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Marking a significant new chapter in the campus’s academic journey, Vice Chancellor Emeritus Professor Upali Samarajeewa is a distinguished senior scholar with over five decades of experience in higher education, scientific research and professional service in Sri Lanka.

He obtained his first Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Peradeniya and later earned a PhD in Microbiology from the same university. He has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST) and holds honorary membership in several leading scientific and professional institutions in Sri Lanka.

He played a pioneering role in establishing the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Peradeniya and served as its founding Head. He also made a significant contribution to developing the university’s four-year Food Science and Technology degree programme.

He has served as a member of the University of Peradeniya Council, as a board member of the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) and the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI), and as the founding President of the governing body of the Sri Lanka Institute of Food Science and Technology.

His international academic and research appointments include a UNDP Research Fellowship in London, a Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellowship and an adjunct professorship in the United States, and a professorship at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Through international consultancy in 30 countries, he has also made extensive contributions to the development of international quality management systems.

His research and scientific contributions have been recognised through numerous awards, including the Most Outstanding Research Contribution to Sri Lankan Science Award, the Institute of Chemistry Gold Medal, the National Award for Agriculture Research, and the Sri Lanka National Science & Technology Award.

As of 15 October 2026, his scientific work had recorded 1,598 Google Scholar citations, an h-index of 20 and an i10-index of 33, reflecting the lasting influence of his research.

Under his leadership, SITC Campus looks forward to further strengthening academic quality, research, quality assurance, international relationships and institutional development.

The academic and non-academic staff, lecturers, students and graduates warmly welcome the Vice Chancellor and extend their sincere best wishes.

සරසවියේ අධ්‍යයන ගමන්මඟේ සුවිශේෂී නව පරිච්ඡේදයක් සනිටුහන් කරමින්, උපකුලපති, සම්මානිත මහාචාර්ය උපාලි සමරජීව මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උසස් අධ්‍යාපන, විද්‍යාත්මක පර්යේෂණ සහ වෘත්තීය ක්ෂේත්‍රයන්හි දශක පහකට අධික අත්දැකීම් සහිත කීර්තිමත් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ විද්වතෙකි.

පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයෙන් රසායන විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ තම ප්‍රථම විද්‍යාවේදි උපාධිය ලබාගත් එතුමා, පසුව පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයෙන් ක්ෂුද්‍රජීව විද්‍යාව (Microbiology) පිළිබඳ ආචාර්ය උපාධිය (PhD) හිමිකරගෙන ඇත. ඒ මහතා International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST) හි Fellowවරයෙකු ලෙසද තේරී පත්වී ඇති අතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රමුඛ විද්‍යාත්මක හා වෘත්තීය ආයතන කිහිපයකම ගෞරවයනීය සාමාජිකත්වය හිමිකරගෙන ඇත.

තවද පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ Food Science and Technology දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ස්ථාපිත කිරීමේ පුරෝගාමී මෙහෙවර සිදුකරමින් එහි ආරම්භක අංශ ප්‍රධානියා ලෙසද එතුමා කටයුතු කර ඇත. එමෙන්ම පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ Food Science and Technology සිව් අවුරුදු උපාධි වැඩසටහන සංවර්ධනය කිරීමටද එතුමා සුවිශේෂී දායකත්වයක් ලබාදී ඇත.

එතුමා පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාල කවුන්සිලයේ සාමාජිකයෙකු ලෙසත් Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) සහ Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) යන ආයතනවල පාලක මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයෙකු ලෙසත් Sri Lanka Institute of Food Science and Technology හි පාලක මණ්ඩලයේ ආරම්භක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙසද සේවය කර ඇත.

එතුමා ලන්ඩනයේ UNDP Research අධිසාමාජික ලෙසත්, ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ Fulbright - Hays Senior Research Fellow සහ අනුබද්ධිත මහාචාර්යවරයෙකු ලෙසත්, University of Wisconsin - River Falls හි මහාචාර්යවරයෙකු ලෙසත් ජාත්‍යන්තර අධ්‍යයන හා පර්යේෂණ කටයුතුවල නිරත වී ඇත.

එමෙන්ම රටවල් 30ක ජාත්‍යන්තර උපදේශන කටයුතු සිදුකරමින් ජාත්‍යන්තර තත්ත්ව කළමනාකරණ පද්ධති සංවර්ධනය සඳහාද පුළුල් දායකත්වයක් ලබාදී ඇත.

එතුමාගේ විශිෂ්ට පර්යේෂණ හා විද්‍යාත්මක දායකත්වය වෙනුවෙන් Most Outstanding Research Contribution to Sri Lankan Science Award, Institute of Chemistry Gold Medal, National Award for Agriculture Research, Sri Lanka National Science & Technology Award ඇතුළු සම්මාන රැසකින් පිදුම් ලබා ඇත.

2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 15 වන දින වන විට එතුමාගේ විද්‍යාත්මක කෘති සඳහා Google Scholar citations 1,598ක්, h-index 20ක් සහ i10-index 33ක් වාර්තා වී තිබීමද එතුමාගේ පර්යේෂණවල දිගුකාලීන බලපෑම පිළිබිඹු කරයි.

