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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Ceylon   (144 words)

  
 Vidyodaya University vs. Silva
The respondent, who was appointed by the Vice-Chancellor of the Vidyodaya University of Ceylon as lecturer in the Department of Economics and Business Administration, was later notified in writing by the Vice-Chancellor that the Council of the University, under the powers conferred by section 18 (e) of the University statute, had terminated his appointment.
The Vidyodaya University may annul this agreement on any ground on which it may be lawful for the Council, under the provisions of section 18 of the Act to dismiss a teacher provided that the terms of that paragraph are complied with.
The circumstances that the University was established by statute and is regulated by the statutory enactments contained in the Act does not involve that contracts of employment which are made with teachers and which are subject to the provisions of section 18(e) are other than ordinary contracts of master and servant.
www.btinternet.com /~akme/Silva.html   (4387 words)

  
 .:: Library Network - University of Peradeniya ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The University of Peradeniya Library has a history dating back to 1921 when the Ceylon University College Library was established at Thurstan Road, Colombo.
With the establishment of the University of Ceylon in 1942, the University College Library became the University of Ceylon Library.
While the Librarian is responsible for the administration of the University of Peradeniya Library Network consisting the Main Library and 5 branch libraries, the responsibility of most of the day-to-day routines in these libraries have been delegated to the Heads of Divisions, Senior Asst.
www.lib.pdn.ac.lk   (256 words)

  
 Welcome to University of Peradeniya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The University of Peradeniya is the heir to the oldest university tradition in Sri Lanka as the successor to the University of Ceylon, the first institution of its kind in the country.
Its founding on July 1, 1942 as an autonomous corporation by the Ceylon University Ordinance No 20 of 1942 was the fulfillment of hopes and expectations of many who had been campaigning for a university.
About 1800 undergraduates enter the university annually, to make up an undergraduate student population of 6600, and the total number of postgraduate students registered is over 1200.
www.pdn.ac.lk /welcome.html   (241 words)

  
 Obituary: Muttaiya and Indrani Sundaralingam / Couple with ties to Pittsburgh, died in tsunami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sundaralingam, who was born in Taiping, Malaysia, in 1931, earned his bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1956 at the University of Ceylon (Ceylon being the name then for the island nation of Sri Lanka).
He would go on to hold positions at several prestigious universities, including the University of Washington, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Wisconsin.
He become a leader in his field of X-ray crystallography, the study of the molecular structure of nucleic acids and proteins that are the basic building blocks of life.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05003/436264.stm   (590 words)

  
 Lerski: Origins of Trotskyism in Ceylon (Chap.1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Although it is of importance that the Ceylon National Congress demanded a kind of “semi-responsible government,” with its eventual aim a dominion status, its leadership, composed of the indigenous plantocracy, was actually opposed to the revolutionary idea of universal suffrage.
Ceylon’s agricultural economy, which is characterized by the one-sided plantation system (tea, rubber, and coconuts), proved particularly vulnerable at the time of the world’s great depression in the early nineteen-thirties.
The term “epicenter of Ceylon’s revolution” was used by Edmund Samarakkody M.P. at his lecture to the students of the University of Ceylon early in 1964, which I attended.
www.marxistsfr.cjb.net /history/etol/document/srilanka/ch01.htm   (8321 words)

  
 Institute of Chemistry Ceylon - Medals and Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Institute of Chemistry, ceylon has announced the award of the Chandrasena Memorial Award for the year 2001 to Dr. G M Kamal Bandara Gunaherath, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the Open University of Sri Lanka.
Ms Athukoralage, who is a B Sc Graduate of the University of Colombo is presently having her thesis evaluated by the University of Colombo,where she has been registered as a M Phil student for the past few years.
Tuley de Silva, the President of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon states in the news release that both these awards will be presented during the Inauguration of the 30th Annual Session of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon scheduled to be held on Wednesday the 20th of June 2001 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute Auditorium.
www.nsf.ac.lk /ichem/medal.htm   (763 words)

