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Prof. Lasith Gunawardene assumed duties as the Head of the Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, on the 2nd of June 2023. He took over from Dr. Mahesh Fernando, who served as the Head of the Department from June 2020. Prof. Gunawardena joined the University as an […]

The Business Information Systems Student Symposiums (BISSS) Award Ceremony organized by the Department of Information Technology was held at the Faculty Board Room on the 24th of February 2023 with the participation of the Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, academic staff members of the Department, invitees from the corporate sector, current […]

On 20th January 2023, final year students of the Department of Information Technology went on a Field Visit to the Port of Colombo. It was the first time a field visit was organized with the motive of providing the students with an opportunity to witness and learn the theories, concepts and the practical aspects learned […]

A guest lecture on “Process Redesign and Innovation Techniques : Current Industry Practices” was held virtually for the final year undergraduates of the Department of Information Technology on 15th December, 2022 under the course module ITC4342 – Business Process Management. Dr. Shanta Rajapaksha Yapa (PhD (Colombo), FBCS (UK), MIET (UK), CMILT (SL)), the Chief Commercial […]

A Tech Talk, organized by ConceptVines in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, was held on 14th December 2022 with the title “Contributing to Free and Open-Source Software”. This was conducted as a hybrid event where students from the first year, second year, and third year of the Department of […]

The Department of Information Technology conducted a beach clean-up at the Crow Island beach, Modara as a part of its community services initiatives, on the 26th of November 2022. The project was organized in collaboration with Parley Sri Lanka and Insee Ecocycle Lanka (pvt) Ltd. Over 100 volunteers participated for the event which consisted of […]

The Business Information System Student Symposium (BISSS 2022), organized by the Department of Information Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, will be held on 27 th of August 2022 for the third consecutive year as a virtual event via zoom. The keynote speaker is Dr Maduka Subasinghage, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. This symposium is […]

The third workshop under the “Digital SME” community service project series was held on the 21st of July with the participation of small and medium enterprise owners and the academic staff of the Department of Information Technology. The third workshop was themed “Creating a website for your business: from idea to action”. The contents of the workshop encompassed […]

The Department of Information Technology of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce of University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a series of workshops titled “DIT Career Launchpad 2022” aimed at preparing the final year students of the BIS Degree for Internships and their career in the industry beyond the degree. Eight workshops were conducted with Industry […]

On July 7, 2022, the second workshop for the “Digital SME” community service project was held with the participation of small and medium enterprise owners and the academic staff of the Department of Information Technology. The session was held with the purpose of increasing awareness on “launching a successful ad campaign using multiple social media […]