A documentary directed by Henry Warnakulasuriya [E/79]

Watch this video about the Faculty of Engineering, Peradeniya. Produced by the Faculty of Engeering Directed by Henry Warnakulasuriya [E/79]

ReadPART IPART IIPART IIIPART IVPART VPART VILet me now briefly touch on something different, something perhaps not directly related to our student life. You might even say these are so trivial and should not be here. To me without touching on these my note will not be complete.We were preparing for the Final Year Examination in 1976 (that cram time) ...

ReadPART IPART IIPART IIIPART IVPART VWell, Friends, I can go on writing. But I think time has come to say Good Bye and to break this manuscript. Before I do that let me pause and quickly revisit those days again, just to check that I have not overlooked or missed anything obvious. Many more incidents, places, faces, events come flooding ...

ReadPART IPART IIPART IIIPART IVThe Exhibition we had in the Final Year to commemorate 25 years of Engineering Education was a welcome diversion. As students we did lot of hard work to boost the image of the Laboratories and the Faculty with creative posters, decorations and write-ups for the Testing Equipment. Prof S Mahalingam- the great man that he is- ...

ReadPART IPART IIPART IIIBy the beginning of the third year there were many in Akbar Nell Hall who chose to move out from the “dry zone” to the “wet zone”. I suppose the opportunity to meet a wide range of students from other faculties particularly the girls was the most obvious attraction for the shift. Having not lived on the ...

Read: PART IPART IIIn the second year, as Halls of Residence were not provided we had to stay outside the Campus. Most of the batch found accommodation in rooms of E-quarters, and boarding homes in Penideniya, Meewatura and the surrounding neighbourhood. Seven of us were lucky to find lodging in a large, comfortable home at Handessa, where facilities, food and ...

Read PART-Iby Maximus Jayantha Anandappa (1972-75 batch)If Machine Drawings were a mystery, then the Workshop Practicals was penance. Foundry, Carpentry and the Lathe Machine were not my cup of tea- though the workshop-staff was exceptionally supportive and sympathetic (when we messed up or broke hack-saw blades) like the down to earth lecturer Mr S Amaradasa. It always mystified me that ...

PART-IHere is my feeble attempt for old time sake to capture the moods of those bygone days. I admit this is a fragment- a pale weak account, an apology for something more vivid, more evocative. You might say I have missed the more remarkable moments and people. But I will count on you to put up with such omissions. If ...

(Published in: http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/6425#more-6425)‘A biography by its very nature’, writes Michael Colin Cooke, in setting the scene for the Bopage Story, ‘reveals a life not only of an individual but of the society and times of that individual.’ A person’s life story, however, can be told in different ways. A biography may be rich in minutiae and fail to go sufficiently ...

Published in www.lakbimanews.lkThere is no one mould into which all great men fit; some are remembered for an achievement or a contribution that changed the world, others for the influence they had on those who came in touch with them, still others for style, or honour, or for a job well done over a lifetime. In the narrower ambit of ...

(Published at: www.lakbimanews.lk)All of us who were students of Batho in the Faculty of Engineering Peradeniya were deeply affected when we got the following message from his son Brian. “After a lifetime spent in the unselfish devotion to the interest of others Prof. Frederick Bartholomeusz peacefully went to his rest today, October 22nd 2011, at the age of 91 surrounded ...

(First published at: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=38921)Professor Munidasa P Ranaweera’s recent glowing tribute to the late Professor Everard Frederick Bartholomeusz (1920-2011) titled "Engineering Mathematics Professor, a Great Mentor and Lifelong Inspiration" prompted me to add this personal note on "Batho" as we all affectionately called him during our university days. The distinguished Founder Professor of Engineering Mathematics at the Universi

Engineering mathematics professor, a great mentor and lifelong inspiration(First published at: http://sundaytimes.lk/111030/Plus/plus_04.html)Professor E. F. Bartholomeusz, Founder Professor of Engineering Mathematics at the University of Peradeniya, passed away on October 22 in Phoenix, Arizona, in the US. He was one of the most respected academics at the University of Peradeniya, and was a great teacher, much loved by all of his ...

The Lionel Bopage Story (written by Michael Cooke) SYNOPSIS:This biography looks at the post-independence history of Sri Lanka (from 1948 on) through the eyes of one of its prominent left wing activists – Lionel Bopage.Sri Lanka is an example of a country that has paid a terrible price for the failure to convert its ethnic diversity into a wider national ...

I am writing this to extend my heart felt gratitude to one of the best teachers I had at Pera eFac, Prof. Sivasegaram or Siva as he was popularly known.Comparison with CLVJ would have made him shine brighter but even on absolute terms he was such a friendly man from whom I could ask some clarification even on a corridor ...

Sisira Adikari has written a reply to Prof Sivasegaram.First read Sisira's article that was serialsed in this blog recently.Parts I & II - Paving the Way to Clear Applied Electricity BacklogPart III - Aftermath of the boycottPart IV - Student clas

Professor S Sivasegaram has sent us the following eMail.Dear Editor I think that some of the recent articles are in bad taste. There is a tendency to settle old scores with people. Several of the personal comments are inaccurate and suggest dubious mot

READ: Parts I & II - Paving the Way to Clear Applied Electricity BacklogPart III - Aftermath of the boycottPart IV - Student clash on the final dayPart V: RevengeThroughout my time from first year to the departure from the faculty (approximately

READ: Parts I & II - Paving the Way to Clear Applied Electricity BacklogPart III - Aftermath of the boycottPart IV – Student clash on the final dayFor good or bad it is customary on the final day of academic year students to pitch parties especi