Schools of Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka, 04-06 November 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) in 9 Schools of Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka, 13-16 October 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) in 9 Schools of Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka, 22-25 September 2009.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Weda Satahana) in Dayata Kirula Development Exhibition – 2009 for Eastern, Northern, and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 04 - 09 February 2009

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for North Central Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) in 7 Schools of Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka, 15-16 January 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Eastern, Northern, and Eastern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) in 5 Schools of Polonnaruwa district, Sri Lanka, 29-30 July 2008.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Establishment of Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Societies (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Clubs) for Eastern, Northern, and Eastern Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post-Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) in 14 Schools of Ampara, Batticaloa, and Trincomalee districts, Sri Lanka, 05-07 May 2008.

Organizer and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Scholarship Program (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Saviya) for Eastern, Northern, and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program for Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the annual theme ‘Youth for United Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Banquet Hall, President’s Office, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka, 15th August, 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Project on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment Educational Seminar Program (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Sammantrana Wedasatahana) for North Central Province in Sri Lanka. Change Agent Training Program or Social Development among School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas in Sri Lanka, under the annual theme ‘Youth for United Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Padavi Parakramapura Maha Vidyalaya, Padaviya, Sri Lanka, 08 – 25 July 2007.

List of National/International Workshops

'Future Ready Youth Leadership’ Programme organized by the Education, Research and Training Committee, Social Reconciliation Centre (SRC) at the University of Wovuniya at the National Centre of Leadership Development (NCLD), Embilipitiya in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports for nearly 300 university youth, from 10-16 March 2022

Workshop on Academic Dependency and Indigenous Knowledge: Role of Social Sciences, Centre for Distance and Continuing Education (CDCE), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka, 19 October 2018.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post-Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony' Conducted and Funded by the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at National Institute of Education (NIE) Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 13–19 November 2012.

Resource Person, Organizer, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nana Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony’. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at Mu/ Sampathnuwara School, Mullaittivu, Sri Lanka, 07–11 March 2012

Resource Person, Seminar on sustainable development and Social Reconciliation, Board room, Dept. of Economics, Conducted by Development Resource Centre (DRC) and the University of Colombo, World University Friends (WUF) on 07 September 2012

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at Mullaittivu City, Sri Lanka, 10–12 May 2012.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at Mu/ Sampathnuwara School, Mullaittivu, Sri Lanka, 07–11 March 2012.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), Northern Provincial Council at Mu/ Vidyananda College, Mullaittivu, Sri Lanka, 25–29 January 2012.

Resource Person, Seminar on sustainable development and peace, Board room, Dept. of Economics, Conducted by Development Resource Centre (DRC) and University of Colombo, World University Friends (WUF) on 17th November 2011.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘the Spring of Harmony'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Kn/ Hindu College, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, 05–08 October 2011.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern, Northern, North Central and Western Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Peace, Harmony and Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at The National Youth Council, Maharagama, and University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 31st July – 02nd August 2011.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Peace, Harmony and Diversity' Conducted and Funded by the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Kn/ Hindu College, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, 30th December 2010 – 02nd January 2011.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Kn/ Hindu College, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, 24 – 27 November 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at V/ Tamil Central College, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, 19 – 24 January 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Unity of the Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF), and Seva Lanka Foundation at Mn/ Sythivinayakar Hindu College, Mannar, Sri Lanka, 06 – 10 January 2010.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at The National Youth Centre, Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 19 – 25 November 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at V/ Tamil Central College, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, 28th July – 02nd August 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at V/ Tamil Central College, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, 28th July – 02nd August 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at The National Youth Centre, Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 15– 19 June 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Rural Development Training & Research Institute, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka, 28th May – 03rd June 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern, Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 03 - 08 April 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 01 - 07 March 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern, Northern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Social Harmony within Diversity'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at National College of Education, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 24 - 31 January 2009.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshops on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 03 - 09 December 2008. : Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 16- 21 November 2008.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern and Northern Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 14- 20 June 2008.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Rural Development Training & Research Institute, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka, 23 - 29 May 2008.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 29th March- 04th April 2008.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Rural Development Training & Research Institute, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka, 09 - 15 March 2008.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Multi-Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka' Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 05 - 11 January 2008.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for United Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 02 - 07 December 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for North Central Province in Sri Lanka under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for united Sri Lanka'. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 14 - 20 November 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern Province in Sri Lanka under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for united Sri Lanka'. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at All Ceylon Women’s Buddhist Congress Hall, Matale, Sri Lanka, 26th August – 01st September 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern Province in Sri Lanka under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for united Sri Lanka'. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 09 – 15 August 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for North Central and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for united Sri Lanka'. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at The National Youth Centre, Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 08 – 16 June 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Eastern and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for united Sri Lanka'. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Meegoda Resource Centre, Department of Education, Western Provincial Council, Sri Lanka, 05 – 11 March 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for United Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Ambuluwawa Bio Diversity Complex and Religious Centre, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 20–25 February 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for North Central and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Youth for United Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 23 – 28 January 2007.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for North Central and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Mother Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 05 – 11 August 2006.

Organizer, Resource Person, and Chief Adviser, National Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Virtues: Student Empowerment (Nena Guna Weduma: Sisu Diriya Jathika Wedasatahana) for North Central Province in Sri Lanka. Development of Leadership Skills and Ethnic Integration of School Children in Post Conflict and Difficult Areas, under the specific annual theme ‘Mother Sri Lanka'. Conducted and Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka with the collaboration of World University Friends (WUF), Rajarata Development Forum (RDF) at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, 12 – 17 July 2006.