Growing up in the Lower Ranks by S. MahalingamRead: Part I - The New FacultyPart II - Our First HomeAll our work was done at the Ceylon Technical College in Maradana for the first two and half years. Like most Technical Colleges in Britain, it was located in the heart of the city, close to the centres of transport and ...
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 ...
Part 3 of "The Canteen Story" written by late Professor E.F. Bartholomeusz is published today. Use the link below to access previously published instalments.Part 1: Birth of an ideaPart 2: Opening moves - research and report3. The first Canteen Committee (C.C.) - its composition and preliminary activities.Composition:The first C.C. was now formally constituted and was composed of two representatives each ...
Engineering community of the world has lost a role model. It is hard to comprehend that a person of Professor Selvadurai Mahalingam’s quality ever walked on this planet. In order to come to terms with the grief of his passing away I thought I would pen down my thoughts on this great person. My first impressions of Professor Mahalingam were ...
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 ...
Today we conclude "The Canteen Story" written by late Professor E.F. Bartholomeusz. Use the link below to access previously published instalments.Part 1: Birth of an ideaPart 2: Opening moves - research and reportPart 3. The first Canteen Committee (C.C.)Part 4: The Inner CirclePart 5: Financial practicesPart 6: A leap forward - extension in services Part 7: ConclusionTaking what at first ...
This blog documents memories of Peradeniya Engineering Faculty graduates. Memories are not always sweet. At least some of us have bitter and sour memories of our days at Peradeniya. The following U-Tube song and video clip produced by a group of undergraduates (E/11) from the faculty might remind us of those bitter and sour memories. Enjoy! Your contribution to this ...
Growing up in the Lower Ranks by S. MahalingamRead: Part I - The New FacultyPart II - Our First HomePart III - Early years of the University of CeylonPart IV - Working in the FacultyPart V - A change of departmentPart VI - Annual survey campSome personalities in the facultyWhen the academic staff assembled in the Faculty on the first ...
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 ...
I was sad to hear of the passing away of Professor Mahalingam on November 3, in Jaffna, after a brief illness. He was the last surviving member of the pioneers of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, which was established in July 1950, as a part of the then University of Ceylon.Maha, as he was affectionately called by his ...
This article was published in "The Island" dated 13 November 2015(http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=135236)It was with deep sorrow that I was looking at the serene man now lying peacefully in a coffin. He was a colossus among the academics and he walked along the corridors of the sprawling Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya with a characteristic and purposeful stride that inspired confidence ...
From today we serialise "The Canteen Story" written by late Professor E.F. Bartholomeusz1. BIRTH OF AN IDEAThe three young men who walked into my room one uneventful evening in the late 1960's evidently had matters of importance on their minds. To my initial amazement they appeared to have come to voice their dissatisfaction with the prevailing canteen services, which were ...
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 ...
(This is part 2 of an article written by Rasika Suriyaarachchi. Read Part 1: http://efacmemories.blogspot.com/2015/12/my-distant-memories-about-professor-s.html)Despite being there at Peradeniya for four years and despite being lectured by him in my second and fourth years, unfortunately, I have had only two opportunities of talking with Mahalingam.The first of those instances was in the last few weeks of my final year of ...
Dear readers of eFacMemories Blog,I am sure all of you have fond memories of the faculty canteen that served us in many ways during our four year stay at Peradeniya.While all most all other canteens such as WUS, Gemba etc, functioned within the University during our time, were privately run on tender basis, the faculty canteen was run by a ...
"Don't go to Peradeniya", a friend of mine advised me strongly when he heard about my intention of studying Engineering at Peradeniya University, "the teaching staff there are BAD for students"!Of course, I did not listen to him. Peradeniya was my dream. But, it was not a dream about engineering at all. My dreams were rather about Hanthana Mountains, Mahaweli ...
We have received the following letter from Peradeniya E-fac alumni Ariyadasa Yapa.Dear blogger/ publisher,I read through all articles published in this site with interest as an old student of the faculty. I visited the faculty last during the inauguration of Professor Mahalingam Fund for supporting the final year student’s projects. I witnessed the slow or no progress of our oldest ...
Part 4 of "The Canteen Story" written by late Professor E.F. Bartholomeusz is published today. Use the link below to access previously published instalments.Part 1: Birth of an ideaPart 2: Opening moves - research and reportPart 3. The first Canteen Committee (C.C.) - its composition and preliminary activitiesPart 4. The Inner CircleWhile matters of broad policy were reserved for the ...
