History

 

In the early nineties, maybe you were not aware of this university. Maybe your brothers and sisters studied at this university. Maybe you noticed the university as you passed by. What was the image you had back then? The adornment of multicolored posters on the walls, the black flags. But not only that, the endless news flashes:

“The University of Colombo has closed.”

“Attacks on academic staff of the University of Colombo”

“Students on strike”

What is your image of the university, even though there is a blotted appearance from the outside. Once there were a group of people, who demolished the freethinking of the fresher, to impose their own ideas.

Infact, not being satisfied with the verbal abuse, these people went into the extent of physically harassing world renowned professors of the faculty.

In simple words, they were able to break the strong bond the academic staff had with the students, to gain their own political advantages.

When the students were undergoing this unbearable stress, and when the student leadership was ignoring its’ responsibilities, the standard of education of the faculty of science deteriorated.

With the honest intention of upgrading the blotted image of the Science faculty a group of students swam against tide of thuggery. This was the newly appointed student council who came to power on the 28th of May, 1993.

From that day onwards, the faculty of Science is thriving under the leadership of the student council. The trust that the students placed in the student council is evidence of this.

The main objective of the student council was to maintain the faculty independently, without any external political influences. For this reason, the student council of the faculty of science has withdrawn its’ involvement from the university student council. This was due to the disgracing manner in which the university student council acted during the 1994 general election, where the Peoples’ Alliance came to power.

Due to the disgraceful manner in which the Inter university student council acted during the 1997 provincial elections, he alliance between the student council and them was broken.

Thus, resisting political influence from the outside, the student council was able to bring the faculty of science to its’ golden age. From that day onwards, the multicolored posters and the black flags are slowly disappearing without any indication of any return.

The black letters verses were slowly erased from the walls. The bond between the students and the academic staff took a turn for the good side. The university premises became a pleasurable place for the students. News of the closure of the faculty vanished from the Television, Radio and the newspapers.

Through the turmoil that the student council went through, their main strength was the trust the students placed int hem. This trust grew as the years went by and never once deteriorated. Strengthened by the students’ trust, the student council carried out its’ obligations with diligence.

 

  • We have passed that stage where we had to spend years to enter the university through the A/L results.
  • Due to the peaceful atmosphere created in the university by the student council, we hope that there won’t be any time spent waiting for a chance to get in.
  • The service we have rendered in exchange for 10 years of trust placed in us by you, the students…
  • Bringing the opportunity for the students of the science faculty to participate in the cultural events of the university previously restricted to the students of the Arts faculty, through the efforts of the student council.
  • As the horizons of the world of Science and Technology kept expending, the student council helped the students face the new challenges by organizing the IT exhibition of 1999.
  • Investing the income obtained in the above exhibition, in the establishment of two 24 hour internet lounges.
  • Providing library facilities in accordance with the requirements of the faculty of science to all students.
  • Providing the first-ever CD library facility in the history of Sri Lankan university education.
  • Not forgetting the disabled, brave war heroes of our motherland, we carried out a "sramadana" campaign to help with their needs. This was done at the Ragama Ranaviru Sevana.
  • Organizing the blood donation campaigns, I times of national crisis.
  • Without resorting to hunger strikes, picketing, the student council has always managed to address the issues of injustices, throughout its leadership.
  • Taking every possible step to upgrade the student welfare of the faculty of science.

    Former Presidents

    Chandrajith Marasinghe (1994/95)

    Ruvan (1995/96)

    Saman Silava (1996/97)

    Uresh Duminduwardana (1997/98)

    Damitha Jayasinghe (1998/99)

    Janaka Rajapaksa (1999/2000)

    Viraj De Silva (2000/01)

    Sanjeewa Mendis (2001/02)

    Gayan Tennakoon (2002/03)

    Mohan Narangoda (2003/04)

    Duminda Jayawardhana (2004/05)

    Harandra Fernando (2005/06)

    Viraj wijesooriya (2006/07)

    Gayan Rajarathna (2007/08)

    Nadheesha Vishvanath (2008/09)