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wdkkaohANANDAYA 2019 March 2019 ueoska Sivagurunathan Memorial Trophy Cricket Tournament and Panikkar – Thanabalasingham Memorial Shield English Debate yefudau ñ;=re lrf.k f,dj In 2012, Jaffna Hindu College and Ananda The customary, Celebratory Dinner attended by ch.kak hk wfma y;=re College started the Sivagurunathan Memorial students, academic staff, Old Boys and well- Trophy Cricket Tournament. In 2014 the Panikkar wishers was held on Friday 28th September at Y%S ,xld l%slÜ lKavdhfï – Thanabalasingham Memorial Shield English 7.00pm at the JAIC – Hilton. The Chief Guest was mqyqKqlre pkaosl y;=reisxy Debate between the Senior Debating Teams of Hon. Karu Jayasuriya MP, Speaker of the Parliament iu. isÿ l, idlÉPdj msgq the two colleges were institutionalised. This year, of Sri Lanka and the Guest of Hounour was Hon 4 the programme was extended by adding a Chess Ranjith Maddumabandara MP, Minister of Public Competition and a Basketball Match. Administration, Management and Law & Order. We celebrated a weekend of friendship amongst In conjunction with the Celebratory Dinner, our students of the two schools whilst enjoying and distinguish alumnus Mr. Ranjith Padithage was developing camaraderie amongst the alumni of the conferred an “Honorary Member” of the ACOBA, two Old Boys’ Associations. in recognition of the invaluable services he had rendered for the betterment of our alma mater. A SUNDOWN CHAT WITH Mr. Deva Rodrigo pg 6 fyd| úkhla we;akï muKhs ld, l,ukdlrKh lrkak mqΩjka fjkafka' fidµaÜf,dcsla iuQy jHdmdr iNdm;s" wfYdala m;srf.a uy;d msgq iu. is≥≥l, idlÉPdj 14 wdkkaohANANDAYA Olcott Oration 2018 Olcott Oration, one of the most celebrated events l;=jelsh ''' of ACOBA was held on Saturday 3rd November at the Kularathna Auditorium. Commander of the wdkkaoh hkq ,xldfõ we;s m%Odk fn!oaO f.dvke.s,s ixjr®Okhg YsIH;aj ,nd oSu Sri Lanka Army, Lt. Gen Mahesh Senanayake mdi,hs' wdkkaohg we;=,;aj wOHdmkh úfoaY ixpdr i|yd i|yd wkq.%yh ,ndoSu delivered the Oration on the topic “The Indo Pacific: ,nkak we;s ;r.h w;s úYd,h' YsIH;aj iïuka;%K" jevuqÆ ixúOdkh ls¯u" l%Svd The Region of Global Connection”. úNd.fhka iu;aj iy w'fmd'i ^id$fm<& ixjr®Okh i|yd iyh ,nd oSu" fkajdisl iu;aj wE; m%foaYj, isák orejka orejka i|yd úúO wkaofï iyhka ,ndoSu wdkkaofha wOHdmkh ,nkak fmreïmqrñka ta w;˙ka lsysmhla muKs' isà' tmukla fkdj oeä ;r.ld¯;ajhlska Prize Giving 2018 m<uq jir i|ydo orejka wdkkaohg fufia iEu fohlau ,nd fokafka wdkkaofha we;=,;afõ' ta wdkkaofha orejkag wmf.a orejka Wiia iudchlg /f.k taughs' 2018 Price giving was held on 3rd of October wdpdr®h uKav,h oeä lemùulska hq;=j orejkag;a hï hq;=lula fï yd iudkj 2018 at the Kularathne Hall. Prof. Sampath Tjqkaj oekqfuka fmdaIKh lrhs' ta i|ydo we;' ,efnk wjia:dfjka Wm˙u whq˙ka Amarathunga, Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayawardenepura graced the occation as ú≥y,am;s;=ud kdhl;ajh ,nd fohs' m%fhdackh f.k ;uka wOHdmkfhka by, ;,hlg hd hq;=h' wkjYH l%shd the chief guest. Pasindu Herath was adjudged orejkaf.a wOHdmkfha ixjr®Okhg j,g t<fUkafka fkdue;sj mdi,a ld,h as the Best Student at this ceremony. .