  
 Progress of Buddhist Studies in Ceylon, Burma, Thailand,...
G.P. Malalsekera of the University of Ceylon, Ceylon has taken the lead in trying to bring all Buddhist countries together and to set up the World Fellowship of the Buddhists, which successively met in Ceylon (1950), Japan (1952), Burma (1954), Nepal (1956) and Thailand (1958).
Mizunu, of Kornazawa University, and G. Sasaki, of Otani University, on the Abhidhamma and M, Nagai on the Vinaya.
Murakami, a former professor of Tokyo University, E. Maeda, also of Tokyo University, S. Mochizuki, at one time professor of Taisho University, B Shiio, a former professor of Taisho University, and B. Matsumoto, a former professor of Kyoto University, are among those who published studies on Buddhism based on the' Chinese versions of the texts.
www.quangduc.com /English/progress.htm   (5697 words)

  
 University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The University of Kelaniya has its origin in the historic Vidyalankara Pirivena, founded in 1875 as a centre of learning for Buddhist monks.
With the establishment of modern Universities in Sri Lanka in the 1940s and 1950s, the Vidyalankara Pirivena became the Vidyalankara University in 1959, later the Vidyalankara Campus of the University of Ceylon in 1972 and, ultimately, the University of Kelaniya in 1978.
Today, the University of Kelaniya is one of the major national Universities.
www.kln.ac.lk   (151 words)

  
 DRAVIDIAN SETTLENTSINCEYLON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
While it is true that there were Tamil Buddhists in South India and Ceylon before the twelfth century and possibly even later, there is evidence to show that the Buddhists who occupied the Jaffn peninsula in the Anuradhapura period were Sinhalese.
In 1965 he was awarded the Ph D by the University of London, for his research on "Dravidian Settlements in Ceylon and the beginnings of the Jaffna Kingdom", which he did at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
Itis probably for this reason that he left the University and migrated to Australia, and it is also why this valuable thesis remains unpublished.
www.spur.asn.au /drav.htm   (2541 words)

  
 Physician Executive MBA Class of 2003 - University of Tennessee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In addition, she is a member of the Socioeconomic Committee of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and the chair of the Preferred Practice Pattern Committee for Pediatric Ophthalmology for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
After completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin, she attended medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston followed by a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
He graduated with honors from the University of Ceylon school of medicine, Sri Lanka and received his residency training in Internal Medicine in the U.K. He is certified by the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom in Internal Medicine.
www.pemba.utk.edu /profiles/class_of_2004.htm   (5163 words)

  
 Library Development - Rienzi Crusz | Library | University of Waterloo
Rienzi Crusz was born in Galle, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in 1925.
He was educated at the University of Ceylon (B.A. Hons.); University of Toronto (B.L.S.) and the University of Waterloo (M.A.).
After emigration to Canada in 1965 Crusz first worked at the University of Toronto Library and was appointed in 1969 as a Reference and Collections Development Librarian at the University of Waterloo.
www.lib.uwaterloo.ca /develop/rienzi.html   (307 words)

  
 University of Alberta
As Alberta's universities seek to make the funding of post-secondary education a focal point during the current issue-less election, no less thans even universities have set up offices in Calgary solely for the purpose of soliciting funds for their schools.
After telling students for years university is the key to a better future, both for themselves and their country, governments are changing their message, alarmed by a looming shortage of skilled trades people.
Native of Sri Lanka, received her undergraduate degree from University of Ceylon and received prestigious Hays-Fulbright scholarship to study at University of California where she received her master's degree.
www.ualberta.ca /~publicas/summaries/04/11/08.htm   (1783 words)

