{"id":15,"date":"2018-11-07T08:46:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T08:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/ramanee-wijesekera\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2020-08-06T22:46:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T04:16:18","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/ramanee-wijesekera\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;54&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Prof. Ramanee Wijesekera<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"small-text\"><strong>SENIOR PROFESSOR<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Department of Chemistry<br \/>\nUniversity of Colombo<br \/>\nColombo 00300<br \/>\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Office: Department of Chemistry- Room No. 104<br \/>\nWork Phone: +94 11-250 3367<br \/>\nWork Fax: +94 11-250 3367<br \/>\nEmail: ramanee@chem.cmb.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1536030595843{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic &amp; 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