Academic Council & Lecturers

Academic Council & Lecturers

Academic Council of Java Institute

As the premier academic body of the java institute for advanced technology, the responsibilities of the academic council are of high significance and vital in order to maintain and uplift the standard of the academics of the javainstitute for advanced technology. the foremost and core responsibilities of the academic council are conducting and implementing quality assurance frameworks for the procedures involved in the examinations, training programmes, as well as for academic departments along with overseeing and developing the proposals, recommendations, and approvals for new programmes and modules for the java institute for advanced technology and thereby ensuring that the enhancement of the education and training the institute provides is effectively and continuously carried out. One of the most vital and primary responsibilities that fall upon the academic council is to sustain the intellectual aura of the undergraduate students academic lives as well as to ensure that each and every faculty and department of the java institute for advanced technology complies with the academic rules and regulations ofthe institute. responsibilities pertaining to the financial aspects of the java institute also fall on the academic council and these include formulating the financial proposals for all the programmes and courses of the javainstitute for advanced technology and administer the tasks involved in planning these proposals. The academic council also possesses the complete authority to execute and supervise periodic evaluations andanalyses of the salary equity reports of the faculties, organize and maintain the voluminous and substantial libraryof the institute, and deal with any disputes and conflicts that occur with regard to the students and academicmembers of the institute. additionally the academic council retains the right to make recommendations to the board of directions regarding new departments and any renaming activities of existing departments. administering degree programmes as well as supervising and managing any tasks involving joint and dual degree programmes as well as educational courses and sessions conducted in cooperation with other universities and institutes are also handled by the academic council.

Members of Academic Council

Dr. Ishantha Siribaddana – Head of the Academic Council PhD (IT), DBA (USA), BSc (Hons. Chem. Sp.), SCJP Founder/Chairman Java Institute for Advanced Technology. Board Member Vocational Training Authority of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Sri Lanka.

Mr. Moditha Ekanayaka – Secretary of the Academic Council Attorney – at – Law Senior Lecturer for Cyber Law

Mr. Bhatiya Tissera MSc (IT), BSc (SEng), SCJP, SCWCD, SCMAD, SCBCD Director/General Manager Head of Advanced Technology

Professor Vidanage P. Karunaratne B.A. Econ. (Spl.) (Cey.), M.B.A. MCIPR (U.K.) D.Litt. (Aus), Hon. D. L. (Camb., Eng.), FIBA. (U.K.) Hon. M. A (Camb., Eng.), MCMI. (U.K.), Postgrad. Dip. Mktg. Mgmt. (Sri J.), MCIM. (U.K.), MIMgt. (U.K.) Expt. Cert. Ins. Mgmt. (Tokyo), ACIC., MIM (SL.), MRBA. (U.S.A. Chartered Marketer (U.K.) Former Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Former Academic Faculty Member and Senior Lecturer Institute of Management of Sri Lanka, Former Senior Lecturer Institute of Bankers Sri Lanka, Former Senior Executive Offer and Senior Manager in State Corporations and Private Sector Companies.

Professor Anil Fernando PhD, BSc (University of Moratuwa) Visiting Lecturer for Advanced Multimedia Technologies Professor of University of Surrey, UK.

Professor Nalin de Silva PhD (Cambridge, UK), BSc (Special in Chemistry) Senior Lecturer for Bio-Informatics Professor of University of Colombo, Department of Chemistry.

Associate Professor Chandima Gomes PhD (Cambridge, UK), BSc (UOC) Visiting Lecturer for Industrial Safety Associate Professor of University Putra, Malaysia

Dr. Rohini Mendis de Silva PhD (Cambridge, UK), BSc (UOC) Senior Lecturer for Bio-Informatics University of Colombo, Department of Chemistry

Dr. Dilantha Withanage DBA (USA), MSc – Computer Engineering, PGDip (UOC) Senior Lecturer for Computer Systems and Computational Mathematics Council Member, Computer Society of Sir Lanka Board Member, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology Former ICT Consultant, Ministry of Education Former Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and University of Colombo

Dr. Ajith Yapa PhD (HIT) (Communication Information Engineering), MSc (UOP), BSc (UOC) Senior Lecturer for Micro Processor Electronics and Information Systems Lecturer University of Wayamba

Mr. Nihal Hewage BSc (Hons), PGDip (Industrial Mathematics) Senior Lecturer for Computational Mathematics Chairman, Shipping and Aviation Information Institute – Ministry of Civil Aviation

Dr. Ranga Jayakodi PhD, MSc – Computational Chemistry, BSc (Hon) – Computational Chemistry Senior Lecturer in Computational Chemistry at University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Wing Commander MMDS Perera (Retired) MOA (USA), MSc in Management, psc Former Senior Instructor at Junior Command and Staff College, SLAF China Bay, Trincomalee.

Dr. Muditha Vidanapathirana MBBS (Col), DLM (Col), MD in Forensic Medicine (Col) MA in Criminology (USJ), MFFLM (UK) Senior Lecturer, Specialist in Forensic Medicine Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayawardanapura

Dr. Ravindranath PhD (mgt) USA

Dr. Siddhika G Senaratne PhD (university of London), BSc (Chem. Sp.)