'විවරණ' 2024 - First Phase

The first phase of ‘විවරණ’ 2024, an Advanced Level Accounting Special Seminar organized by the Accounting and Financial Management Association (AFMA), was successfully held on June 27th, 2024, at the National College of Education, Maharagama, marking its 6th consecutive year. Over 850 A/L students and accounting teachers participated. Resource persons included Mr. Rangajeewa Herath, Dr. Isuru Manawadu, Mr. Chathuranga Sandaruwan, and Ms. Amali Henadirage, all lecturers from the Department of Accounting, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dr. Dushan Jayawickrama, Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (FMSC), and Snr. Prof. Kennedy Gunawardana, Head of the Department of Accounting, delivered speeches. Sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, its president, Mr. Heshana Kuruppu, also addressed the gathering. Additionally, Ishini Amararathne, the 2022 A/L Commerce stream island first-place winner, and Sakithma Yatawatta, both students of the Department of Accounting, gave motivational speeches. Feedback from both teachers and students regarding the seminar was overwhelmingly positive.
Prior to the seminar, a special segment was aired on ITN’s Piniwiyana program on June 17th, 2024, to raise awareness about the ‘විවරණ’ 2024 seminar. The program discussed key details of the seminar, highlighted the department’s pioneering role in accounting education within the Sri Lankan university system, and the role of AFMA as the student body of the department. Ms. Amali Henadirage, Coordinator of AFMA, along with Kalindu Ladduwahettige, President of AFMA, and Ishini Amararathne, Secretary of AFMA, participated in the discussion.  

Awareness Program of ‘විවරණ’ 2024  – https://youtu.be/A40dJUvpxkE?si=tHJDUrqrQwQnVtfM
Album Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.981714133745952&type=3
Feedback Video: https://www.facebook.com/AFMAfamily/videos/494912899655791