Ph.D. in Blue Carbon Science

Applications are invited from highly qualified prospective candidates to enroll for a research  project leading to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Blue Carbon Science. All project  activities will be conducted at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels,  Belgium, Department of Botany, University of Ruhuna and Faculty of Technology, Eastern  University Sri Lanka. 

This project comes under the “Social-Ecological Dynamics in Rapid Economic Development:  Infrastructure and coastal Change in South and Eastern Sri Lanka (FSPI-SEDRIC@Sri Lanka)”  and funded by the French cooperation under the supervision of the French Embassy at Colombo  and ICA (International Coordination Action) at Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek –

Vlaanderen (FWO) based at the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of  Ruhuna.

Project Description: 

This project mainly focuses on determining the role of edaphic factors on blue carbon stability.  Thereby, the study aims at broadening the understanding of role of blue carbon stocks in climate  change mitigation.

Duration: Four years (Full-time) 

No. of positions available: 02

Qualifications:

⮚ Should have B.Sc. Special degree in Botany OR Coastal Ecology with a first class or a  second upper division from a recognized university 

⮚ M.Phil. Degree (or M.Sc.) related to Plant Ecology/Environmental Science/Coastal  Ecology from a recognized university will be given the priority

∙ Candidates who have completed M.Phil. degree in one of the aforementioned  categories will also be considered

⮚ Field experience on Blue Carbon Science and having publications related to blue carbon science will be considered as additional qualifications

⮚ Having sufficient knowledge in Biostatistics including multivariate techniques/GLM,  Remote Sensing and GIS would be beneficial

⮚ Should be proficient in English language (scientific writing and communication) Application procedure:

Curriculum vitae (CV) and a covering letter explaining the intention of applying for the position  along with proofs of certificates should be submitted by E-mail on or before 31.03.2023. Late  submissions will not be entertained. 

Email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject “Application-SEDRIC-PhD position”.

Allowance: Rs. 75,000/= per month (flight tickets, accommodation during the stay in Belgium  will also be covered)

Registration: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Period:

Each year, 03 months in Belgium and 09 months in Sri Lanka during the first three years  06 months in Sri Lanka and 06 months in Belgium during the 4^th year (thesis defense)  All the field works are carried out in Sri Lanka

Bond agreement: 

A bond agreement will be signed between University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka and the selected  candidates for the period of four years. 

Deadline for application: 31^st of March 2023

Prof. K.A. Sunanda Kodikara

Coordinator: FSPI-SEDRIC Project

Department of Botany,

Faculty of Science,

University of Ruhuna

16.03.2023

Awarding Ceremony - “A New Dawn – 2021/22” The Inter-University Students’ Competition

‘A New Dawn’, an Inter-University Students’ competition organized by The Department of Sociology and the Sociological Association in collaboration with the Cultural Center of the University of Ruhuna. The awarding ceremony of this event was held on 04^th of January 2023 from 2.00 pm onwards at the Rabindranath Tagore Auditorium of the University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka.

This event was graced by the chief guest Senior Prof. Sujeewa Amarasena, the Vice-chancellor of the University and Prof. E.P.S Chandana, Deputy Vice-chancellor of the University. Further, Prof. Upali Pannilage, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. A. M. A. S Gunasekara, Head, Department of Sociology, Dr. Deva Michael De Silva, Coordinator, Cultural Center of the University of Ruhuna and many academic staff members, non- academic staff members as well as students of the university and schools were participated.  

Moreover, Prof. Mohamad Mahees, Department of Sociology, University of Colombo delivered the keynote speech. In addition to that the Mr. Mahendra Perera (Veteran artist) and Mr.Prasanna Jayakodi (Film director & screen writer) also graced the occasion.

රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය

2023/2024 වර්ෂය සඳහා ආපනශාලා (සේවක) පවත්වාගෙන යාම සඳහා

ප්‍රසම්පාදන කැඳවීම

රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල කාර්යය මණ්ඩලයට 2023 මාර්තු 30 සිට වර්ෂයක් සඳහා ආහාරපාන සැපයීම සඳහා සේවක ආපනශාලා අංක 01 පවත්වාගෙන යාමට සුදුස්සෙක් තෝරා ගැනීම සඳහා පිළිගත් ආයතන වලින් සහ පළපුරුදු පුද්ගලයින්ගෙන් 2023.03.21 දින ප.ව. 2.00 දක්වා මිල ගණන් කැඳවනු ලැබේ.

