{"id":83,"date":"2017-03-17T04:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T04:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/ir\/nayani.melegoda\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2022-02-23T04:50:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T04:50:57","slug":"appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/ir\/nayani.melegoda\/index.php\/appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">National<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2022<\/span><span>2016<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Dean - Faculty of Graduate Studies<\/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>2020<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Board of Regents (UGC nominee)<\/h4><p>National Council for Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2019<\/span><span>2019<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Council<\/h4><p>National Research Council, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2019<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the International Research Committee of the National Science Foundation<\/h4><p>National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2019<\/span><span>2017<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office Task Force on Indian Ocean<\/h4><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2020<\/span><span>2017<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Distinguished Fellow, the Institute of 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Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2002<\/span><span>2000<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Chairman, National Conservation Committee of the National Library Services Board<\/h4><p>Sri Lanka<\/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>1997<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Chief Examiner for General Certificate Examination Advanced Level (History)<\/h4><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">International<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2021<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Country Expert (Sri Lanka), Varieties of Democracy Project (Global Standards \u2013 Local Knowledge)<\/h4><p>University of Gothenburg, 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