Senior Prof. S.R.D. Kalingamudali was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Science. The appointment letter was handed over to the Dean by the Vice- Chancellor, Prof. D.M. Semasinghe on the 02^nd of January 2020 at the Senate Room.

Present at the occasion were Senior Prof. Lakshman Senevirathne, Deputy Vice- Chancellor, Heads & academic staff members of the Departments of the Faculty of Science, Mr. W.M. Karunaratne, Registrar and Ms. Dhammika Ambegoda, Assistant Registrar- Academic Establishment Division.

Senior Prof. S.R.D. Kalingamudali obtained his Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) from the University of Kelaniya and is a CSci, CEng, CPhys, FIET, FlnstP, FIP(SL), MIEEE qualified professor.

Design and Implementation of Smart Standalone Gas Fire Security System for Domestic Usage, Novel Approach for Harnessing Maximum Energy from PV Systems Using Supercapacitors, Supercapacitor Based Novel Approach for Efficient Solar Energy Harnessing, International Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, Designing and Constructing a DC Microgrid with Uninterrupted Power Supply Capability and Optimizing its Energy Usage by Smart Controlling System, Simultaneous Control of Multiple Line-Loads Each Connected Separately in Series with a Designed unit (Control Using Radio Frequency and a Mobile Device), Acoustic Charge Transfer Devices, Development of Electronics from Vacuum Tubes to Integrated Circuits, Sulphurisation of Sequentially Electrodeposited Cu-In Alloy for the Preparation of Semiconductor Thin Films, Growth and Characterisation of CuInS2 thin Films, Photoelectrochemical Characterisation of ZnSe Coated Copper Indium Sulphide Thin Film Electrodes, New Experimental Interpretation for the Emitter-Size Effect of AlGaAs/GaAs Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors and Thermally Stimulated Current Voltage Characteristics of Cu2O/CuxS Diode are some of his publications. Designing and developing of new electronic circuits for various applications is his key research interest.