Prof. M.K. Weerasinghe attached to the Department of Library and Information Science was the Chief Guest as well as Keynote speaker at the International Workshop on "Scholarly Research Publication: Writing, Citations and Plagiarism" held at Periyar University, Salem, India on 1st February 2016. Afterwards on 6th of February Prof. Weerasinghe was the Chief Guest and delivered Valedictory address at the International Conference on "Re-Engineering of Library Resources: Challenges and Opportunities" organized by the Directorate of Distance Education Library and Information Scienc Wing, Annamalai University, India.