ලංසු පත්‍ර ලබා ගැනීම

ආපසු නොගෙවන රු. 1000/- ක මුදලක් ලංසු ගාස්තු ලෙස රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සරප් වෙත ගෙවා ලබාගත් ලදුපත නියෝජ්‍ය ලේඛකාධිකාරී (සාමාන්‍ය පාලන) වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් අදාල විස්තර හා ලංසු පත්‍රිකා 2023.03.20 දින ප.ව. 3.00 දක්වා (කාර්යාල වේලාවන්හිදී) ලබාගත හැකිය.  විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය තුල ආපනශාලා පවත්වාගෙන යාමට නුසුදුසු බවට විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය විසින් තීරණය කර ඇති කිසිදු ආයතනයකට හෝ පුද්ගලයකුට ප්‍රසම්පාදන අයදුම්පත් නිකුත් කරනු නොලැබේ.

ලංසු භාර ගැනිම

නිසි පරිදි සම්පූර්ණ කරන ලද ලංසු “මුල් පිටපත” සහ ”අනු පිටපත” වෙන වෙනම ලියුම් කවර දෙකක බහා නැවතත් එම ලියුම් කවර එක් ලියුම් කවරයක බහා එහි උඩ කෙළවරේ “සේවක ආපනශාලා අංක 01 සඳහා මිල ගණන් කැඳවිම - 2023” යනුවෙන් පැහැදිලිව සඳහන් කර 2023.03.21 වන දින ප.ව. 2.00 ට පෙර ලැබෙන සේ ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් “සභාපති, ප්‍රසම්පාදන කමිටුව, රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, වැල්ලමඩම, මාතර” යන ලිපිනයට එවිය යුතුය.  නැතහොත් එම ලිපිනයේ ලේඛකාධිකාරී කාර්යාලයේ තබා ඇති අංක: 01 ටෙන්ඩර් පෙට්ටියට ගෙනවිත් බහාලිය හැකිය.  ප්‍රමාද වී හෝ අසම්පූර්ණව ලැබෙන ලංසු පත්‍ර ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනු ලැබේ.

ලංසු විවෘත කිරීම

2023.03.21 වන දින ප.ව. 2.00 ට ලංසු වීවෘත කරනු ලැබේ.  එම අවස්ථාවට ලංසුකරුට හෝ ඔහුගේ බලයලත් නියෝජිතයෙකුට පෙනි සිටිමට අවසර දෙනු ලැබේ.  මේ පිළිබඳව වැඩි විස්තර සඳහා අංක: 041-2033254 දිගුව 12015 යන දුරකථන මගින් නියෝජ්‍ය  ලේඛකාධිකාරී / සාමාන්‍ය පාලන ගෙන් විමසා දැන ගත හැකිය.

සභාපති

ප්‍රසම්පාදන කමිටුව

රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, වැල්ලමඩම. මාතර.

2023.02.28

Awarding Ceremony - “A New Dawn – 2021/22” The Inter-University Students’ Competition

‘A New Dawn’, an Inter-University Students’ competition organized by The Department of Sociology and the Sociological Association in collaboration with the Cultural Center of the University of Ruhuna. The awarding ceremony of this event was held on 04 th  of January 2023 from 2.00 pm onwards at the Rabindranath Tagore Auditorium of the University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka.

This event was graced by the chief guest Senior Prof. Sujeewa Amarasena, the Vice-chancellor of the University and Prof. E.P.S Chandana, Deputy Vice-chancellor of the University. Further, Prof. Upali Pannilage, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. A. M. A. S Gunasekara, Head, Department of Sociology, Dr. Deva Michael De Silva, Coordinator, Cultural Center of the University of Ruhuna and many academic staff members, non- academic staff members as well as students of the university and schools were participated.

Moreover, Prof. Mohamad Mahees, Department of Sociology, University of Colombo delivered the keynote speech. In addition to that the Mr. Mahendra Perera (Veteran artist) and Mr.Prasanna Jayakodi (Film director & screen writer) also graced the occasion.