Events Organized

As the Department industry Links coordinator , I did all the necessities for the MoU singed between the University of Peradeniya and Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) Sri Lanka was signed on the 6th of February 2023, at the Senate Room of the University of Peradeniya. Through this MoU, the CSE makes arrangements to provide internship opportunities to students who are specialized in Accounting & Finance and sponsor an annual budget of up to Rs. 200,000 for capital market-related events, which the University of Peradeniya organizes in collaboration with the CSE. Moreover, the CSE will grant an award annually to the student who obtained the highest-Grade Point Average (GPA) in the Accounting & Finance Specialization area of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Honours Degree Programme. 

As the Department industry Links corodinator , I did all the necessities for the MoU singed between University of Peradeniya and Chartered Financial Analysts Society Sri Lanka was signed on 22nd  September 2022, at the Vice Chancellor’s office of University of Peradeniya. This understanding aims to establish a long-term collaborative relationship to promote ethics and industry best practices upheld by the CFA Institute (US), increase awareness the scholarships granted by the CFA Institute among students, and facilitate resource personnel for guest lectures and other knowledge sharing initiatives to improve learning and the marketability of graduates. 

Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Colombo Stock Exchange organizes an inter university quiz competition with the intention of creating an awareness among the undergraduates of the state universities on the capital market. Interfaculty Competition at the University of Peradeniya was organized by the Department of Business Finance, Faculty of Management. The Competition was held on 21st June  from 9.00 a.m. onwards at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Management.19 teams from 8 Faculties participated in the competition, among them, Team 2 from Faculty of Science emerged as the winners and grabbed the cash prize of Rs. 75,000, while Team 2 from Faculty of Medicine and Team 1 from Faculty of Dental Sciences won the second and third places respectively. All three teams will be advanced to the inter university competition that will be held on the final quarter of 2023. I was the main cordinator of this event from UOP. 

As the lecturer of Banking Subject , I organized a field trip for  2nd year undergraduates of Department of Business Finance to visit the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Bank of Ceylon head office on 30th of November 2022. Through this filed visit students gained a practical exposure on how the banking system in Sri Lanka works by attending the lecture conducted by Deputy Director of CBSL, Dr.Lankapathy Sritharan and by visiting the dealing room of BOC Treasury Department. Also, the knowledge on history of Sri Lankan currency was fine-tuned by visiting to the currency museums of CBSL and BOC. 

The Out Bound Training (OBT) program of Faculty of Management University of Peradeniya  was  successfully conducted on 30th  January 2022 at Rathnasiri Wickramanayake National Training Center, Hanthana, Kandy in collaboration with Commando Regiment of Sri Lanka Army for both Academic and Non-academic staff members .  This was an action and activity based behavioral training for employee development based on experiential learning methodology of ‘learning by doing’, ‘hands-on experience’ and includes outdoor, adventure, team building activities that engage participants to bring out the desired learning outcomes.  The aims of the OBT program were to enhance the collaboration and coordination of the staff of the Faculty of Management to have an effective working environment at the faculty, make all the staff aware of the faculty development plan and the strategic actions, and obtain their fullest contribution in implementing such actions in different capacities.