UoC’s Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration to be held virtually for the first time
View(s):The 16th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration will be delivered on Monday (August 30), by Prof.Neelika Malavige on the topic “The Covid-19 Pandemic: The way forward through impactful research.”
Prof.Malavige is an Alumnus of the University of Colombo and is presently the Head of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. She is also presently the Director of the Centre for Dengue Research at the University of Sri Jayewardenapura and is also a visiting academic at the MRC Human Immunology Unit of the University of Oxford.
The Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration, being a premier annual event of the University of Colombo is hosted for the 16th consecutive year by the University of Colombo Alumni Association, in memory of its illustrious past President the late Mrs. Sujata Jayawardena, who rendered immense service to the University of Colombo.
This will be the first time this oration will be held virtually, both through the Learn Network and Portal on Zoom and as a Facebook Event.
All those interested in participating at this year’s oration are requested to connect through the Alumni Association’s Facebook Page (“The Alumni Association of University of Colombo”) or email (alumni.colombo@gmail.com) or contact Ms. Suraji on 0717289014.