Introducing Uditha Devapriya: Researcher, Writer, Activist-by Michael Roberts
Source:Thuppahis
During a recent visit to Sri Lanka, I was visited by Uditha Devapriya on a specific research quest. Readers of Sri Lankan newspapers will be aware of his writings on several political topics. But it is only this month that I became fully aware of his weighty background in scholarly affairs and the full range of his attainments in the past 10-13 years.
I am delighted to tell the world that Uditha has teamed up with Uthpala Wijesuriya, a bright young man from Royal College in Colombo, to embark on a research project entitled “Another Time, Another World. A Voyage Down Memory Lane.
Nay more: the two are about to embark on an oral history project inspired by the efforts on these lines in the 1960s by a bloke educated at Peradeniya and Oxford Universities. These projects can be dwelt on in due course. What the world needs to absorb first are the attainments spelt out in Devapriya’s CV.
HIS STATEMENT of INTENT: “I recently completed the Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies. I have been writing to various local and foreign publications on a range of topics of academic interest for 10 years. My work has led me to engage with scholarly research, which I wish to develop at a higher level abroad.”
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Laws, LL. B), Cfps Law school, Universityof London, 2013-16 ….. Obtained Merit results in the first year and was selected for a 100% scholarship in the second year for scoring high marks in first year subjects, in particular Criminal Law.
Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, 2020 …………….
I have been writing to various local and foreign publications on a range of topics of academic interest for 10 years. My work has led me to engage with scholarly research, which I wish to develop at a higher level abroad.
Graduated in November 2023. My thesis, on “Sri Lanka-Central Asia Ties, was supervised by Dr Chulanee Attanayake, and won the Best Dissertation Prize for 2023.