=rejrekaf.ka ,efnk iyh fukau m%fhdackj;a f,i fhdod .; hq;=h' foudmshkaf.ka yd wdos YsIHhkaf.ka ,efnk wdkkaofha orejka f,i fydog bf.k f.k iyho wu;l lrkak wmyiqh' mdif,a iudc.; úh hq;=h' ,xldfõ wfkla mdi,a fN!;sl iïm;a fukau mdif,a wOHdmkh wNsnjd wdkkaofha ku /lf.k lghq;= ,nk YsIHhkag wjYH myiqlï ,nd oSug l, hq;=h' ksjeros wOHdmkh ;uka ,nd wdos YsIHhka yd úoHd,hg wdorh lrk fkd.kafkakï iEu fokdf.au lemùu wmf;a mqoa.,hkaf.ka ,efnk iyh wmukh' hk nj is;sh hq;=h' IT Infrastructure and Communication Sub Committee Samantha Rajapaksa (Chairman), Shashika Ranasinghe (Secretary), Manjula Makolage, Indula Sumithrarachchi, Yasas Abeywickrama, Asanka Deshapriya, Kelum Priya, Kalana Dias, Naleen Jayasuriya, Jeewantha Nadeera, Dinith Karunarathne, Varuna Chandana, Ashan de Zoysa, Roshan Totahewa, Theja Perera, Chamara Divithuragama, Sujeewa Ruwan Fernando, Thilina Pathirana, Minidu Abeysekara, Harindra Dahanayake, Nuwan Chathuranga, Parakum Pathirana, Ajantha Weerasekara, Sanji De Silva, Manoj Dhanushka, Jeewaka Karunaratne, Hiran Wijewardene, Hiran Wickramasinghe, Rajitha De Alwis. Sivagurunathan Memorial Trophy Cricket Tournament and Panikkar – Thanabalasingham Memorial Shield English Debate Highlights... 2 Ananda and Seetha Devi top teams SLSHA Inter-School Under-16 Division ‘A’ Hockey Championship for boys and girls Ananda College Colombo and Seetha Devi Girls’ School Kandy lifted the Boy’s and Girls’ titles respectively at the SLSHA Inter-School Under-16 Division ‘A’ Hockey Championship for boys and girls, concluded at Edward Park in Matale last Tuesday. The Anandians posted a thrilling 1-0 win over fancied St. Aloysius’ College Galle in the boys final which was closely contested. After a scoreless first half, midway in the second session centre forward Gayan Sasmina sealed victory for Ananda when he found a gap in the St. Aloysius defense to give his side victory with a solitary goal of the game. Duminda Perera and Ajith Manjula controlled the final with Indika Jayawardhana officiating as the Third Umpire. On the way to the finals Ananda beat Darmadutha College Badulla 2-1 and St. Aloysius’ Galle outplayed St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa 4-3 Boys award winners (from left): Janura Perera (Best Goalkeeper), Kushan Rathnasooriya (Best Player) and on penalties in the respective semi-finals. girls winners (from left): Hesangi Ranmali (Best Goalkeeper) and Ranmini Sanjana (Best Player) CSSL ICT Awards The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) is the This year, CSSL ICT awards recognized • Mr Ahamed Nishadh – Representative from premier organization dedicated to promoting for eight best performers of the year that ICT Agency Sri Lanka and improving professional standards in the includes ICT professionals, ICT Academics, Information and Communication Technology ICT students and a start-up as evident • Mr Prabath Samindra – Vice President of sector since 1976. below. Prof. Samantha Thelijjagoda, student CSSL Counselor/ Executive Council Member of CSSL ICT Awards is an award ceremony • Prof. Samantha Thelijjagoda – Project Chair, CSSL, chaired the project with the guidance CSSL ICT Awards conducted with the view of recognizing and of Yasas V. Abeywickrama, the President of motivating those who have served the ICT Computer Society of Sri Lanka, member of The winner of CSSL ICT Student award –School industry in Sri Lanka. These awards intend to the Old Anandians’ 99 Group. The Conference category was Ashan Hansaka Rathnaweera. encourage, recognize and celebrate excellence Chair was Dr. Parakum Pathirana, who is also Ashan is a student of Ananda