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Our Vision
“Our Department is committed to achieving excellence in dissemination and creation of knowledge to address modern day challenges in plant and molecular biology. ” Our Vision
Our Mission
"Our Department will continue to foster development of independent learning and thinking capacities of students and their employability skills that enrich their professions and communities. Our research mission of the undergraduate and graduate programs is to generate new knowledge and thereby intellectual growth related to addressing problems in the areas of plant and molecular biology. "Our Mission
Research and Postgraduate Studies
Research and Postgraduate Studies
"The taught post graduate programme, “Master of Science in Crop Protection and Plant Biotechnology” has been able to produce required human resources in the said fields. The Department also offers postgraduate research degrees at M.Phil. and Ph.D. levels. Faculty members pursue research in a multitude of areas, and have received research grants from both the national and international funding agencies such as Ministry of Higher Education, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Research Council (NRC), International Foundation for Science (Sweden), Council for Agricultural Research Policy (CARP). Many have achieved eminence and recognition in respective fields and some have won prestigious awards such as Presidential Research Awards and NSF awards. Many research papers have been published in recognized national and international scientific journals based on the research conducted in the Department. "
Message from the Head of the Department
Prof. Renuka N. Attanayake
PhD; MSc (WSU, USA), BSc (Kelaniya)
"Message"
Our Degree Equipped With
Our Degree Equipped With
Knowledge which is not content but context driven making students competent, where they are groomed through a gradual elevation of knowledge and action.
Skills which are not subject specific but generic such as communication, learning, strategy execution, condence, collaboration, leadership and innovation developed, leading to highly capable individuals.
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