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Clean Water and Sanitation
September 08, 2023
Groundbreaking Research on Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Wins Best Paper Award
In a remarkable achievement, two distinguished researchers, Cmde(E) MCP Dissanayake and Cdr (E) (Retd) HGS Hikkaduwa, both from the Department of Marine Engineering at Kotelawala Defence University, secured the prestigious Best Paper Award at the International Research Conference’s Technical Session IV on September 8, 2023. Their groundbreaking paper, titled “Preliminary Wave Energy Assessment
June 19, 2023
ECO-LEGAL CREATIVITY 2023
The Environmental Assistance, Research, and Training Hub (KDU-EARTH) of the Faculty of Law, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) organized an Art, Literary, Sculpture, Photograph, and Video competition titled ‘Eco-Legal Creativity 2023’ on the 6th June 2023. It was formally declared open by Brig. DCA Wickramasinghe USP USACGSC, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Defence and Administration
December 14, 2022
KDU takes part in the International Water Conference 2022 organized by the National Water supply and Drainage Board
The Centre of Excellence for Water and Sanitation (CEWAS) of The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) hosted the International Water Conference 2022 from 14th to 17th December 2022, under the theme of ?Water for Sustainable Development: Cooperation, Partnership, and Appropriate Technology?.On the invitation of the NWSDB, the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Technology of Gener
November 02, 2022
Educate school children outside about water conservation
An educational program was held in Ratmalana Kandawala Vidyalaya to increase awareness among schoolchildren about the importance of water conservation. The program was organized by the civil engineering department of the Faculty of Engineering as part of their CSR projects. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Nilupul Gnasekara stated that KDU allocates funds annually to maintain the waterways, especially
September 10, 2022
Clean Drinking Water for CKDu Impacted Community in Ulpathwewa Village
The Marine Engineering Society (MRES) combined with the Department of Marine Engineering (DOMR) installed a new Reverse Osmosis (RO) water purification plant at Ulpathwewa Raja Maha Viharaya, Ulpathwewa, Kanthale on 23rd August 2022.Ulpathwewa is a rural village in Kanthale. There are approx. 200 Sinhala, Muslim and Tamil families struggle to live with minimal infrastructural support in this
January 28, 2022
KDU educates the campus community about the sustainable use of water
An awareness session for the KDU community was held under the patronage of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Defenec & Administration) Brig. Vipula Chandrasiri about the responsible and sustainable use of water on all campuses. The session was held in the KDU auditorium on Monday, January 3, following the commencement of work for the new year 2022. The session covered multiple aspects, includi
