General Convocation 2022 – University of Colombo

Posted on September 7, 2023

The University of Colombo held its General Convocation 2022 for the Faculty of Medicine on 06th September, 2023 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo. The event was preside over by the chancellor Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero,and in the presence of Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor H.D. Karunaratne, Registrar Mr KAS Edward, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Vidya Jyothi Senior Prof. Vajira H.W. Dissanayake, several academic and administrative staff, as well as both MBBS and BSc Physiotherapy graduates. Prices and Gold medals were also awarded to the outstanding medical students.There are no of 190 students (A/L 2015) graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, no of 67 of students (A/L 2016 & 2017) graduated Bachelor of Honours in Physiotherapy and no of 04 students graduated Bachelor of Health Studies.

University of Colombo Award for the Academic Excellence in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery awarded to Mr. J.N. Ariadurai (A/L 2015 batch), University of Colombo Award for the Academic Excellence in Bachelor of Science in physiotherapy awarded to Ms. M.H. Hasintha (A/L 2017 batch) & Ms. C.S. Kodithuwakkuarachchi (A/L 2016 batch).

Following students of the faculty were awarded Medals for their outstanding performance

Chalmers Gold Medal for Anatomy – Ms. G.S Dushyanthy
Professor K.N. Seneviratne Memorial Gold Medal for Physiology – Mr. P.F.S.C Fonseka
Gamini Kannangara Medal for Physiology – Ms. K.A.H Piyatissa
Gladys Jayawardene Gold Medal for Parasitology – Mr. K.S.L Wijewantha
Vythialingam Sivalingam Gold Medal and Scholarshop in Parasitology – Mr. K.S.L Wijewantha
Loos Gold Medal for Pathology – Ms. K.A.H Piyatissa
Vanderstraten Silver Medal for Hygiene – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Professor Dulitha Fernando Gold Medal for the Best Performance in Community Stream of the MBBS Degree Programme – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Mylopulle Silver Medal for Pharmacology – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
N.D.W Lionel Medal – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Mathew Gold Medal for Forensic Medicine – Ms. K.A.H Piyatissa, Mr. N.N Wijesuriya
Beartrics Illangakoon Medal in Practical Forensic Medicine and Toxicology – Mr. J Mithushan, Mr. N.N. Wijesuriya, Mr. K.S.L Wijewantha
Medal in Microbiology – Ms. K.A.H Piyatissa
Dr D. de S. Muthukumarana Memorial Prize for Medicine – Mr. P.F.S.C Fonseka
Professor K Dharmadasa Gold Medal for Clinical Medicine – Mr. P.F.S.C Fonseka
Rajasuriya Prize for Clinical Medicine – Mr. G.K.D Rajaratne
Dhunjishaw Dadabhoy Gold Medal for Medicine – Mr. P.F.S.C Fonseka
Professor Channa Wijesinghe Medal for Psychiatry – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Wilson Illangakoon Gold Medal in Clinical Psychiatry – Mr. T Sayeeshan
Maneckbai Dadabhoy Gold Medal for Midwifery (Obstetrics) – Ms. W.T.N.K Wijethunga
The Naomi Thiagarajah Prize for Midwifery – Ms. W.T.N.K Wijethunga
Prof. S.S. Ratnam Book Token for Gynaecology – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Dr. A.D Wijesena Memorial Gold Medal for Obstetrics & Gynaecology – Mr. K.S.L Wijewantha
Prof. D.E. Gunatilake Memorial Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Mr. K.S.L Wijewantha
Ranasinghe Memorial Prize for Reproductive Health – Ms. W.T.N.K Wijethunga
Prof. T. Visvanathan Gold Medal for Excellence in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology – Mr. G.K.D Rajaratne
Dr. Alaric Jayasinghe Memorial Gold Medal in Paediatrics – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Professor Sanath P. Lamabadusuriya Gold Medal for Clinical Paediatrics – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Drogo Austin Gold Medal for Orthopaedics – Mr. J Mithushan
Dr. M.N. Burhan Gold Medal for Surgery – Mr. J Mithushan
The Rockwood Gold Medal for Surgery – Mr. J Mithushan
Sir Andrew Caldecott Gold Medal for Final MBBS – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Joseph Nalliah Arumugam Memorial Award for Final MBBS – Mr. J.N Ariadurai
Sumanawathie de Costa Jubilee Award for the Best Student – Mr. J.N Ariadurai