  
 Lerski: Origins of Trotskyism in Ceylon (Preface)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The first steps toward a study of the origins of Trotskyism in Ceylon proved to be as difficult as the first teaching duties, for it was soon discovered that I was neither a relative nor even a disciple of Professor Laski.
Actually, the Trotskyite movement in Ceylon did grow from the efforts of a group of young London educated radicals to become a formidable political movement with all the paraphernalia of a regular party.
This generalization obviously does not hold for Ceylon, where the Trotskyist movement grew into a remarkable political party, seminal in its bold ideas and a pioneer in the struggle for the independence of its country.
www.marx.org /history/etol/document/srilanka/pref.htm   (2929 words)

  
 Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The declaration establishing the sixth Campus of the University of Sri Lanka in Jaffna was made on 15 July 1974 by Dr.Al.Haj.Badi-Ud-Din Mahmud, Minister of Education and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sri Lanka with the Parameshwara College premises, Thirunelvely as the nucleus.
On 06 October 1974, the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka was ceremonially inaugurated by the then Hon.Prime Minister of the Republic of Sri Lanka, Mrs Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike in the presence of a large audience at Parameshwara premises at 2.25 p.m.
The administration of the University was temporarily shifted to the Agriculture Faculty at Kilinochchi.
www.jfn.ac.lk /about%20us%20more.htm   (1703 words)

  
 CONSTITUTION OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA (AAUP) (Founded in 1987) as on 02.11.1994
CONSTITUTION OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA (AAUP) (Founded in 1987) as on 02.11.1994
Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya was formed to have members from the following institutions:
The University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka from 1979
www.pdn.ac.lk /aaup/index.html   (199 words)

  
 Colgate University Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Chair is used to provide support for visitors to the university who reflect former President Bartlett’s career as a diplomat, public servant, university administrator, and leader of higher education associations.
The Chair is awarded to a distinguished faculty member in a department or field designated by the dean of the faculty and the president of the university.
The Richard M. Kessler Chair of Economic Studies was established in 1988 by Richard Kessler ’52 to assist the university in attracting and retaining outstanding faculty in the field of economics.
cwis.colgate.edu /catalog/facultydir.asp   (3618 words)

  
 Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (Kanpur University) - Kanpur - India
The application shall be supported by two members of the Faculty concerned of the University or two Doctors of any University incorporated by any law for the time being in force who shall testify that the candidate is a fit and proper person to supplicate for the degree.
Maharaj Sayaji Rao University, Baroda- Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt.
U.P. Agricultural University- Pantnagar, Nainital --Ph.D. NOTE- Ph.D. Degree of the University of which Master's degree's are recognised by the University for admission to Ph.D. degree also recognised by the University for admission to D.Litt./D.Sc.
www.kanpuruniversity.org /dlitt_dsc.htm   (1262 words)

  
 Ceylon Collection of the Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The University tries to obtain original editions, reprinted copies of old publications for the collection, such as 20th Century Impression, Paintings of Sri Lanka During the Kandian Period and 15th and 19th Centuries.
Studies in caste, kinship and marriage in the interior of Ceylon.
Forbes, Major(1840)Eleven years in Ceylon comprising sketches of the field sports and natural history of that colony and an account of its history and antiquities.
www.cmb.ac.lk /about/library/ceylon.htm   (641 words)

  
 A Dream comes through after 60 Years: Professor Perera unveils Ceylon History
It was an arduous task in an era especially where the teaching of Sinhala was not a priority under the Colonial rule, and to master the language of ancient Sinhala inscriptions as well as the Pali language he had to learn the Brahmi script.
This gem of history about Ceylon, the only copy which was 'gathering dust' at the University has been regularly used by generation of historians until many of its pages were being reduced to shreds by constant usage.
The book, Institutions of Ancient Ceylon from Inscription (from the 3 century BC to 830AD) Volume 1, is a valuable piece of history that every Sri Lankan should be proud of to have in their library.
www.infolanka.com /org/diary/130.html   (1118 words)

