Eternal MemoriesWhen Podi Menike leavesSarasavi Uyana receives Misty sunrays reflects VIBGYORHiding behind the Hantana range "Peradeniya" rolls the green carpet outFlower petals studs the green Morning breeze leaves the Bamboo leafsA silky touch embraces your face Rumbling monkeys leap the branchesWith a cheeky grin to say " what's in store" Meandering Mahaweli flows in quietUntill it passes the pinnacle ...
Relationships are a part of life.Friendship is the most common form of relationship and it’s a voluntary relationship. It is a choice one makes out of free will. Some of these friendships are special, and some are extremely special – because they are precious. This story is about one of those rare special and precious friends.You feel that some friends ...
We recently published a letter from one of our Alumni, Ariyadasa Yapa, sent to the editor of this blog.Those who have not read that letter, can use the link below.https://efacmemories.blogspot.com/2017/03/letter-receieved-from-ariyadasa-yapa.htmlAs you can see from the link above, a few fellow alumni have said that they dont agree with the views expressed by Ariyadasa.It turns out that this is not the ...
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 ...
This is an open invitation to all Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Graduates.Share your memories!Write to us:efacmemories@gmail.comIn the meantime, read following aricles already published in this site.1. It's time by Rasika Suriyaarachchi2. Engineering and Politics by Vickramabahu Karunaratne3. Oviravu (One night) by S. Sivasegaram4. Just before the stoam by E/81/2145. Sisira Adikari (E/83) writes his memories6. Memories about late Professor Bartholomeusz7. My ...
Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214] has published a book titled "eFacMemories - My Four Years at Peradeniya" containing two articles serialised in this blog and some new material.eFacMemories - My Four Years at PeradeniyaISBN: 978-955-54783-1-1(Author publication, December 2015)Please contact PEFAA office at the Faculty of Engineering for a complimentary copy.All comments:rasika.suriyaarachchi@gmail.com ...
(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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 departmentAnnual survey campOne of the highlights of student activity in the Civil Engineering Department was the annual survey camp for ...
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 departmentI began my teaching career in the Department of Civil Engineering and was assigned the usual quota of supporting duties ...
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 FacultyAt the time I joined the staff the Faculties of Medicine and engineering were considered professional faculties and the academic staff were paid higher salaries than ...
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 CeylonIn 1950 the University of Ceylon was spread across the city at three centres. The main body of the University was at Thurstan Road, its seat being the old Ceylon University College ...
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 ...
Growing up in the Lower Ranks by S. MahalingamPart I - The New FacultyThe event was not given any publicity in the press as the university authorities did not consider it an occasion for drum-beating. It was regarded as just another step in the advancement of higher education. The Faculty of Engineering was born on 1 July 1950 after a ...
A Professor and a GentlemanA professor and a gentleman ‐ truly was he,A man of true compassion ‐ who else would kinder, be?Havin’ mastered his art with greatest passion ‐ renowned became heIn world’s great missions, ev’n a minnow ‐ who has the luck to be?Hailing from, though, humble origins ‐ with loads of determination,Rising o’er highest mountain’s peak ‐ in the world of vibration Emerging from the lit’le‐known Ceylon ‐ to heights of inter‐nationAll ...
Following is a short story written by K. S. Suthakar (E/82). English translation is by Kathir Balasundaram.This short story was originally published at (http://shuruthy.blogspot.com/2014/11/two-episodes-short-story.html) INCIDENT ONEIt all took place in the month of May, 1983.Those of us selected by the Engineering Faculty to attend the celebrated Peradeniya University found rooms in either the James Peris (J.P.), Hilda and Obryasekara men ...
