{"id":2490,"date":"2020-09-29T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=2490"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:17:17","slug":"department-of-agronomy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=2490","title":{"rendered":"Academic Staff, Department of Agronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Mrs.K.Nishanthan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Mrs.K.Nishanthan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Mrs.K.Nishanthan-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<pre id=\"block-5537a647-e544-494c-a180-cd8b8e6c58a9\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Mrs. K. Nishanthan<\/strong><br>PhD (UOP, Sri Lanka), M.Phil (UOP, Sri Lanka), B.Sc. in Agriculture (UOJ, Sri Lanka)<br><strong>Head\/<\/strong> <strong>Senior Lecturer Grade II<\/strong><br><br><br><strong>Email :<\/strong> <strong><a class=\"google-drive-opener\" href=\"mailto:knishanthan81@gmail.com\">knishanthan81@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=7559\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png 2693w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1536x383.png 1536w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-2048x511.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dr.S.Sivachandiran.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dr.S.Sivachandiran.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dr.S.Sivachandiran-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<pre id=\"block-5537a647-e544-494c-a180-cd8b8e6c58a9\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Prof. (Mrs) S. Sivachandiran<\/strong><br>PhD (UOP, Sri Lanka), B.Sc. in Agriculture (UOP, Sri Lanka)<br><strong>Professor in Agronomy<\/strong><br><br><strong>Email :<\/strong> <a class=\"docs-creator\" href=\"mailto:ssivamathy@univ.jfn.ac.lk\"><strong>ssivamathy@univ.jfn.ac.lk<\/strong><\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=7578\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png 2693w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1536x383.png 1536w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-2048x511.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dr.L.Pradheepan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1042 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dr.L.Pradheepan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dr.L.Pradheepan-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<pre id=\"block-5537a647-e544-494c-a180-cd8b8e6c58a9\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Dr. (Mrs) L. Pradheeban<\/strong><br>PhD (UOP, Sri Lanka), M.Sc (ULS, Norway), B.Sc in Agriculture (Hons) (UOJ, Sri Lanka)<br><strong>Senior Lecturer Grade I<\/strong><br><br><strong>Email :<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"mailto:lohap@univ.jfn.ac.lk\">lohap@univ.jfn.ac.lk<\/a><\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=7542\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png 2693w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1536x383.png 1536w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-2048x511.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/jeyavanan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1255 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/jeyavanan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/jeyavanan-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<pre id=\"block-5537a647-e544-494c-a180-cd8b8e6c58a9\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Dr. K. Jeyavanan<\/strong><br>Ph.D. in Agriculture (The University of Tokyo, Japan), M.Phil (UOP, Sri Lanka), B.Sc. in Agriculture (UOJ, Sri Lanka)<br><strong>Senior Lecturer Grade II<\/strong><br><br><strong>Email :<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"mailto:kjvanan@univ.jfn.ac.lk\">kjvanan@univ.jfn.ac.lk<\/a><\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=8313\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=8313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png 2693w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1536x383.png 1536w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-2048x511.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/priyanka.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9043 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/priyanka.jpg 413w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/priyanka-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<pre id=\"block-5537a647-e544-494c-a180-cd8b8e6c58a9\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Mrs.Priyanka Nitharsan<\/strong><br>M.Sc. in Agricultural Science (Reading, University of Western Australia, Australia), <br>B.Sc in Agriculture (Hons) (UOJ, Sri Lanka)<br><strong>Lecturer (Prob)<\/strong><br><br><strong>Email :<\/strong> npriyanka@univ.jfn.ac.lk<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=9094\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=8313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png 2693w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1536x383.png 1536w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-2048x511.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MG_2387-797x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9040 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MG_2387-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MG_2387-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MG_2387-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MG_2387.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<pre id=\"block-5537a647-e544-494c-a180-cd8b8e6c58a9\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Miss.K.Saththiyavahini<\/strong><br>B.Sc in Agriculture (Hons) (UOJ, Sri Lanka)<br><strong>Lecturer (Prob)<\/strong><br><br><strong>Email :<\/strong> ksathiya@univ.jfn.ac.lk<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=9114&amp;preview_id=9114&amp;preview_nonce=14e8bdacb0&amp;preview=true\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=8313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button.png 2693w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-1536x383.png 1536w, https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view_profile_button-2048x511.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. K. NishanthanPhD (UOP, Sri Lanka), M.Phil (UOP, Sri Lanka), B.Sc. in Agriculture (UOJ, Sri Lanka)Head\/ Senior Lecturer Grade IIEmail : knishanthan81@gmail.com Prof. (Mrs) S. SivachandiranPhD (UOP, Sri Lanka), B.Sc. in Agriculture (UOP, Sri Lanka)Professor in AgronomyEmail : ssivamathy@univ.jfn.ac.lk Dr. (Mrs) L. PradheebanPhD (UOP, Sri Lanka), M.Sc (ULS, Norway), B.Sc in Agriculture (Hons) (UOJ, Sri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2490","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9120,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490\/revisions\/9120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}