The Initial round of “PHRONESIS MIND- 2018” Quiz Competition implemented under “STATICA- 2018” organized by the Department of Social Statistics of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya was held from 29th of October to 02nd of November at the premises of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The competition was organized with the objective of reinforcing A/L students to study Business Statistics and popularizing the subject.

“PHRONESIS MIND- 2018” comprised of two competitions: Inter- Departmental and Inter- School Quiz. Around 70 students who study Business Statistics as a subject for G.C.E. A/L examination participated in the Inter- School Quiz Competition. The teams from St. Lawrence’s Convent- Colombo and Nalanda College- Colombo got selected for the final round. All the departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences participated in the Inter- Departmental Quiz Competition and the teams from the Department of Politics and Department of Economics got selected for the final round.

Prof. W.M. Semasinghe, Prof. H.M. Nawarathne Banda, Senior Lecturer Dr. H.R. Anulawathie Menike, Senior Lecturer Dr. Osantha Thalpawila, Senior Lecturer Dr. Seetha Bandara, Senior Lecturer Dilakshi De Silva, Senior Lecturer Anoma Rathnayake represented the board of judges of this competition.

The academic staff members of the Department of Social Statistics graced the event which was held under the patronage of Senior Lecturer Dr. Manjula Gunarathne, Head- Department of Social Statistics.

The final round of “PHRONESIS MIND- 2018” will be held on the 16th of November 2018 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Other than “PHRONESIS MIND- 2018”, “NRCASS- 2018” National Research Conference and the launch of the Journal of Social Statistics- JSS will also be conducted in relation to “STATICA- 2018”.