සම්මානිත මහාචාර්ය උපාලි සමරජීව මහතාගේ නායකත්වය තුළින් අධ්‍යයන ගුණාත්මකභාවය, පර්යේෂණ, තත්ත්ව සහතිකකරණය, ජාත්‍යන්තර සබඳතා සහ ආයතනික සංවර්ධනය තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කරමින් විද්‍යා හා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ සරසවිය තවත් ඉහළ මට්ටමකට ගෙන යාමට අප බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමු.

සරසවියේ අධ්‍යයන හා අනධ්‍යයන කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය, කථිකාචාර්යවරුන්, සිසුන් සහ උපාධිධාරීන් ඇතුළු සියලුම දෙනා නව උපකුලපතිවරයා වෙත උණුසුම් සුබපැතුම් එක්කරමින් ගෞරවයෙන් පිළිගනිමු.

வளாகத்தின் கல்விசார் பயணத்தில் ஒரு முக்கியமான புதிய அத்தியாயத்தைக் குறிக்கும் வகையில், துணைவேந்தர் தகைசால் பேராசிரியர் உபாலி சமரஜீவ, இலங்கையின் உயர்கல்வி, அறிவியல் ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் தொழில்சார் துறைகளில் ஐந்து தசாப்தங்களுக்கும் மேலான அனுபவத்தைக் கொண்ட புகழ்பெற்ற மூத்த அறிஞராகத் திகழ்கிறார்.

பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் இரசாயனவியலில் தனது முதல் விஞ்ஞான இளங்கலைப் பட்டத்தைப் பெற்ற அவர், பின்னர் அதே பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் நுண்ணுயிரியல் துறையில் கலாநிதிப் பட்டம் (PhD) பெற்றார். International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST) அமைப்பின் Fellow ஆகத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள அவர், இலங்கையின் பல முன்னணி அறிவியல் மற்றும் தொழில்சார் நிறுவனங்களின் கௌரவ உறுப்பினராகவும் உள்ளார்.

பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் Food Science and Technology துறையை நிறுவுவதில் முன்னோடிப் பங்காற்றிய அவர், அதன் ஆரம்பத் துறைத் தலைவராகவும் பணியாற்றினார். அப்பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் நான்கு ஆண்டு Food Science and Technology பட்டப்படிப்பை உருவாக்குவதிலும் அவர் சிறப்பான பங்களிப்பை வழங்கியுள்ளார்.

பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகப் பேரவை உறுப்பினராகவும், Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) ஆகிய நிறுவனங்களின் நிர்வாக சபை உறுப்பினராகவும், Sri Lanka Institute of Food Science and Technology அமைப்பின் நிர்வாக சபையின் முதல் தலைவராகவும் அவர் பணியாற்றியுள்ளார்.

லண்டனில் UNDP Research Fellow ஆகவும், அமெரிக்காவில் Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellow மற்றும் இணைப்பு பேராசிரியராகவும் (Adjunct Professor), University of Wisconsin-River Falls இல் பேராசிரியராகவும் சர்வதேச கல்வி மற்றும் ஆராய்ச்சிப் பணிகளில் அவர் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளார்.

மேலும், 30 நாடுகளில் சர்வதேச ஆலோசனைப் பணிகளை மேற்கொண்டு, சர்வதேச தர முகாமைத்துவ முறைமைகளின் மேம்பாட்டிற்கும் விரிவான பங்களிப்பை வழங்கியுள்ளார்.

அவரது சிறப்பான ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் அறிவியல் பங்களிப்புகளுக்காக Most Outstanding Research Contribution to Sri Lankan Science Award, Institute of Chemistry Gold Medal, National Award for Agriculture Research, Sri Lanka National Science & Technology Award உள்ளிட்ட பல விருதுகள் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

2026 அக்டோபர் 15 நிலவரப்படி, அவரது அறிவியல் படைப்புகள் Google Scholar இல் 1,598 மேற்கோள்களையும், h-index 20 மற்றும் i10-index 33 ஆகிய அளவுகளையும் பெற்றிருந்தன. இவை அவரது ஆராய்ச்சியின் நீண்டகாலத் தாக்கத்தைப் பிரதிபலிக்கின்றன.

அவரது தலைமைத்துவத்தின் கீழ் கல்வித் தரம், ஆராய்ச்சி, தர உறுதிப்பாடு, சர்வதேச உறவுகள் மற்றும் நிறுவன மேம்பாடு ஆகியவற்றை மேலும் வலுப்படுத்தி, SITC வளாகத்தை உயர்ந்த நிலைக்குக் கொண்டு செல்ல நாங்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கிறோம்.

வளாகத்தின் கல்விசார் மற்றும் கல்விசாரா பணியாளர்கள், விரிவுரையாளர்கள், மாணவர்கள் மற்றும் பட்டதாரிகள் அனைவரும் புதிய துணைவேந்தரை மரியாதையுடன் வரவேற்று, மனமார்ந்த நல்வாழ்த்துகளைத் தெரிவிக்கிறோம்.