14-Jul-2025

Agriculture Library Open Day - 2025

The Library Committee of the Faculty of Agriculture is pleased to announce that the Library Open Day – 2025 will be held for the second consecutive year on Wednesday, 16^th July 2025, commencing at 10.00 a.m. at the Appadurai Auditorium, Faculty of Agriculture.

The primary objective of this event is to raise awareness among Advanced Level Biology students regarding the extensive resources available at the Agriculture Library and to demonstrate how these resources can be effectively utilized to support their higher education pursuits in the field of Agriculture. Furthermore, the program will provide a brief overview of the Faculty of Agriculture to the participating students. Ten students following the Biology stream from twelve schools within the Kandy Municipal area, along with tw

o Biology teachers from each school, have been invited to participate in the program. The event will be graced by the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, the Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, the Librarian of the University of Peradeniya, as well as academic and non-academic staff members of the Library and the Faculty of Agriculture. The program will include an interactive guided tour of the library, an inter-school quiz competition, and several other activities. Furthermore, a motivational speech will be delivered to the students by Senior Professor Buddhi Marambe, an eminent academic in the field of Crop Science.