{"id":1744,"date":"2019-03-18T09:16:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2019-03-18T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T10:59:50","slug":"prof-sudantha-liyanage-elected-as-the-new-dean-of-the-faculty-of-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/prof-sudantha-liyanage-elected-as-the-new-dean-of-the-faculty-of-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Prof. Sudantha Liyanage Elected as the New Dean of the Faculty of Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Prof. Sudantha Liyanage assumed duties as the new Dean of the\u00a0Faculty of\u00a0Technology\u00a0on 14th March 2019. Senior\u00a0Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice-chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. M. M. Pathmalal; Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dr. Anura Kumara; Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies, Mr. Gnanasiri Brito; Registrar of the University and several academic members participated in the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Senior\u00a0Prof. Liyanage was the dean of the Faculty of Applied\u00a0Sciences and was the acting dean of the Faculty of Technology.\u00a0Senior\u00a0Prof. Liyanage obtained his B.Sc. Special degree in Chemistry at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and obtained\u00a0his Ph.D. in Chemistry, at University of Wales, Cardiff, UK. He was also a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Cardiff and University of Ibaraki, Japan. He was the Chairman of the Royal Society of Chemistry Sri Lanka Section during 2013- 2014.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":4,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\\\/ict\\\/prof-sudantha-liyanage-elected-as-the-new-dean-of-the-faculty-of-technology\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"1150\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1145px; height: 477px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 760px; height: 481px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/prof-sudantha-liyanage-elected-as-the-new-dean-of-the-faculty-of-technology\/ceremonial-induction-of-new-dean-of-the-faculty-of-technology-1\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1748\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Ceremonial-Induction-of-New-Dean-of-the-Faculty-of-Technology-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1799,1135\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Ceremonial-Induction-of-New-Dean-of-the-Faculty-of-Technology-1.jpg?fit=300%2C189&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Ceremonial-Induction-of-New-Dean-of-the-Faculty-of-Technology-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C646&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tech.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Ceremonial-Induction-of-New-Dean-of-the-Faculty-of-Technology-1-756x477.jpg\" width=\"756\" height=\"477\" align=\"left\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 385px; 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Senior\u00a0Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice-chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. M. M. 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