Department of Statistics Staff Appointed to Key Positions in Institute of Applied Statistics Sri Lanka (IASSL)

We are delighted to announce that several academic staff members from our department have been appointed to key positions in the Institute of Applied Statistics Sri Lanka (IASSL) 2023 council and its subcommittees during the AGM held on 02/04/2023.

Accordingly,

Dr. Niroshan Withanage was appointed as the President of IASSL.
Dr. Rajitha M. Silva was appointed as the Secretary of IASSL.
Dr. Chitraka Wickramarachchi became the immediate past president of the IASSL after serving as the President of IASSL during the past two years. He will serve as a member of the Executive Board of IASSL for the upcoming year.
Dr. Chathuri L. Jayasinghe was appointed as a member of the Executive Board of IASSL.
Dr. Hasanthi Pathberiya was appointed as a member of the Editorial Board of IASSL.

Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka has been incorporated by the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 20th September 2011 by the Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act No. 38 of 2011. Further, IASSL is a member of the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA) of Sri Lanka.

Objectives of the Institute are as follows (but not limited to):

Promote and assist the advancement of Applied Statistics for furtherance of research, development, education, training and extension.
Undertake and/or collaborate in the preparation, publication and dissemination of useful information pertaining to Applied Statistics by means of seminars, lecture series and articles in a Journal edited and published under the name of “Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics” to foster the training of research workers.
Undertake research in the area of Statistics with the object of improving experimental techniques, statistical methods and data analysis.
Co-operate with governmental and non-governmental organizations and national and international institutes engaged in work related to statistics in order to promote research, development, education, training and extension.
Promote professional interests of the members of the Institute.

Our USJ students/alumni members who possess Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Statistics, Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Applied Sciences (Concentrated in Statistics), Bachelor of Science(General) Degree with 30 credits in Statistics, are eligible to apply for the associate (one year)/general(lifetime) membership of this prestigious institute.

Members (general) shall be entitled to the use of abbreviated designation MIASSL
Associate members shall be entitled to the use of abbreviated designation AIASSL

Please check the institute website for the procedure and member benefits: www.iassl.lk