Continuing fromPART III - CLV Jayatilake's ThreatPART IV - Life after E-facIt took the faculty staff more than eight full months to release our final examination results. The wait was horrible. By that time, fellow students from Moratuwa Universi

Continuing from Part II: HHJ Keerthisena compares Peradeniya with Moratuwa PART III: CLV Jayatilake's ThreatI realised that I am helpless is correcting the status quo. However, there was still a slight chance of making the future less bleak. Tha

By Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214]Continuing from PART I - The beginning PART II - HHJ Keerthisena compares Peradeniya with MoratuwaOut of 250 students in our E/81 batch, only 90 got through all eight subjects at the first attempt. That was a mis

By Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214]PART I: The beginningIt has been a whopping twenty five years since we, the E Eighty One’rs, bid farewell to the picturesque surroundings of the mighty Hanthana valley, the vast array of buildings with fine archit

Message from the Editor - E-Fac Memories BlogPeople! We have good news!In response to our call for E-Fac Memories published in this blog in January 2011, Rasika Suriyaarachchi [E/81/214] has finally given his kind consent to publish an article he h

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. Engineering and Politics by Vick

READPART 1: Resist the RagPART 2: Science Faculty DaysPART 3: Confrontation with Electric GundaPART 4: A Marxist WinsPART 5: FinaleIn spite of, or rather because of, my commitment to the cause of the proletariat I did well in my academic work. Obviousl

READPART 1: Resist the RagPART 2: Science Faculty DaysPART 3: Confrontation with Electric GundaPART 4 - A Maxist Wins...!!!While absorbed in studies, my general plan was to use my spare time for swimming and rowing. By then I had attained some stan

Read PART 1: Resist the RagPART 2: Science Faculty DaysPART 3 - Confrontation with Electric GundaI entered the Engineering Faculty proper with its reputation for many things, the least of which was politics. However, it is the great fortune of the

READ PART 1 - Resist the RagPART 2 - Science Faculty DaysAs usual then, we did a one-year spell at the Science Faculty. I was most impressed with those who taught Mathematics to us: Valentine, Volume and Epa. Some of the fundamentals spe

PART 1 – Resist the RagFor some strange reason my parents thought that I would grow up to be a great engineer. May be because I broke everything that came my way faster than my elder brother who was certainly more careful. Anyway, my carelessne

Read: PART 1PART 2PART 3 - CONCLUSIONWe met the Dean of the Faculty, Professor Thurairajah to seek his help to ensure that Balasooriyan was not ill treated at the Police Station. He had a good friend in the late Mr W Dahanayake, a senior technician

Read PART 1PART 2After discussing the matter with me, he suggested that the Vice Chancellor Leslie Panditharathna may be the one for me to talk to, and let me use the HO Hall telephone to call Leslie, who was always friendly towards me despite my p

Written by: S Sivasegaram--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MODERATOR'S NOTE: Professor Sivasegarm writes about his involvement in the events that took place at University of Peradeniya on

Read PART 1: First in the batch...!!!PART 2: Everything was going on so well… PART 3: Student ClashesPART 4: Rough seasPART 5: Final yearSoon it was all over! As we left the E-fac for the very last time, it was getting ready to greet President JR with a new colour wash and a face lift ...

Read PART 1: First in the batch...!!!PART 2: Everything was going on so well… PART 3: Student ClashesPART 4: Rough seasThe final year is when the student attitudes take a long term vision. They start to dress smartly with some even saying good-bye to their beloved rubber slippers; they start to hang round where medical ...