{"id":18,"date":"2018-08-21T04:51:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T04:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2020-07-19T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T06:54:11","slug":"appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>To date<\/span><span>2017<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Professor of Geography (Chair)<\/h4><p>Department of Geography, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>to date<\/span><span>January 2015 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Head, Department of Geography, <\/h4><p>University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>to date<\/span><span>2016 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Board of Confucius Institute of the University of Colombo<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> to-date<\/span><span>2016 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Board of Management of Social Policy Analysis and Research Center (SPARC), <\/h4><p>University of Colombo <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> 2016<\/span><span>March, 2014 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Director, Career Guidance Unit, University of Colombo<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>to-date<\/span><span>January, 2012<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Coordinator, <\/h4><p>Computer Teaching Unit and Student\u2019s Computer Unit Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2012<\/span><span>2011<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Academic coordinator, Postgraduate Diploma in Environment and Regional Development, Department of Geography, University of Colombo, <\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>2009<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the steering committee of the English Medium Transition Programme, Faculty of Arts, .<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2014<\/span><span>2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Academic coordinator, Master of Science in Geoinformatics, <\/h4><p>Institute of Human Resource Advancement, University of Colombo <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Subject Review Panel of the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka. .<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the task force to prepare a National Policy on Spatial Data Infrastructure in Sri Lanka, .<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2010<\/span><span>2006<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Leave and award committee, faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, .<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>February 2006<\/span><span>March 2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Project Director, Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand from .<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>to-date<\/span><span>August 2002<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Secretary, Population Association of Sri Lanka (PASL)<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2000<\/span><span>22 January 1999 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Honorary Secretary, Sri Lanka Association of Geographers (SLAG), .<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>start<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Academic Counsellor, Faculty of Arts University of Colombo, from 1999 to to-date. Responsible for academic matters, including advising students for selecting their course units match with the degree requirements, preparation of lecture time tables, exam timetables etc.<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1998<\/span><span>1996<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Honorary Director of the Graduate Foundation of the University of Colombo <\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1997<\/span><span>November 1995<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Committee Member, Sri Lanka Association of Geographers (SLAG) <\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1997<\/span><span> 1990<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Temporary Student Counsellor, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/geography\/l.manawadu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}