Category: Faculty News

The Jaffna International Trade Fair 2022 (JITF 2022) which was held on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of January, 2022 had been set with the prime objective of helping business entities of various industries to develop appropriate marketing networks. The UBL Cell of the Faculty of Agriculture used this opportunity to take research innovations to the community level display. The Department of Agricultural Engineering and the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna actively contributed to the JITF. The following are some captions from the..

A traditional paddy harvesting day was organized by the faculty at Integrated farm and training centre, Parasankulum, Puliyankulum on 09th February 2022.    Vice-Chancellor Prof.S.Srisatkunarajah has graced the occasion as the chief guest. Staff, students and officers from the Department of Agriculture have participated in this function.  This paddy was cultivated without adding any inorganic fertilizers as 100 per cent organic. Compost developed by the Department of Agricultural Chemistry by using locally available resources from an undergraduate research project was used as the main source of nutrients for this paddy..

The Inaugural session of the orientation programme (2019/2020) was held on 12th of July, 2021 at the Board Room of Faculty of Agriculture, University of..

Dr. N .Kannan obtained an outstanding doctoral thesis award for his excellent PhD research in the field of environmental engineering at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. He completed his PhD successfully in 2020 with a thesis titled, customized hydrochar from biomass materials for water treatment. He made a comprehensive evaluation of biomass conversion into hydrochar using hydrothermal carbonization process. He used novel isotherm, kinetic, chemometric and thermodynamic techniques for studying adsorption mechanism of pollutants by an engineered hydrochar. In addition, he has successfully developed a techno-economic model for the hydrothermal conversion of biomass in an eco-friendly manner using Aspen Plus modelling tool. Moreover, this award recognises an outstanding contribution to the field of study and excellence in higher degree research..

Ceremonial Opening of the Research and Training Complex donated by the Government of Japan for Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna was held on 05.02.2021. Vice Chancellor Prof.Srisatkunarajah invited the Education Minister Honorable Prof.G.L.Peris and His Excellency Ambassador Akira Sugiyama, Japan to Sri Lanka in presence of Honorable Minister Douglas Devananda and Senior Prof. Kapila C.K.Perera, Secretary to the Ministry of Education, the Chairman Senior Prof.Sampath Amaratunge, University Grants Commission and Honorable Angajan Ramanathan, Deputy Chairman of Committee of the..