Puvanitha

Ms. Selvaraj Puwanitha

Selvaraj Puwanitha is a lecturer (Probationary) attached to the Department of Public and International Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. She completed her Bachelor of Laws degree at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. Subsequent to joining the bar in 2017 as an Attorney – at – Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, she joined the Institute for Constitutional Studies, a research institute in the capacity of a research assistant for the project on ‘Mapping and Drafting Provincial Council Statute’ funded by UNDP. She was also practising as an Attorney-at-Law until she employed to the current occupation. Meanwhile, she also conducted lectures in the capacity of a visiting lecturer for the course of “Pearson-BTEC Higher National qualifications in Business” at London School of Business in 2017.
Upon Ms.Selvaraj’s academic duties, she is teaching Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and International Humanitarian Law at the undergraduate level. Meanwhile, she is also teaching law-related subjects for certificate and diploma courses initiated by the University of Colombo.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • Graduate 2016

    LL.B (Hons.)

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Attorney-at-law 2018

    Attorney-at-law

    Sri Lanka Law College

  • Certificate Course 2019

    Certificate course on “Research Proposal Development”

    National Centre for Advanced Studies

Positions

  • Present2018

    Lecturer (Probationary)

    Faculty of Law, university of Colombo

  • 20182018

    Research Assistant

    Institute for Constitutional Studies

  • 20172017

    Visiting Lecturer

    Pearson-BTEC Higher National qualifications in Business

  • 20182016

    Legal Practioner

    GR Law Chambers

  • 20192019

    Academic Administrative Assistant for the Advanced Certificate Course on International Criminal law

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • 20192019

    Resource Person - Advanced Certificate Course on International Criminal law and Environmental Law

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • 20192019

    Resource Person

    Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo

  • 20192018

    Resource Person - Distance Learning Diploma in Human Rights & Democracy (2018/19)

    Centre for Study of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.

  • Mapping and Drafting Provincial Council Statutes

    The Project evaluated the statutes drafted by the Provincial Councils and based on the research outcomes drafted model statutes.