Senior Lecturer Dr. D.M. Ubesekara was appointed as the Head of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya.

The appointment letter was handed over to the Head by the acting Vice- Chancellor, Senior Prof. Lakshman Senevirathne on the 06^th of April 2019 at the Vice- Chancellor’s Office.

Present at the occasion were Ms. Dhammika Ambegoda, Assistant Registrar- Academic Establishment Division and academic staff members of the Department of Sociology.

Senior Lecturer Dr. D.M. Ubesekara obtained his bachelor’s degree & Master of Social Sciences in Sociology from the University of Kelaniya and his PhD from Wuhan University, China.

He was the coordinator of the degree programmes MA and MSSC in Sociology (2011- 2013). He also served as a student counsellor from 2003- 2004.

Marriage and Family Life Satisfaction, Family and Marriage, Traditional Water Regulations and the Agricultural Organization of Nuwarakalaviya, Principles of Social Research, Rural Society and Culture in Sri Lanka, An Anthropological Review on Magic and Agricultural magic in Sri Lanka, Marketing Management: Introduction to Marketing and Marketing Research, Traditional Customs Creed and Magic in Related to Cultivation in Sri Lanka, Male Domination and the Human Society, Introduction to Applied Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Social Welfare Policies in Sri Lanka, Chena and Sinhalese Life, Chena and Sinhalese Life were some of his research publications.