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Launch of the Volume “Anagarika Dharmapala and India – Sri Lanka Relations”

The Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies (CCIS) of the University of Colombo launched the volume titled Anagarika Dharmapala and India – Sri Lanka Relations edited by Prof. Sandagomi Coperahewa, Directo

Posted on December 1, 2015 no comments

Memorial Lecture – 126th Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture on “Nehru and Buddhism: Approaches to Fundamental Human Problems” was delivered by Professor Asanga Tilakaratne of the Pali & Buddhist Studies Unit, Universit

Posted on October 30, 2015 no comments

HE Mr. Y.K. Sinha, attends the Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Research Symposium – 2015

His Excellency Mr. Y. K. Sinha, the High Commissioner of India participated as the Chief Guest of the Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Research Symposium of the University of Colombo which was held on 26th O

Posted on October 7, 2015 no comments

CCIS Guest Lecture – 146th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

A CCIS Guest Lecture on the “Leadership Traits of Mahatma Gandhi for Transformational Change was conducted by Mrs. Shobhana Radhakrishna, Chief Functionary of the ‘Gandhian Forum for Good Corporate Governan

Posted on September 28, 2015 no comments

HE Mr.Y.K. Sinha, the High Commissioner of India attends the 4th Advisory Board Meeting of CCIS

His Excellency Mr. Y.K. Sinha, the High Commissioner of India participated in the 4th Advisory Board Meeting of the CCIS which was held on 23rd September 2015. The High Commissioner and the Vice Chancellor of t

Posted on August 3, 2015 no comments

Guest lecture on Prime Minister Hon. Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy

“Mr. Arindam Bagchi/Deputy High Commissioner of India presented a lecture on Prime Minister Hon. Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy, to the Final year undergradguates of the department of Internationa

Posted on July 3, 2015 no comments

Guest Lecture on “The Strategies of Sinhala Literature for Superseding Indian Culture”

A CCIS Guest Lecture on “The Strategies of Sinhala Literature for Superseding Indian Culture -9th -16th Centuries was conducted by Professor Stephen Berkwitz , Head of the Department of Religious Studies, Sta

Posted on June 22, 2015 no comments

Monthly Forum on Tagore and Rabindra Music

Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies of the University of Colombo organized its Monthly Forum on Tagore and Rabindra Music on the 4th of June 2015 at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala, Uni

Posted on May 21, 2015 no comments

Commemorate the 154th Birth Anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore

To commemorate the 154th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, H. E. Mr. Arindam Bagchi, Deputy High Commissioner of India, Colombo garland the bust of Tagore at the Main Library of the University o

Posted on April 9, 2015 no comments

The Musician Dr. Ananda Gupta’s visit to the CCIS

Dr. Ananda Gupta and the group performed on the 27th March 2015 at the Launch of the Book One Hundred Years of Gitanjali. Dr. Ananda Gupta was born in UK and was brought up in Delhi and Calcutta. He now resides