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The diploma and higher diploma awarding ceremony for the Higher Diploma in Communication and Public Relations, Diploma in Mass Communication, and Diploma in Public Relations and Media Management, offered by the Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, was successfully held on 27th July 2025 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The event was held under the precedence of Professor M. M. Gunatilake, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

A total of 90 diploma and higher diploma holders from the 5th Batch of the Higher Diploma in Communication and Public Relations, 19th Batch of the Diploma in Mass Communication, and 7th Batch of the Diploma in Public Relations and Media Management, received their certificates during the ceremony. Notably, three diploma holders from each program were awarded gold medals in recognition of their outstanding performance.

Mr. Mahesh Jayawardena, Senior General Manager (Administration) of Derana Media Network and Project Chairman of Manusath Derana, graced the occasion as the guest speaker. He delivered an insightful address on the topic, “Education and Human Relations,” sharing valuable perspectives on the timely importance of tactfulness and creativity in terms of education, fostering humanity, and building relationships practically.

The event was further dignified by the presence of Senior Lecturer Dr. Manoj Jinadasa, Head of the Department of Mass Communication; Senior Lecturer Amali Uthpala Nandasiri, Coordinator of the Higher Diploma in Communication and Public Relations; Lecturer Dilini Gamage, Coordinator of the Diploma in Public Relations and Media Management; Lecturer Ileka Ruwanpathirana, Coordinator of the Diploma in Mass Communication; along with other academic and non-academic staff members, diploma and advanced diploma holders, and their family members.

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Department of Mass Communication Hosts Special Guest Lecture on Broadcasting media and AI

The Department of Mass Communication at the University of Kelaniya successfully conducted a special guest lecture on June 29, 2025, at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The session, held from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, featured renowned expert Dr. Amal Punchihewa and was organized primarily for postgraduate students.

Dr. Punchihewa delivered a compelling lecture on the topic “Broadcasting media and AI”, offering deep insights into the evolving intersection of media technologies and artificial intelligence. His expertise and engaging presentation style sparked active interest and discussion among the attending students and academic staff.

Dr. Amal Punchihewa is a highly respected researcher, educator, advisor, and consultant in the fields of ICT, media, and broadcasting. With nearly four decades of experience in industry, academia, and research, his contributions are recognized both locally and internationally. He holds a degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Moratuwa, a Master’s in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and a PhD from Massey University, New Zealand.

Over the years, Dr. Punchihewa has earned numerous professional accolades. He has been a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL). He is also a member of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka, a Life Member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, a Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand, and a Senior Member of IEEE (USA).

In addition, he serves as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and an Executive Member of the Media Technical Network of IET.

This lecture was a valuable opportunity for students to gain firsthand knowledge from an industry expert, reinforcing the Department’s commitment to bridging academic learning with real-world developments in the media and communication field.

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කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ, ජනසන්නිවේදන අධ්‍යයන අංශය මගින් ක්‍රියත්මක සන්නිවේදන හා මහජන සම්බන්ධතා උසස් ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලාව 2025 (හය වන කණ්ඩායම) සමාරම්භක උලෙළ ජූනි මස 15 ඉරු දින කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සමාජීය විද්‍යා පීඨ ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී පැවැත්විණි.

"මහජන සම්බන්ධතාව, සන්නිවේදනය හා සම්ප්‍රදාය" මැයෙන් සමාරම්භක උලෙළේ මුඛ්‍ය දේශන, සම්මානිත මහාචාර්ය චන්ද්‍රසිරි රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් සිදු කෙරිණි.

මෙම සමාරම්භක උලෙළට ප්‍රධාන ආරාධිතයා වශයෙන් සමාජීය විද්‍යා පීඨයේ පීඨාධිපති මහාචාර්ය එම්.එම්. ගුණතිලක මහතා සහභාගී විය. 

මෙම අවස්ථාවට ජනසන්නිවේදන අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ අංශාධිපති ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය ආචාර්ය මනෝජ් ජිනදාස මහතා, ආචාර්ය මාපා තිලකරත්න මහතා, සන්නිවේදනය හා මහජන සම්බන්ධතා උසස් ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලාවේ සම්බන්ධීකාරක ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය අමාලි උත්පලා නන්දසිරි මෙනවිය, ජනසන්නිවේදන අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ ආචාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ ආචාර්යවරු හා උසස් ඩිප්ලෝමා අපේක්ෂකයින්  සහභාගී වූහ.

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