College who in ICT practice by rewarding the best and the a member of the Old Anadians’ 99 Group. recently sat for the GCE A/L examination. finest of ICT Professionals. The final selections He received his primary education from H/ were made by a panel of experts from the ICT The judging panel of CSSL ICT awards 2018 Vijayabha National School. He has contributed industry as well as academia. included – as the Vice President of Ananda College ICT ICT Awards 2018 was organized by CSSL for • Mr Shanta Yapa – Past President of Society from year 2016 to 2017. He has won the sixth consecutive year and was held in Federation of IT Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) number of ICT awards including National parallel with the inauguration of its National IT School Software Competition GOLD award Conference 2018 (NITC 2018). His Excellency, • Mr. Geethapriya Tillekaratne – Past 2 times and also he has participated in the President Maithripala Sririsena was the chief Chairman, BCS -Sri Lanka Section International Olympiad in Informatics 2 times. guest. Hon Minister Harin Fernando was Recently he won the silver award of the • Ms Sandra De Zoysa – Member of the board International School Software Competition the guest of honor and 400+ distinguished of Directors-SLASSCOM invitees and ICT professionals participated held in Australia. in the event. The event was held at the main ballroom of Shangri-la Hotel Colombo on the 2nd of October. 3 wdkkaohANANDAYA Tn ;rÛhla mroskafka ;rÛh w;aye˙fhd;a muKhs Y%S ,xld l%slÜ lKavdhfï mqyqKqlre pkaosl y;=reisxy uq,skau Tfí mjqf,a f;dr;=re i|yka udi 06 la we;=,; YsIH kdhlfhla fjkak;a lf,d;a''' mqΩjka Wkd' 1998 ° ;uhs uu újdy Wfka' ìß˙|f.a ku Ysúld' mdi,a wjqre≥ 19 ka my< mq;=ka fofofkla bkakjd' ta l,ka yd phsla' ≥jf. ku irdhd' lKavdfhafï § oelajQ oialï wdj¾ckh lf,d;a''' mdi,a iuld,Skhka ljqo''' mdi,a lKavdhug uu l%Svd lf,a wdrïNl iuka; rdcmlaI" lksIal fyhshka;=vqj" m%idoa ms;slrefjla ú†hg' Bg wu;rj wdrïNl mrKudkf.a" ;=Idr chr;ak" jcsr o is,ajd" ,,s;a mka≥ hjkafkla f,i mka≥ hejqjd' uu ys;kafka isis,ska y;=reisxy uEKshkag yd óf.dv" ,,skaø chudkak" fyÜá.u" fl!Id,a l%Svlfhl=g tfyu wjia:d ,efnkafka b;d is˙fidau y;=reisxy mshdKkag neoafoa.u ug u;lafjkjd' ,Û° mej;s 87 wvqfjka' lKavdhfï ñ;=rkag jir 50 ms¯fï iqyo yuqj odj 1968 iema;eïnr® ui 13 b;d iqúfYaIhs' tys° merKs ñ;=rka rdYshla 1986 ° 19ka my< cd;sl lKavdhu iu. tx.,ka; jk †k ;,j;=f.dv° Wmka yuqùug yelsjqKd' ixpdrhl ksr; jqKd' kdhl;ajh oerefõ wixl pka†l y;=reisxy" wdkkao .=reisxy' lKavdhfï isá wfkla l%Svlhka w;r yIdka ;s,lr;ak" ≥ñkao fmfr®rd iy ixcSj uEKshkaf.a fijkg Wiia mdi,a l%Svd cSú;h u;la lf,d;a''' ud uq,skau l%slÜ l%Svdjg fhduqjqfka fõÆjk ùrisxy u;la l< yelshs' tu ;rÛdj,sfha° wOHdmkh i|yd msúfikafka úoHd,fha°' wdkkaohg l%Svd lrkak mgka .;af;a wr®O Y;l lsysmhla ,nd .kak" lvqÆ ,nd .kak ish m%d:ñl wOHdmkh fla˙ yd Wiia fm< wOHdmkh w;r;=r°' ta i|yd uq,sl ug yelsjqKd' f,daâia ;rÛfha° ;rÛfha ùrhd fõÆjk ú≥y,aj, ksu lrñks' jqfka ud ñ;% m%idoa mrKudkf.a hs' ud mdif,a l%Svd iïudkh;a ,enqKd' ish mdi,a iuh ;=< ;=ka b˙hõ l%Svlfhl= f,i oialï olajd ÷ úkh" mkakrh" ;rÕldÍ nj uu ,enqfõ wdkkaofhka miqj cd;sl lKavdhfï m%n, l%Svlfhl= f,i cd;Hka;rfhys ÷ rg fjkqfjka ;rÕ lsÍu f.!rjhla" th l%Svlhka /l.; hq;=hs lSr®;sh wdkkaohg f.k≥ka ÷ yeuúgu fjkia yd wΩ;a Wml%u Ndú; lf,d;a ch.%yK pka†l jr®;udkfha wNsfhda.
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