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Charmalie Anuradhie Dona
Nominated By: Charmalie Anuradhie Dona
Nominee Application Form: Part A
Title: Professor
Mailing Address: No 18, Bandaradeniya Lane, Navinna, Maharagama
Country: Sri Lanka
Office Telephone: 94112758265
Email: chamalie@sjp.ac.lk
Nationality/Citizenship: Sri Lankan
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: no date set
Current Position: Professor
Current Employer: University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Please indicate your fluency levels in various languages (Comma Separated)
Fluent in Reading: English;Japanese
Fluent in Writing: English;Japanese
Fluent in Speaking: English;Japanese
Academic Qualifications and Training
1. Degree, Institution, Year Completed: "BSc (Zoology) University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka 1994"
2. Degree, Institution, Year Completed: "MSc Kyoto University Japan 2005"
3. Degree, Institution, Year Completed: "DSc Kyoto University Japan 2008"
Nominee Application Form: Part B
Areas:
- Institutional quality assurance reviews / audits
Specialisations:
- Institutional assessment
Examples of Experience: National & International Consultations / Audit / Review
1. Brief Description: IQAC Coordinator
Institution/City/Country: "Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka"
Type of Experience:
- Institutional Audit / Assessment
Nominee Application Form: Part C
Please write a professional profile of 500 words.
Professional Summary Description: "I entered to the university of Sri Jayewardenepura in 1991 to pursue my undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the Faculty of Applied Sciences. I was selected to do an honors degree in Zoology and graduated in 1995. In the same year I was recruited to the Department of Zoology as a teaching assistant. In 1996 I was recruited to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences to teach Biological Anthropology. I obtained my Master of Science degree in the year 2005 and Doctor of Science Degree (DSc) in 2008 from Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan. At present I am a Professor in Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology. In addition, I was the Directress of the Multidisciplinary Research Centre and the Chairperson of Faculty Research Committee at FHSS from 2015 ¨C 2019. Further, I was the chairperson of the Board of Study in Social Sciences at the Faculty of Graduate Studies (2016 -2019) and I am the coordinator for the Internal Quality Assurance Cell at Faculty of Graduate Studies since 2017. I am a faculty representative of the university Research Council as well.
In addition to my teaching I conduct research in many areas in Anthropology. My main research areas include primatology, forensic anthropology, skeletal biology and human variation studies. I have been listed among the 250 scientists in Sri Lanka which was done by the Europien Union. I was awarded the Presidential awards for my international research publications and also merit awards for scientific publications from the National Research Council, Sri Lanka. I have on going international joint research collaborative projects under the MoUs signed with Japan, United Kingdom and Canada. In 2014 I was awarded with commonwealth fellowship to Oxford Brooks University. I am actively participating in promoting research culture in Sri Lanka and help in organizing many research conferences in the University as well as in other institutes. Among my many research publications I have two text books published for the undergraduate students.
I am interested in Quality Assurance process and is actively involved in the University and Faculty in quality related work. I am a member of the Internal Quality Assurance Unit of the University as well as the coordinator for the Internal Quality Assurance Cell at the Faculty of Graduate Faculty. I served as the Curriculum Development Committee chairperson for three years at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and help to revise and develop curricula at the faculty. I am a member of the University Corporate Plan committee and in the team to prepare the Corporate Plan for the Faculty of Graduate Studies. I was invited as a consultant to prepare quality assurance related documents for non- state universities as well. I have worked as the Director Quality Assurance in one institute on consultancy basis. As the director I helped to prepare necessary policies, student feedback forms, student satisfaction forms and peer review forms and introduced mechanisms to monitor students absenteeism and drop out rates."
In addition to my teaching I conduct research in many areas in Anthropology. My main research areas include primatology, forensic anthropology, skeletal biology and human variation studies. I have been listed among the 250 scientists in Sri Lanka which was done by the Europien Union. I was awarded the Presidential awards for my international research publications and also merit awards for scientific publications from the National Research Council, Sri Lanka. I have on going international joint research collaborative projects under the MoUs signed with Japan, United Kingdom and Canada. In 2014 I was awarded with commonwealth fellowship to Oxford Brooks University. I am actively participating in promoting research culture in Sri Lanka and help in organizing many research conferences in the University as well as in other institutes. Among my many research publications I have two text books published for the undergraduate students.
I am interested in Quality Assurance process and is actively involved in the University and Faculty in quality related work. I am a member of the Internal Quality Assurance Unit of the University as well as the coordinator for the Internal Quality Assurance Cell at the Faculty of Graduate Faculty. I served as the Curriculum Development Committee chairperson for three years at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and help to revise and develop curricula at the faculty. I am a member of the University Corporate Plan committee and in the team to prepare the Corporate Plan for the Faculty of Graduate Studies. I was invited as a consultant to prepare quality assurance related documents for non- state universities as well. I have worked as the Director Quality Assurance in one institute on consultancy basis. As the director I helped to prepare necessary policies, student feedback forms, student satisfaction forms and peer review forms and introduced mechanisms to monitor students absenteeism and drop out rates."
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