News Highlights


Department Seminar- October 2024, Department of Operations Management

The 32nd Department Seminar of the Department of Operations Management is scheduled to be held on 14th October 2024 (Monday) from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. in the Boardroom of the Faculty of Management. The speech will be delivered by Senior Professor Milton Rajaratne from the Department of Operations Management, titled “Do Sinhalese Know Management? An Inquiry into the Sinhalese Social Wisdom of Management.” Those interested are invited to attend the seminar.


Industry Day-2024 Faculty Internship Committee in collaboration with the Center for Skills for Life

The Faculty Internship Committee, in collaboration with the Centre for Skills for Life, successfully hosted "Industry Day 2024" on September 10, 2024. The event, themed “Stepping Across the Line: The First Step Towards the Space Industry,” aimed to provide students with valuable internship opprtunities at prestigious organizations across Sri Lanka while nurturing their interview-facing skills.


Felicitation Ceremony of the Industry Mentorship Programme – 2024 Centre for Skills for Life, Faculty of Management.

The Centre for Skills for Life, Faculty of Management organized an industry mentorship day on September 12, 2024, to honor the immense services rendered by industry professionals in the form of mentoring the final-year undergraduates of the Faculty. Nearly one hundred and twenty students benefitted from the industry mentoring programme. A well-structured programme like this is impossible without the support of almost seventy mentors representing diverse industries.


Workshop on ‘Role of Young Academics and Career Advancement’ Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) – Faculty of Management

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) successfully organized a workshop on the 'Role of Young Academics and Career Advancement' on the 16th of August from 1:00 p.m. onwards at the Innovation Co-creation Cell, Faculty of Management. The target group for the workshop was temporary lecturers, probationary lecturers, and any confirmed lecturers who were interested.


The visit of Dr. Vasily Fiveyskiy, the Rector of the Moscow Metropolitan Governance University, Government of Moscow to Sri Lanka

Dr. Vasily Fivesky, the Rector of the Moscow Metropolitan Governance University, Government of Moscow, visited the University of Peradeniya on December 02, 2022. The rector was welcomed by Prof. M.D. Lamawansa, Vice-Chancellor, University of Peradeniya. The vice-chairman of the University Grant Commission, the Deans of the Faculties, the Director of the International Relations Office, and the heads of the departments participated in the event.

An MOU signed between the Unilever Sri Lanka and the University of Peradeniya

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Unilever Sri Lanka and the University of Peradeniya on September 25, 2023. The ceremony was held in the senate room of the University of Peradeniya. Mr. Damith Abeyrathne, Supply Chain Director, Unilever Sri Lanka signed the MoU representing Unilever while Professor M.D. Lamawansa, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya and the Acting Registrar Mr. E.M.G.M.B Ekanayake signed on behalf of the university.

Industry Day 2023

The Faculty Internship Committee and the Centre for Skills for Life collaboratively organized “Industry Day 2023”, which was held on September 12, 2023, on the theme of “Stepping Across the Line: The First Step Towards the Space ‘Industry”. The main goal of Industry Day 2023 was to offer students an opportunity to obtain internships at renowned organizations in Sri Lanka.