{"id":12922,"date":"2026-08-25T09:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=12922"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:42:00","slug":"remembering-professor-kumudini-sriyalatha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/remembering-professor-kumudini-sriyalatha\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Professor Kumudini Sriyalatha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is with profound sorrow that the Department of Business Economics mourns the passing of <strong>Professor Kumudini Sriyalatha<\/strong>, one of the Department\u2019s most distinguished and deeply respected academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Sriyalatha was an exceptional academic, a devoted teacher and mentor, and a valued colleague. Her scholarship, leadership, and many years of service made an enduring contribution to the Department and enriched the academic journeys of generations of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her passing is an immeasurable loss to the Department of Business Economics and the wider university community. Her wisdom, kindness, and commitment to academic excellence will be remembered with the deepest respect, affection, and gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department extends its heartfelt condolences to her family and loved ones during this time of immense grief. We share their sorrow as we remember and honour a truly remarkable member of our Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha-255x319.jpg 255w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with profound sorrow that the Department of Business Economics mourns the passing of Professor Kumudini Sriyalatha, one of the Department\u2019s most distinguished and deeply respected academics. Professor Sriyalatha was an exceptional academic, a devoted teacher and mentor, and a valued colleague. Her scholarship, leadership, and many years of service made an enduring contribution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-notice-board","category-top-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ms-Sriyaltha.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7odTZ-3mq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12924,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12922\/revisions\/12924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}