Reli Bimen Sama Bimata School Seminar Programme - 2016
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Reli Bimen Sama Bimata School Seminar Programme - 2016 organized by the Agriculture Faculty Students' Union, was successfully held on 1st and 2nd of October 2016 at the Kawdulla Maha Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa. It was held as a two day programme. Nearly ninety G.C.E [O/L] students of that college took part in the event
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Ms. Haily Seneviratne, a third year B.Sc. Food Science & Technology (BFST) student and Mr. Manju Gunawardana from Hybrid Technologies Inc., Sri Lanka were able to receive two Gold Medals and a Special...
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Insights from Australia and East Africa' By Dr. Thilak Mallawaarachchi, The University of Queensland, Australia will take place on 25th August 2014 from 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon at the Boardroom of the...
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27th September 2014:
3.30-5.30pm: Remembrance meeting at the Administrative complex, Faculty of Agriculture.
6.30-8.30pm: Pirith Chanting Ceremony at the Department of Crop Science
SAWC of the Faculty organized a Shramadana Campaign to clean up the Faculty premises. Large number of students and both academic and non academic staff members took part in the event.
The Student Union of the Faculty of Agriculture organized a blood donation campaign which was held on September 10, 2014 at the Administrative Building Complex of the Faculty. A large number of studen...
Foundation stone for a three storied building for the Department of Animal Science, as part of the Faculty Master Plan, was laid by the Vice-Chancellor, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Heads of...
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New entrants selected to the Faculty of Agriculture by the UGC arrived at the University on November 25, 2014. An Orientation Programme was held on November 26, 2014 with the participation of the Vice...
STUDENT CONDUCTS SEMINARS FOR GCE[O/L] STUDENTS
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The mega musical evening 'Indeewari - 2015' was held on October 13th at the University Gymnasium. Veteran singers Sanath Nandasiri, Malkanthi Nandasiri, Athma Liyanage and Sashika Nisansala made legen...
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1. B.Sc. d...
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A workshop on "GIS (Geographic Information Systems) as a Tool for Agricultural Research" was held on 05th of June 2016. The programme was organized by the Soil Science Society Faculty of Agriculture w...
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Seven selected media personnel from SAARC countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) visited the Faculty of Agriculture from 12-15 July 2016 to witness the success of the mu...
A two member delegation (Dr. Jayne Curnow and Dr. Julian de Meyer) from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) visited the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeni...
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Miss Thilini Dissanayake, a third year student of the Faculty of Agriculture of University of Peradeniya has participated in the 2nd Asia University 3 X 3 Basketball Championship which was held from 1...
Laying of the foundation stone for a Lecture Hall/Common Room/Auditorium Complex of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya was held on 2 September 2016 at the auspicious time of 8.36 am ...
Sixteenth International Student Summit (16th ISS) was held on September 29-30, 2016 at the Setagaya Campus of Tokyo NODAI, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan. Over 160 students from more th...
Ecosperity YLD 2016 was held from 15th to 18th September, 2016 in Singapore with the participation of nearly 160 University students from Asia, America, Africa and Europe. Mr. Pubudu Ruwan Weerarathna...
Emeritus Professor HPM Gunasena of Faculty of Agriculture has received the "Vidya Nidi" National Honors 2017 for his contributions to the National Development. The Faculty congratulates him for his ac...
Professor Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector and Prof. Daniel Munteanu, Vice Rector for students and Liaison with the Economic and Socio-Cultural Community visited the Faculty of Agriculture, University of P...
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A team of researchers from the Department of Soil Science conducted a workshop on “Creating awareness and obtaining feedback on novel nitrogen and phosphorous biofertlizers developed for paddy c...
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The Department of Soil Science conducted a practical session on soil analytical techniques to the A/L students of technology stream from Kegalu Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle on 5th November 2019....
Dr. Anuruddha Karunarathna from Department of Agricultural Engineering and his student Ms. Yushani Alahakoon (M.Phil. student) from Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture and the team successfully fabr...
As there can be a long-delay in resuming academic activities due to the prevailing situation of COVID-19 in the country, the Faculty of Agriculture is planning to offer courses on-line to students to ...