W. Udeshika Piumali Perera
W. Udeshika Piumali PereraLecturer (Probationary)

Contact:

Room No. K2-201,
Department of Hindi Studies,
University of Kelaniya


Residential Address:
Udathammita Road, Polgolla, Gokarella.

Tel:     +94112987105 (Office)
Email: udeshikap@kln.ac.lk

Academic Qualification:

B.A. (Special) in Hindi (First Class Honours) - Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016
MA in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya (Reading)

Other Qualifications:

  • Completed the Short Course in Qualitative Research - Stanford International Campus of Business and Technology, Kandy, Sri Lanka (2022)
  • Completed Diploma in Quantitative Research - Stanford International Campus of Business and Technology, Kandy, Sri Lanka (2021)
  • CMB Spoken Intermediate Level in English (Merit Pass) – British Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2019)
  • Rastrabhasha Examination Level in Hindi - Assistant High Commission of India, Kandy – All Island First Place (2011)
  • Diploma Level Course on Hindi Language Proficiency at Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo – All Island First Place (2014)
  • Diploma in Tamil as an Additional Language - Institute of Human Resource Advancement, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2016)
  • Preliminary Competence Level in Tamil Language (Level III) - Department of Official Languages, Rajagiriya (2012)
  • Diploma in Translation & Interpretation (Merit Pass) Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya (2017)
  • Foundation Level of AAT (SL) - Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka, Colombo (2013)
  • Certificate Examination for Dhamma School Teachers - Department of Buddhist Affairs, Sri Lanka (2011)

Teaching/ Professional Experience:

  • Reviewer of the Journal of Gender Studies, Tailor & Francis, York, Great Britain
  • Lecturer (Probationary) Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya from 2018
  • Visiting Lecturer at Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (April 2018 – July 2018)
  • Junior Fellow at Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2016-2018)
  • Teacher of Buddhism, Sri Sumangala Daham School, Polgolla, Kurunegala (2010-2011)
  • Qualified for the Pool of Foreign Language Translators of the Department of Official Languages 

  • Hindi-Sinhala interpreter at the United Nations Day of Vesak (UNDV), 2017 Colombo

Administrative Positions:

  • Department coordinator of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell to the Quality Assurance of the University of Kelaniya from July 2020 to present
  • Department coordinator to the Corporate Plan from July 2022 to present
  • Student Counsellor of the Faculty of Humanities for the academic year 2020/2021
  • Senior Treasurer of Hindi Parishad for the academic year 2019/2020, 2020/2021
  • Department coordinator to the Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree Internship Program from August 2020 to present
  • Academic Warden of Hemachandra Ray Internal Girls’ Hostel for the academic year 2017/2018 (From 21 st January 2019 – 28 th February 2020)
  • Academic Sub Warden - Gunapala Malalasekara Girl’s Hostel, University of Kelaniya. (2016-2018)

Curriculum Development

  • Member of curriculum revision committee of the Certificate Level course in Hindi - Proficiency in Hindi, 2023
  • Member of the curriculum revision committee of the Bachelor of Arts (External) Degree in Hindi, 2021 and translated the revised curriculum from English to Sinhala
  • Member of the curriculum revision committee of the Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree in Hindi, 2020
  • Member of the curriculum revision committee of the Bachelor of Arts Degree- Hindi, 2019

Awards:

  • The Most Ven. Rathmalane Sri Dharmaloka Memorial Gold Medal - Best Performance at all Faculties in Special Degree Examinations of 2015/2016, University of Kelaniya.
  • The Most Ven. Kotahene Sri Pragnakeerthi Memorial Gold Medal – Receiver of the Highest Marks of the Faculty of Humanities in Special Degree Examinations of 2015/2016, University of Kelaniya.
  • Professor Indra Dasanayake Gold Medal - The Best Performance of Hindi in Degree 2016, University of Kelaniya.

Research and Publications:

Published Research Papers

  • 2019, सुहाग के नूपुर में चित्रित दो व्यक्तिवाले नारी-पात्र (Two Different Personalities of Feminine Characters depicted in the Hindi Novel 'Suha:g Ke: Nu:pur'), Indrabhivandana'- Prof. Indra Dassanayake Felicitation Volume, pp. 332-338
  • 2017, हिंदी उपन्यासों में स्त्री-विमर्श का स्वरुप (hinɖi: upa·nja:sõ: mẽ stri: ʋima·rʂ ka: sʋəru:p), Prabha - Academic Journal, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Vol. 2, Issue. 5, pp. 111-122
Published in Abstract Form
Seminar Presentations:
हिंदी तथा सिंहली भाषाओँ के रंग संबंधी पदों के निहितार्थों का एक तुलनात्मक अध्ययन (Implications of Terms of Colors in Sinhala and Hindi Languages- The International Seminar on ‘Hindi aur Sinhali : Samanantar Dharaen’ in 2019

Unpublished Research
  • An Analytical Study of Female Characters on Feminism, Depicted in Novels of Amrita Pritam: with special reference to the novel, ‘Pinjar’ – B.A. (Hons.) Degree Dissertation, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2015)

 Translations

  • Translated Hindi short-story ‘Ja:hnawi:’ (Hindi to Sinhala) - Volume of Foreign Language Translations, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya- 2020
  • Translated Hindi short-story 'ra:ni: mã: kã: cəbu:təra:' (Hindi to Sinhala) - Volume of Foreign Language Translations, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya- 2019
  • Translation of the message of keynote speaker: Professor Indra Dassanayaka (Hindi to Sinhala) The First Undergraduate Research Symposium on Hindi Studies, Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2016)
Current Research Activities:
Sociolinguistic Aspects of Gender Identities of Hindi Language in Feminist Hindi Movies: with special reference to the films ‘Gulaab Gang’ and ‘Queen’ - Proposed Research for the Master of Arts in Linguistics Degree.

Research Interests:
Sociolinguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics, Feminism and Gender Studies, Second Language Teaching, Hindi Literature, Translation

Extra-curricular Activities:

  • Member of the organizing committee of Undergraduates' Research Symposium, Faculty of Humanities, 2019
  • Member of Editorial Board of the research volume Indrabhivandana (Prof. Indra Dassanayake Felicitation Volume) and  member of organizing committee of Book Launching Ceremony, 2019
  • Member of the organizing committee of Undergraduates' Research Symposium, Faculty of Humanities, 2019
  • Member of Editorial Board - Indrabhiwandana Felicitation Volume, Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2018)
  • Member of the Organizing Committee – Two days Teacher Training Program, Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2018)
  • Volunteer of the SER (Self Evaluation Report) Project, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2017)
  • Member of the Organizing Committee - Indo- Sri Lanka Hindi Conference (ISHC), Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2017)
  • Rapporteur - The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelniya (2017)
  • Member of the Editorial Board and the Organizing Committee - The First Undergraduate Research Symposium on Hindi Studies, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2016)
  • Student Volunteer - The International Conference on Humanities, Faculty of Humanitis, University of Kelaniya (2015)
  • Member of Editorial Board of Hindi Parishad, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2015-2016)
  • Member of Athletic Team of University of Kelaniya (2011-2012)
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