Webinar on Predecessors to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami – 21st June
The Department of Geography organized the second webinar on “Predecessors to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami” , on 21st June 2021. The guest Speakers were Prof. Brian F Atwater from USA and Dr. Kruawun Jankew from Thailand. Around 165 participants were gathered in the Webinar. Biography of Prof. Brian F Atwater Prof. Brian Atwater has […]
Guest Lecture on ‘Open Access Geospatial Big Data and their Applications’ – 20th June
The fourth guest lecture organized by the Department of Geography was held on 20th June 2021 at 9.00 am. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Qifan Nie, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Albama, USA on “Open Access Geospatial Big Data and their Applications” . It was noted that around 90 particpants including the academic staff […]
Guest Lecture on ‘Pollution Sources and Dominating Factors on Urban Air Pollution in Sri Lanka’- 05th June
In parallel with the World Environmental Day Celebration on 5th June, 2021, the Department of Geography, University of Colombo organized the 3rd lecture of the Guest Lecture series on the same day at 9.00 am. The guest speaker was Mr. Sarath Premasiri, the Director, Environmental Division of the National Building Research Organisation. He talked about […]
Webinar on Climate Change and its impact on Sri Lanka – 20th May
The Department of Geography organized a webinar on Climate Change and Its Impact on 20th May 2021. Mr. Sarath Premalal, – former Director General, Meteorological Department, Sri Lanka, Dr. Senaka Basnayake – Director, Climate Resilience Unit, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, Bangkok, Dr. B. V. R. Punyawardhane – former Director, Meteorology Division, Natural Resource Management Centre, […]
Demise of Emeritus Professor Yoga Rasanayagam
It is with profound sadness that the Department of Geography announces the demise of Emeritus Professor Yoga Rasanayagam, who was the former Head – Department of Geography and the former Dean – Faculty of Arts, on 26th April 2021. Professor Rasanayagam had an outstanding career as a noteworthy Scholar, researcher, lecturer, administrator, as well as […]
‘Robarosiya Sandawa’ (රොබරෝසියා සැඳෑව) Entertainment programme – 30th Dec.
The third year undergraduates of the Department of Geography, University of Colombo organized an online entertainment programme – ‘Robarosiya Sandawa‘ (රොබරෝසියා සැඳෑව) which was held on 30th December,2020 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Special Degree students of the 4th year, 2nd year and the staff participated as the audience via zoom platform. Robarosiya Sandawa’ […]
Students from the Department of Geography succeed at the GIS Mapping Competition conducted by the ‘IYAG family’
Geography undergraduates from the Department of Geography, University of Colombo have secured ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ on their outstanding Mapping and GIS Projects on the theme of ‘Tackling Crises through Geospatial Impact’, from 2020 IAYG Mapping Competition. Visit : mh.iaygfamily.org. Name of the Project and the Name of the Student : Household Carbon Footprints and Emissions in […]
Certificate Course in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) – 2020
Applications are invited for the Certificate Course in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) – 2020, conducted by the Department of Geography, University of Colombo, upto 27th September 2020.
