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University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
75 Years of Excellence in Engineering Education

Our History

Honouring the Founding Fathers of PeraEFac
By Dr. Jeeavananda Keerthisena
The Engineering Faculty at Peradeniya (PeraEFac) was the first Engineering Faculty in Sri Lanka established, as a part of the University of Ceylon, on 1 July 1950 in Colombo. The EFac was moved to Peradeniya in October 1964, and PeraEFac has made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in the coming months...
A History of the Faculty of Engineering (1950–1971)
By Prof. S. Mahalingam
This book is work of Late Prof S Mahalingam and was published during the Deanship of Prof M P Ranaweera in December 1991. This material is shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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