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BIOGRAPHY

Senior Professor (Mrs.) E.R.H.S.S. Ediriweera was educated in Visakha Vidyalaya, Bambalapitiya. She entered the Government Ayurveda College in 1976 and obtained Diploma in Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (D.A.M.S) with an honours pass from University of Colombo in 1981 and completed internship in 1982. She completed her postgraduate studies; Doctor of Medicine (Ayu) in Kayachikithsa  with specialization in Panchakarma at Banaras Hindu University, India in 1993. She had undergone a special training in Panchakarma in Kerala, arranged by Banaras Hindu University while studying for M.D. (Ayu). She obtained her Ph.D. from University of Peradeniya. Professor Sujatha Ediriweera was accredited as a teacher in Higher Education by Staff Educational Development Association (SEDA), United Kingdom in 2000. She also holds a Diploma in Yoga from Banaras Hindu University.

Senior Professor Ediriweera initially joined the Department of Ayurveda as a medical officer in 1984 and then the University of Colombo as an Assistant lecturer in January 1990. She was appointed as a Professor in Ayurveda in 2009 and she is the first Sri Lankan lady professor in the field of Ayurveda.

She has served as the Chairperson of Board of study (Ayurveda) for 2012/2015 MD (Ayu) programme, Head of the Department of Nidana Chikithsa, Course Coordinator of Postgraduate Diploma in Ayurveda 2005/2006, Secretary of the Higher Degree Committee from 1998 to 2007 and various other academic and administrative positions at the Institute of Indigenous Medicine. Currently she is the Chairperson of Ethics Review Committee. She also served as an Assistant Consultant in Panchakarma and Kayachikithsa since 1993 and Consultant physician in Panchakarma and Kayachikithsa since 2004 at Ayurveda Teaching Hospital, Borella. Professor Ediriweera has introduced many Panchakarma methods and techniques, including Mud Therapy, which were not practiced at Ayurveda Teaching Hospital, Borella. She takes a special interest in providing hands on training in Panchakarma to University students. She is a visiting lecturer in Panchakarma at the Department of Siddha Medicine, University of Jaffna. She was also a visiting lecturer in Kayachikithsa and Roga Vignana at Gampaha Wickramarchchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya.

 

Senior Professor Sujatha Ediriweera teaches and  supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students (Postgraduate Diploma in Ayurveda, M. Phil. in Ayurveda and Doctor of Medicine in Ayurveda).

She has published over 250 abstracts and research papers in local and International seminars and journals

 

Education & Training

  1. Ph.D. (Peradeniya)
  2. M.D. (Ayu) Kayachikitsa specialization in Panchakarma (BHU, India)
  3. D.A.M.S. (Colombo)
  4. Dip. In Yoga (BHU, India)
  5. Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education
  6. Accredited with SEDA-UK

Memberships

  1. A life member of the Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science (SLAAS) since 2001
  2. A life member of Institute of Biology since 2001

Appointments

  1. Secretary of syllabus revision committee, Institute of Indigenous Medicine,1997
  2. Head, Department of Nidana Chikithsa, Institute of Indigenous Medicine from 2004 to 2007
  3. Course Coordinator, Postgraduate Diploma 2005/2006 from 8/2/2005 to 22/6/2007
  4. Secretary of the Higher Degree Committee from 8/12/1998 to 21/2/2007
  5. Medical Officer of IIM, University of Colombo from 3/1/2001 to 1/3/2007
  6. Treasurer of the Teacher’s Association of IIM (1997 and 1998)
  7. Student Coordinator (5th B.A.M.S.), Ayurveda section in 26/9/1997
  8. Member of Institutional Research Committee from 1/3/1996 to 1/3/1999
  9. Secretary of the Higher Degree Committee from 8/12/1998 to 21/2/2007
  10. Chairman, Board of Studies in Ayurveda for 2012/2015 MD (Ayu) programme, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo from 2011 – to date
  11. Member of committee appointed to prepare the guidelines for ethical clearance committee, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya in 2011
  12. Member of the Board of Study in Ayurveda for 2016/2019 MD (Ayu) (Vachaspathi) programme, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 05/06/2012
  13. Member of the Research and Higher Degrees Committe (RHDC), Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 3/9/2012 to 3/9/2013
  14. Member of the Research and Higher Degrees Committe (RHDC), Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 3/9/2013 to 3/9/2014
  15. Member of Curriculum Revison Committee of MD (Ayu) 2012/2015, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 03/12/2013
  16. Member of Research Allowance Mangement, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya in 2014, 2016 and 2017
  17. Member of Curriculam Development and Evaluation Committee, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya in 2014
  18. Member of Research Management Committee, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya in 2014
  19. Member of subcommittee on revisiting all institutional ordinances of Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo with a view to reform in 2015
  20. Member of the Research and Higher Degrees Committe (RHDC), Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 3/9/2014 to 3/9/2015
  21. Member of the Research and Higher Degrees Committe (RHDC), Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 3/9/2015 to 3/9/2016
  22. Member of the Research and Higher Degrees Committe (RHDC), Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 3/9/2016 to 3/9/2017
  23. Member of the Subcommittee for Research Projects of Level IV (BAMS/BUMS), Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya since 22/4/2015
  24. Member of subcommittee to look into the matter of establish the National Ayurveda Hospital, Borella as teaching hospital, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya in 2015
  25. Member of the Research and Publication Committee, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya from 15/8/2016
  26. Member of the Staff Development Committee, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya in 2016
  27. Member of the Ayurveda Education and Hospital Board, Department of Ayurveda, Sri Lanka from 15/10/2001 to 4/9/2004.
  28. Member of Ayurveda research Committee, Department of Ayurveda, Sri Lanka from 5/3/2011 to 5/3/2014
  29. Member of the Evaluation Committee appointed by Department of Ayurveda to assess the book “Visha Maranaya” (06/03/2012)
  30. Member of the Ayurveda Education and Hospital Board, Department of Ayurveda, Sri Lanka from 15/07/2015 – todate
  31. Member of Board of Examination for Ayurveda Shastri (Vibhaga Palaka Mandalaya) Department of Ayurveda Sri Lanka from 4/8/2015 – todate
  32. Member of Ayurveda Shastri Syllabus Revision Committee, Department of Ayurveda Sri Lanka from 30/12/2015 – todate
  33. Appointed as a Member of the comittee for revising the curriculum in indigenous medicine by University Grant Commission, Sri Lanka on 27/10/2014
  34. Chairperson, Ethics review committee, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo 2018 todate
  35. Assistant Consultant physician in Kayachikithsa and Panchakarma at Ayurveda Teaching Hospital, Borella since 1993
  36. Consultant physician in Kayachikithsa and Panchakarma at Ayurveda Teaching Hospital, Borella since 2004 todate