BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Priyanta Kumara Wendabona entered the University of Peradeniya as an Arts Faculty student in 1999 after his G. C. E. Advanced Level Examination in 1996. He was able to get 320 marks out of 400 and win the first district rank and twenty fifth of Island in arts stream of A/L exam. As an undergraduate he followed Sanskrit (Special) programme and completed it successfully obtaining a Second Class – Upper Division pass in 2003. He has also obtained the Pracheena Pandit Degree which is conducted by The Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education in 1998. This Pandit degree is equivalent to BA degree in Sri Lankan universities. He continued his association with the Peradeniya University by joining the University as a temporary lecturer and worked at Department of Classical Languages for nine months. While he was engaged in teaching at University of Peradeniya he won a placement clearing the entrance examination to follow a MA/MPhil programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

He has successfully completed his MA degree in 2006 and and MPhil in 2009. After his MPhil he got admission to the PhD programme clearing again the entrance examination at Jawararlal Nehru University and successfully completed and awarded the degree in 2014.  While reading for his PhD he has served the JNU as a Guest Faculty for one year.

After his PhD Dr. Wendabona joined Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM), University of Colombo as a Visiting Lecturer and taught there till 2016. Since 2016 he is working at IIM as a permanent faculty. Apart from his teaching at IIM he is teaching to PG students at Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, and  Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya as a Visiting Lecturer.

In addition to his teaching at IIM, he was appointed to various academic support posts such as student counselor, advisor for students’ aesthetic affairs. He has presented number of research papers at both national and international conferences. He has also published one book and number of papers and articles in various journals and volumes. His subject areas of interest are Sanskrit grammar and linguistics, social thought in Sanskrit and scientific literature in Sanskrit, especially the Ayurveda.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • Ph.D. 2014

    Ph.D. in Sanskrit, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 2014, (Awarded)

    Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

  • M.Phil. 2009

    M.Phil. in Sanskrit, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 2009 F.G.P.A. 8.16 (out of 10.00 Point Scale) Middle First Class

    Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

  • M.A 2006

    M.A. in Sanskrit, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 2006 FGPA 6.31 (out of 10.00 Point Scale) High Second Class

    Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

  • B.A. 2003

    B.A. (Special) in Sanskrit (Subsidiary subjects: Pali and Sinhala), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2003, Second Class - Upper Division

    University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  • Pracheena Pandit Degree 1998

    Pracheena Pandit Degree (Sanskrit, Pali and Sinhala) (Equivalent to B.A. Degree), The Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka, 1998 Pass

    The Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education

  • Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) with accreditation by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo

    University of Colombo

  • Foreign Language Course (English), 1997, The Ceylon Hotel School & School of Tourism – Kandy Ministry of Industries, Trade Commerce & Tourism, Sri Lanka.

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  • Certificate Course in Computer Operating, 2004, National Youth Services Council – Polgolla, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sri Lanka.

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  • Diploma in English, 2004, National Youth Services Council – Polgolla, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sri Lanka

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  • Hindi Diploma Course (English Medium), 2012, Bureau of Correspondence Courses, Central Hindi Directorate,(Ministry of Human Resource Development),New Delhi, India

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Positions

  • 20042000

    Monastic School (Pirivena) Teacher,

    Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

  • 20142003

    Temporary Lecturer

    Department of Classical Languages , University of Peradeniya

  • 20172007

    Teaching Assistant

    Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

  • 20112010

    Guest Faculty (Lecturer)

    Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

  • 20152014

    School Teacher

    Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

  • 20162014

    Visiting Lecturer

    Department of Basic Principles, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo

  • 20162016

    Visiting Lecturer

    Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya

  • 20172017

    Visiting Lecturer

    Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya