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January

Master of Philosophy examination Mr. Mr. C.B. Wijebandara, Board of study in Plant Protection take place on 19^th January, 2026 at 10.00 a.m. The title of the research is “DETERMINING THE GENOMIC BREED COMPOSITION OF CROSSBRED CATTLE IN NATIONAL CATTLE BREEDING PROGRAM IN SRI LANKA". The examiners are Dr. Malshani Samaraweera,Prof. A.M..B.Adikari, Prof. Niranjana Rodney Fernando and his work is supervised by supervisors Prof. G.L.L.P. De Silva, Prof. C.M.B. Dematawewa.

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January

Doctor of Philosophy examination Ms.V.K.A.S.M.Wansasinghe, Board of study in Plant Protection took place on 14^th January, 2026 at 11.00 a.m. The title of the research was “Interaction between female moth of chilo sacchariphagus indicus(Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and its native host, Sugarcane and the wild host, Erianthus". The examiners were Prof. G.A.S.M. Ganhiarachchi,Prof. R. Gnaneswaran, Prof. Niranjana Rodney Fernando and her work was supervised by supervisors Dr. L. Nugaliyadda, Prof . K.S. Hemachandra, Dr. A.D.N.T.Kumara.

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January

Doctor of Philosophy examination Mrs. A.Sugitharan, Board of study in Food science and Technology took place on 12^th January, 2026 at 1.00 p.m. The title of the research was “Cross-sectional study of nutritional status, iron deficiency anaemia and pregnancy outcome among pregnant woman in Batticaloa district,Sri Lanka". The examiners were Prof. H.D.W.T. Damayanthi,Prof. Kumari M. Rathnayake, Dr. W.I.T. Fernando and her work was supervised by supervisors Prof. R. Sivakanesan, Prof. Ananda Chandrasekara, Prof. D.G.N.G. Wijesinghe.

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January 19

Master of Philosophy examination Mr. Mr. C.B. Wijebandara, Board of study in Plant Protection take place on 19^th January, 2026 at 10.00 a.m. The title of the research is “DETERMINING THE GENOMIC BREED COMPOSITION OF CROSSBRED CATTLE IN NATIONAL CATTLE BREEDING PROGRAM IN SRI LANKA". The examiners are Dr. Malshani Samaraweera,Prof. A.M..B.Adikari, Prof. Niranjana Rodney Fernando and his work is supervised by supervisors Prof. G.L.L.P. De Silva, Prof. C.M.B. Dematawewa.

January 16

Doctor of Philosophy examination Ms.V.K.A.S.M.Wansasinghe, Board of study in Plant Protection took place on 14^th January, 2026 at 11.00 a.m. The title of the research was “Interaction between female moth of chilo sacchariphagus indicus(Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and its native host, Sugarcane and the wild host, Erianthus". The examiners were Prof. G.A.S.M. Ganhiarachchi,Prof. R. Gnaneswaran, Prof. Niranjana Rodney Fernando and her work was supervised by supervisors Dr. L. Nugaliyadda, Prof . K.S. Hemachandra, Dr. A.D.N.T.Kumara.

January 12

Doctor of Philosophy examination Mrs. A.Sugitharan, Board of study in Food science and Technology took place on 12^th January, 2026 at 1.00 p.m. The title of the research was “Cross-sectional study of nutritional status, iron deficiency anaemia and pregnancy outcome among pregnant woman in Batticaloa district,Sri Lanka". The examiners were Prof. H.D.W.T. Damayanthi,Prof. Kumari M. Rathnayake, Dr. W.I.T. Fernando and her work was supervised by supervisors Prof. R. Sivakanesan, Prof. Ananda Chandrasekara, Prof. D.G.N.G. Wijesinghe.

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