The student counseling service of University of Ruhuna provides services and programmes which promote the personal development and psychological well-being of students. It also helps to develop a conducive environment to maximize students` educational attainments. Students will have the opportunity to privately and confidentially discuss their various psychological, social and financial issues or any other difficulty they face during their university education with the student counselors and obtain advices. Students will be directed to the professional psychological counselor of the University whenever needed.
The University has appointed a Senior Student Counselor for the University and Deputy Senior Student Counselors & number of Student Counselors for each faculty to maintain student counseling activities under the guidance of Deputy Vice Chancellor. Most of the student counselors have undergone special trainings on counseling and they have been directed through a Student Counselor guide.
An external Professional Counselor has been appointed to provide services for needy students and staff and he is available in every Tuesday from 1 .00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m at the Medical Center of the University. Information of the Senior Student Counselor and Deputy Senior Student Counselors appointed for each Faculty is as follows;
Senior Student Counselor
Dr. P.H. Amaraweera
PhD, MPhil, BA (Ruhuna)
Dept. of Geography
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
pamaraweera@yahoo.com
+94 (0)715860450
Deputy Senior Student Counselor
Dr. Amani Mannakkara
B.Sc.,PhD
Dept. of Agric Biology
Faculty of Agriculture
amani@agbio.ruh.ac.lk
Deputy Senior Student Counselor
Dr. J.M.R.S. Appuhamy
Ph.D. (Ehime),M.Sc. (Pavia), B.Sc.Eng. (Hons) (Peradeniya),AMIE(SL), MTS(Hawaii),MJSCE(Japan)
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
ruwan@is.ruh.ac.lk
Deputy Senior Student Counselor
Dr. B.I. Wickramarachchi
BSc (Hons) Nursing, Dip.Edu (N), MPhil, PhD
Dept. of Nursing
Faculty of Allied Health Science
biwickramarachchi@ahs.ruh.ac.lk /
bimbawi@gmail.com
Deputy Senior Student Counselor
Dr. P.P.Jayawardhane
MBBS(Ruhuna), DCH(Paed-Col.), MD(Col.)
Dept. of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine
pushpikaja@med.ruh.ac.lk, pushpikaja@yahoo.com.au
Deputy Senior Student Counselor
Dr. R.M.D.D. Rathnayake
MSc (Agder, Norway), BBA (Ruh, SL)
Department of Human Resource Management
Faculty of Management and Finance
dewapriyadeshabandu@gmail.com
Deputy Senior Student Counselor
Dr. H L K Sanjaya
Department of Limnology and Water Technology
Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology
kelum@fish.ruh.ac.lk
Name |
Designation |
Faculty |
Dr. K.J.C. Kumara Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering 2023-08-15 - 2024-08-14 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Engineering |
Dr. Nadeesha Sandamali Department of Electrical & Information Engineering2023-08-15 - 2024-08-14 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Engineering |
Dr. T.M. Rengarasu Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering2023-08-15 - 2024-08-14 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Engineering |
Dr. W.T.G. Samantha Department of Interdisciplinary Studies2023-08-15 - 2024-08-14 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Engineering |
Dr. A. Liyanage Department of Agricultural Biology2023-10-11 - 2024-10-10 | Senior Lecture | Faculty of Agriculture |
Dr. D.M. Gamage Department of Agricultural Biology2023-09-14 - 2024-09-13 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Agriculture |
Dr. D.P. Kumarathunga Department of Agricultural Biology2023-09-14 - 2024-09-13 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Agriculture |
Dr. G.S.N. Fernando Department of Food Science & Technology2023-09-14 - 2024-09-13 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Agriculture |
Dr. S.R. Amarasinghe Department of Soil Science2023-11-08 - 2024-11-07 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Agriculture |
Miss. A.P.H.I. Abeysooriya Department of Food Science & Technology2023-09-14 - 2024-09-13 | Lecturer | Faculty of Agriculture |
Mr. H.I.G.S. Piyaruwan Department of Soil Science2023-09-14 - 2024-09-13 | Lecturer | Faculty of Agriculture |
Mr. U.I. Samarawickrama Department of Soil Science2023-11-08 - 2024-11-07 | Lecturer (Probationary) | Faculty of Agriculture |
Mr. KH Niroshana Department of Oceanography & Marine Geology2023-10-01 - 2024-09-30 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology |
Mrs. R.G.A. Iroshini Department of Oceanography & Marine Geology2023-10-01 - 2024-09-30 | Lecturer | Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology |
Dr. L.G.D.S. Yapa Department of Geography2023-10-19 - 2024-10-18 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Mr. Anuda Kanchana Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies2023-10-19 - 2024-10-18 | Lecturer (Probationary) | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Mrs. V.D.M.D.S.B. Dassanayake Department of History and Archeology2023-10-19 - 2024-10-18 | Lecturer (Probationary) | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Dr. C.N. Rathnaweera Department of Chemistry2023-08-17 - 2024-08-16 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Science |
Dr. H.L. Jayathilaka Department of Mathematics2023-08-17 - 2024-08-16 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Science |
Dr. K.D.C.G. Kapugama Department of Dean's Office2023-08-17 - 2024-08-16 | Lecturer | Faculty of Science |
Dr. K.V.S.N. Bandara Department of Zoology2023-08-17 - 2024-08-16 | Lecturer | Faculty of Science |
Dr. S.M. Widanagamachchi Department of Dean's Office2023-08-17 - 2024-08-16 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Science |
Dr. W.G.D. Chathuranga Department of Zoology2023-08-17 - 2024-08-16 | Lecturer | Faculty of Science |
Mr. J.J. Garusing Archchige Department of Library2023-08-15 - 2024-08-14 | Senior Assistant Librarian | Administration |