{"id":5170,"date":"2025-04-08T05:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:21:24","slug":"professor-indika-wanniarachchi-assumes-duties-as-head-of-the-department-of-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/professor-indika-wanniarachchi-assumes-duties-as-head-of-the-department-of-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Indika Wanniarachchi Assumes Duties as Head of the Department of Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Professor Indika Wanniarachchi officially assumed duties as the Head of the Department of Physics at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on the 1st of April 2025. He was warmly welcomed by the academic and non-academic staff at a brief yet cordial ceremony held to mark this important occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"617\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/1-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5183\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:312px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/1-edited.jpeg 617w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/1-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In his inaugural address, Professor Wanniarachchi outlined his vision for the department\u2019s future, with a strong focus on academic excellence, advancing research, and fostering a student-centered learning environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony also featured an appreciation segment for the outgoing Head of the Department, Professor N.G.S.Shantha Gamage. He extended his heartfelt congratulations to Professor Wanniarachchi and expressed his deep gratitude to all staff members for their support and collaboration during his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor A.R. Kumarasinghe, along with several colleagues, offered their best wishes to the new Head and conveyed their appreciation to Professor Gamage for his outstanding leadership and commitment to the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We extend our warmest congratulations to Professor Indika Wanniarachchi and wish him every success in his new role as Head of the Department of Physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/6.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"5182\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/6-1024x461.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/04\/6-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, 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He was warmly welcomed by the academic and non-academic staff at a brief yet cordial ceremony held to mark this important occasion. In his inaugural address, Professor Wanniarachchi outlined &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/professor-indika-wanniarachchi-assumes-duties-as-head-of-the-department-of-physics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Professor Indika Wanniarachchi Assumes Duties as Head of the Department of Physics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5205,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170\/revisions\/5205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}