{"id":594,"date":"2017-05-16T07:15:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/?page_id=594"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:42:49","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/?page_id=594","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Devi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-170 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Devi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor Yasasmala Anuththaradevi Widyalankara<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Head \/ Department of History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/ya.widyalankara\/\">View Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Nir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-63 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Nir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a>Professor\u00a0 Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/dnnr.dewasiri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC_0111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-382 \" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC_0111-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC_0111-150x150.jpg 150w, 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https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Profile-Picture-DT-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Profile-Picture-DT-255x319.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr.\u00a0 Darshi Thoradeniya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senior Lecturer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/darshi.thoradeniya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ms-Nideka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1003 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ms-Nideka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Nideka Ishani Nanayakkara<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lecturer (Probationary)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/n.nanayakkara\/#sidebar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mr.-Samal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1050 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mr.-Samal-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mr.-Samal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mr.-Samal-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mr.-Samal-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mr.-Samal-263x263.jpg 263w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mr.-Samal-100x100.jpg 100w, 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Rivindu de Zoysa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lecturer (Probationary)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>View Profile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Professor Yasasmala Anuththaradevi Widyalankara Head \/ Department of History Professor View Profile &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Professor\u00a0 Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri Professor &nbsp; View Profile &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Professor\u00a0 \u00a0Nirmali Wijegoonawardana Professor &nbsp; View Profile &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dr.\u00a0 Darshi Thoradeniya Senior Lecturer &nbsp; View Profile &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ms. Nideka Ishani Nanayakkara Lecturer (Probationary) &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/594\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}