  
 Edmonton Journal - canada.com network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Eric Newell, university chancellor and a member of the search committee, said Samarasekera was picked from applicants around the world.
She will become the first female president of a university in Alberta -- and possibly the only university president in Canada who owns a pair of steel-toed work boots.
On her watch, the university ran into trouble for breaking federal ethics rules by failing to inform patients of the risks and side-effects of medical experiments its researchers were conducting.
www.canada.com /edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=abd9d111-ac45-426d-940e-f84c03667327   (574 words)

  
 Alfred University : Graduate School : Faculty
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, M.S., Ph.D. (University of Iowa); B.A. (Harpur).
Associate Professor in Education, Ph.D. (Syracuse University); M.S. (University of Missouri); M.S. (University of Nebraska); B.S. (State University of New York at Oswego).
Current research: Mechanical properties of bone and its relation to microstructure; viscoelastic behavior of cancerous bone; measurement of osteoporosis by ultrasounds; effect of electrical stimulation of wound healing; mechanical properties of bone cement and its use in total joint replacement.
www.alfred.edu /gradschool/faculty.html   (2501 words)

  
 University of Alaska Anchorage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
University of Alabama, B.A. (1985); The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div.
University of Oregon, B.S. (1967); McGill University, M.Sc.
University of Colorado, B.S. (1973); University of Alaska, M.S. (1976); Boston University, D.ED.
www.uaa.alaska.edu /enroll/catalog/0001/ch12.html   (8977 words)

  
 Department of the Study of Religions | SOAS, University of London
Anuradha Seneviratna was born in the village of Eriyagama near Kandy Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, on July 13th 1938.
G.P. Malalasekera, the foremost Pali and Buddhist scholar in Ceylon at that time, and Anuradha Seneviratna received his 'academic abhisheka' from this distinguished scholar in the form of an exhortation to take up the study of Pali seriously.
In 1965 he completed his BA degree at the University of Ceylon (Peredeniya) where he majored in Sinhala, with Pali and Archaeology as secondary subjects.
www.soas.ac.uk /Religions/comeandmeet/2000/seneviratna.htm   (1343 words)

  
 Ames Library of South Asia - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Founded in 1916 as a university focusing on higher education and the Hindu tradition.
Website of the apex orgainization of the Government of India on higher education which was founded in 1954 to provide coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of University education.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
ames.lib.umn.edu /daledu.phtml   (2006 words)

  
 Leadership Directories | College and University Alumni in The Leadership Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Regents College of the University of the State of New York
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
University of St. Mary of the Lake Mundelein Seminary
www.leadershipdirectories.com /schoolspart2.htm   (396 words)

  
 MICH - Dr CMM Zubair First Ceylon Moor Doctor
He left Ceylon a few years ago, having put in a course at the Ceylon Medical College, where he passed the Junior final.
Thus the Ceylon Moor community's first Western qualified doctor was fated not to return to Ceylon and to his family with the unique distinction he had gained.
It was Mackeen's only daughter, Mufthiha, who emulated her paternal uncle's pioneering achievement in 1970 by being the first Ceylon Moor woman to obtain a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.
www.rootsweb.com /~lkawgw/mich16.html   (909 words)

  
 Convocation Addresses 2005 - University of Moratuwa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Here in this University you have been provided with many of the tools you will need for your future careers, but more than that, I hope with a thirst for further knowledge and imagination in finding creative solutions to the many and varied problems that you will face as you begin your professional life.
In the early 1970s the ILO assisted the then Ceylon College of Technology to become the Katubedda Campus of the University of Ceylon.
Understandably the technologies that we become familiar with in Universities are often at the cutting edge and are associated with, and appropriate to, advanced industrial economies, where labour wages are relatively higher, and the costs of capital equipment is relatively lower to that experienced in other countries with different kinds of economies.
www.elect.mrt.ac.lk /chancellors_address_2005.htm   (3682 words)

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