Contact:
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
Tel: (Extension) 696
+94-11-2914493 (Office)
E-mail: chinthapawithrani@gmail.com
Previous Appointments:
• Temporary Assistant Lecturer: Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, University of Sabaragamuwa (from 27/11/2018 to 26/11/2019) |
• Temporary Assistant Lecturer: Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, the University of Sabaragamuwa (from 27/11/2017 to 26/11/2018) |
• Junior Fellow: Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Humanities University of Kelaniya
(from 09/02/2015 to 24/02/2016) Department of Sinhala, Faculty of the Humanities University of Kelaniya (from 29/02/2016 to 19 /02/2017) |
• Visiting Lecturer in Sinhala: University of Kelaniya Certificate Course in Sinhala - (Intermediate Level) Conducted by Department of Sinhala, Faculty of the Humanities University of Kelaniya (from September 2015 to February 2016 ) |
Academic Qualification:
• Mphil. in Sinhala at the Department of Sinhala at the University of Kelaniya.Topic- A Comparative Study of Plays of Aristophanes & Kalidasa (2017)
Research and Publications:
Books |
Truna Panduru (2008) Department of Culture Affairs, ISBN 978-955-1777-54-8 Premaraage (2015) Fast Publishing, ISBN 978-955-677-409-0 Nuthanawaadaya haa Sinhala Kaviya (2016) Sarasavi Publications, ISBN 978-955-31-0563-9 Ninada Nowuu Nada (2016) Godage Publications, ISBN 978-955-30-6619-0 Sindunu Thath Ahinda (2016) Fast Publishing, ISBN 978-955-677-528-0 Gedi Siyayak (2017) Fast Publishing, ISBN 978-955-677-727-7 Sadath Hadawath (2017) Sarasavi Publications, ISBN 978-955-31-0860-9 |
Local &International Research Symposiums: |
“The Influence of Folk Poems on the Works of Amarasekara and Sekara” Presented at 17th International Conference on Postgraduate Research (iprc 2016), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 8-9 December 2016. “The influence of Eliot’s ‘Waste land’ on Siri Gunasinghe’s ‘Mas Le Nethi Eta’ ” Presented at the 2nd International Conference on the Humanities (ICH 2016), The Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. 6-7 October 2016. “A Study on Sanskrit Drama of Happy Ending Concept” Presented at International Conference on Sanskrit Studies (ICSS 2016), Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya. 04 November 2016. “The Influence of D.H. Lawrence to the Works of Gunadasa Amarasekara” Presented at the 1st International Conference on the Humanities (ICH 2015), The Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. 21-22 May 2015. “The influence of Kalidasa’s ‘Megaduthaya’ on Darshana Rathnayake’s ‘Duthagethaya’” Presented at International Conference on Sanskrit Studies (ICSS 2016), Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya. 04 November 2016. “The Influence Acquired by Simon Nawagattegama from the Locution of Franz Kafka’s Short Stories” Presented at 17th International Conference on Postgraduate Research (iprc 2016), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 8-9 December 2016. “A Study on the Use of English and Sanskrit Borrowings in Contemporary Sinhalese” Presented at 2nd International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICSL2016), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya. 25 August 2016. “Five Social Relations in Confucius’ Doctrine and Singalowada Sutta ” Presented at 1st International Conference on Chinese Studies (ICCS 2016), Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Kelaniya. 22-23 September 2016. “Limits in Aristotle’s Analysis about Comedy” Presented at International Conference on Sanskrit Studies (ICSS 2017), Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya. 09 November 2017. “The Influence of Sinhala Falk Drama on Sarachchandra’s Drama titled ‘Raththaran’” at the 10th Annual Research Conference, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 23-25 March 2017. “Social Application on Devices in Popular Culture and Sophisticated Culture ” at the 10th Annual Research Conference, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 23-25 March 2017. “Identity of Biographical dictum G.B. Senanayake” at the 6th Research Conference, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo. 10 November 2016 “ A Comparative Study on Shakunthalaya & Kattahari Jathaka story.” at the National Research Conference on Historical Studies, 23- The Faculty of Humanities, University of Rajarata. 30th January 2018 |
Extra-Curricular Activities:
• Member of the Organizing Committee: 1st Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Department of Sinhala (URSDS 2016), University of Kelaniya.
• Rapporteur: 1st International Undergraduate Research Symposium on Pali & Buddhist Studies (ISPBS 2016), Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya. • Rapporteur: 17th Conference on Postgraduate Research (iprc 2016), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. • Committee Member: Sinhala Literature Society at Department of Sinhala, University of Kelaniya. (from 2012 to 2013) • Member of Jury on Literary Awarding Committee: Department of Cultural Affairs (2019) |