
UKAAC MEMBERS SPONSOR 18 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chancellor Ven. Pandith Welampitiyawe Dharmakirthi Sri Kusala Thero handing over a scholarship certificateA scholarship award ceremony organized by the Alumni Association of the University of Kelaniya was held at the Senate Room of the university on September 10 this year, according to the association sources.
Chancellor Ven. Pandith Welampitiyawe Dharmakirthi Sri Kusala Thero presided over the ceremony while Vice Chancellor Prof. D.M. Semasinghe, Senior Prof. Lakshman Seneviratne, deans of faculties and academic staff members were present. Alumni Association President Gotabhaya Jayaratne too attended the ceremony.
University of Kelaniya Alumni Association of Canada (UKAAC) members have financed 18 scholarships for deserving students to follow further studies in the university. The scholarships amounted to a total of 18 amounting to Rs. 360,000 equivalent to C$2867. Sponsors contributed C$2559 and the balance C$308 was provided from the UKAAC funds. Out of 18, 13 fall into the category of memorial scholarships donated to remember a departed relative or a friend, while the rest is termed as General.
The following UKAAC members donated generously to our Scholarship Fund:
- Ayesha Chandrarathne 1
- Keerthi Hettiachchi 1
- Nihal Premalal 1
- Leroy Nimal Anthony 3
- Dhanapala Malgaha 1
- Upul Kekulandara 1
- Dhananjani Shiranthi De Silva 2
- Mohan de Alwis 1
- Yasantha Perera 1
- Manohari Wijesooriya 1
- Risini Dhammika Weeratna 1
- Thanuja Dassanayake 1
- Weerasinghe M. Indrasena
- Vajira Withanawasam 1
- Inuri Bianca Gajanayaka 1
In an appreciation letter to the UKAAC, Mr. Gotabhaya Jayaratne said that the mother alumni association was able to sponsor 162 scholarships with the help of the alumni associations spread throughout the world. “This is the first time in the history of the university that the Alumni Association was able to award such a large number of scholarships to the needy students’” he said.