D-Hack 2024
The D-Hack competition, organized by the Students’ Association of the Department of Information Technology (S@IT), successfully returned for its fifth edition, expanding participation to both government and private universities. This year’s theme centered on developing mobile application prototypes to address real-world problems. The competition was sponsored by Janashakthi Group. The competition featured three preparatory workshops: […]
Coastal Clean-Up 2024
The Department of Information Technology conducted a coastal clean-up at Wellawatte Beach as part of its community service initiatives on the 5th of October 2024. The project was organized in collaboration with the Students’ Association of Information Technology and Parley Sri Lanka. Over 120 volunteers, including department undergraduates and academic staff, participated in the event. […]
Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Alumni Association of the Department of Information Technology (DITAA) was successfully held on 26th September 2024, at 6:30 pm, in-person at the New Faculty Boardroom and virtually via Zoom, with over 50 members in attendance. The meeting featured discussions on initiatives to enhance alumni engagement, support departmental activities, […]
Workshop on ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity
The Department of Information Technology successfully hosted a workshop on “ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity” on 9th September 2024. The session was aligned with the ITC 3382 – Information Systems Auditing and Control course, providing an invaluable opportunity for first, second, and third-year undergraduates to deepen their cybersecurity knowledge.The four-hour interactive session, held at ITRC Lab […]
DIT academic staff members participate in SAP Conference 2024
Mr. P.H.A.B. Shantha and Mr. Kavinga Priyasad Elamulla from the Department of Information Technology participated in the SAP Academic Community Conference India 2024 at SAP Labs, Bangalore, India, from July 22 to 25, 2024. The event commenced with the Train the Trainer Workshops, gathering over 80 faculty members from more than 40 institutions. These workshops […]
BIS Student Wins Best Startup Award at SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2024
Tharindu Fernando, a 3rd-year student from the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, has won the Best Startup Award (Central Province) at the prestigious SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2024. The SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the Sri Lankan IT industry.This recognition is for […]
Blockchain Applications for Modern Society
The Department of Information Technology held a session titled “Blockchain Applications for Modern Society” on Tuesday, May 21st, 2024. This event was part of the ongoing DIT Tech Talks series. The session provided students with a introductory view of Blockchain and applications that use Blockchain today. It also offered valuable guidance on how to develop […]
Guest lecture on the critical topics of Project Budgeting and Risk Management
Mr. Prabhath Gunawardhana, Program Manager at LSEG, recently conducted an enlightening guest lecture on the critical topics of Project Budgeting and Risk Management for third-year BIS degree students. This session, organized by Dr. Shashikala Subhashini as part of the Software Engineering Course, highlighted the crucial importance of the topics in today’s software development Industry. LSEG […]
BISWelcome Student Orientation Program 2024
The BISWelcome Student Orientation program of the Department of Information Technology was held on 04th April 2024 at the Senate boardroom of the University. The purpose of this program was to welcome first year students to the department and to make them aware of the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours in Business […]
Business Information Systems Student Symposiums (BISSS) 2024
The fifth “BIS Student Symposium” (BISSS 2024) organized by the Department of Information Technology was held on Wednesday, the 28th of February 2024 from 1.00 pm onwards at Fayol Hall, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The event was organized to provide the students a platform to engage, showcase, and contemplate […]