Annual Alms Giving 2008

Sinhala Hindu New Year Celebrations - April 2008

Dear All,

SLSAJ Research Journal and Research Session - 2007

SLSAJ has decided to hold its Research Session for the year 2007, namely, RS-2007 on 2^nd, September 2007 in AIEJ Hall, Komaba Tokyo. As you may be aware Research Session (RS) is potentially the biggest event of SLSAJ though it is only five years old. Last year, we could send the Annual Research Journal of SLSAJ to Sri Lankan universities and other research institutions and in return, SLSAJ has been appreciated very much by those institutions. Our idea towards this end was to share research activities of Sri Lankan community in Japan with that of in Sri Lanka.

We kindly invite you to contribute to the RS-2007 through submitting your papers, in sequel to be published in the Annual Research Journal of SLSAJ 2007 or doing a presentation. Some of the authors (in some cases, few non-authors) would be selected and subsequently invited do presentations for the RS-2007.

To maintain the standard of the research journal the committee of SLSAJ decided to form a panel for the RS in this year too. The main idea is to enhance the standard of the papers. This is an ideal opportunity for authors to get expert advice, important feedbacks, etc. and the Panel would perform giving every possible encouragements, support, etc for every author.

Important dates of RS-2007

Success of this event largely depends on your contribution and participation. As most of you are doing quality and active research, we believe that we will receive overwhelming contributions from you.

Please kindly note the following details for manuscript preparation

General Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation (See the attached sample format)

1. Papers should be written in English.
2. Papers should be written using Microsoft Word word-processor.
3. Attributes of the manuscript

 
 Paper format       :   B5 - Portrait double column
 No of Pages       :   3 - 6
 Font type           :   Times New Roman
 Font size            :   10
 Line spacing       :   single
 Margins              :   Top: 2.5 cm, Bottom: 2.0 cm, Right: 2.5 cm, Left: 1.5 cm 

[Download sample paper in MS-Word format]

4. All figures, graphs, tables, etc and equations should be embedded in the paper.
5. Do not include page numbers.

Papers should be submitted to SLSAJ via e-mail through the co-coordinators. If you find any difficulty in this type of submission, please kindly contact the co-coordinators

RS-RJ 2007 Co-coordinator

P. Navinda Kishan De Silva (The University of Tokyo)

E-mail : navindad@gmail.com Tel : 090-3543-8657

Assistant Co-coordinators

Himani Samarakoon (The University of Tokyo)

E-mail : himanira@yahoo.com Tel : 080-5460-9508

Upuli Gunawardene (The University of Tokyo)

E-mail : prabuddhika@gmail.com   Tel : 080-6661-0348

Editors

Ominda Prasad (The University of Tokyo )

E-mail : omindap@yahoo.co.in Tel : 080-5675-5959

Chammika Mannakkara (Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

E-mail : chammika@gmail.com Tel : 090-6193-6819

Mohamed Fazil (Meiji University)

E-mail : mmfazil@yahoo.com Tel : 080-6503-1943

Chathushka Ranawaka (Rikkyo University)

E-mail : ranawakacha@yahoo.co.jp Tel : 090-4209-1899

If you are willing do a presentation but not to submit a paper, and then you are kindly requested to contact the Organizing Committee by the paper submission deadline. Presenters of the RS-2007 would be selected after the deadline for the paper submissions. Those who are selected will be notified.

Contributors are kindly requested to provide the following additional details separately.

Details of the author(s)/presenter:

1. Name(s) of the presenter or the first author and other authors, if any:
2. Contact address, telephone numbers, & e-mail addresses of all mentioned in 1.
3. Specify your major field of study

e.g.       Engineering
Medical & Dental Sciences
Physical & Computer Sciences
Agriculture & Biological Sciences
Economics & Management
Arts, Humanities, History & Languages
Other (Please describe)

4. Your willingness to do a presentation:

General Guidelines for Presentations:

 1. Should be presented in English
 2. Should use visual aids.
 3. Limits to 20-minute talk followed by a 10-minute question and answer session.
 4. Should be understandable for general academic listener

We wish your kind cooperation for a successful RS-2007.

Thank you.

NAVINDA

RS-RJ 2007 Co-coordinator

Sinhala Hindu New Year Celebrations - April 2007

SLSAJ Research Journal (Issue 6) - 2006

(Articles available to download in PDF format)

Dear Honorary Members, Members and Well-wishers of SLSAJ,

As you may already be aware, the RS Sub-committee is proudly making arrangements to host the Annual Research Session of SLSAJ - 2006 at the AIEJ Hall, Komaba, Tokyo on September 30th (Saturday), 2006 from 1.25 pm to 5.15 pm.

As an association comprised of academics of different fields hailing from a variety of educational institutes, the Annual Research Session is of utmost importance as a premium forum in addressing the professional and educational needs of the Sri Lankan student community in Japan. The Annual Research Journal of SLSAJ 2006 (Issue 6) to be distributed at this occasion and intended to be circulated amongst the libraries in Sri Lankan academia will serve as a virtual bridge to convey the advances made by Sri Lankan researchers in Japan in various disciplines to their counterparts in Sri Lanka. The Research Session will include guest speeches and presentations from a wide range of research fields.

You are cordially invited to grace this important event with your presence, sharing the knowledge, enthusiasm and the inspiration of our student community.

 The Program of this event is as follows: 

 1.25 pm Inauguration

 1.30 pm Welcome Speech by the President of SLSAJ

 1.35 pm Guest Speech by H.E. the Ambassador

 Session I – Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science

Co-chaired by:   Prof. Jay Rajasekera, PhD (IUJ Business School,  International University of Japan, Nigata) and

Mr. Chammika Mannakkara (National Institute of Informatics)

1.45 pm "Introduction to RS-2006" - by Co-cordinators: Mr. Chaminda Abesinghe (Waseda University), Mr. Rohan Jayatilake and Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies – GRIPS, Tokyo)

 1.50 pm                 Plenary Speech I:

“Field Survey of the Tsunami Caused by the Sumatra-Andaman
Earthquake of December 26, 2004 and the Post-Tsunami Situation in Sri Lanka”- by Dr. Anil C. Wijeyewickrema (Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

 2.20 pm Technical Presentation I (Engineering):

“Japanese Experiences to Mitigate Flood Disaster in Sri Lanka”

- by Dr. Bandara Nawaratne (Visiting Senior Research Engineer, Civil Engineering Research Institute, Taisei Technology Center, Yokohama)

 2.40 pm                 Technical Presentation II (Mathematics & Computer Science):

“Credit-rating of Japanese Electrical Companies” - by Mr. Priyantha Wijayatunga (Dept. of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

3.00 pm                 Tea Break

 Session II – Economics & Management Studies

Co-chaired by: Dr. Chaminda Gallage (University of Tokyo) and

Mr.  M. M. Fazil (Meiji University, Tokyo)

3.10 pm                 Plenary Speech II:

“Disparities in Sri Lanka: Recent Trends”  - by Dr. N. S. Cooray (Professor, International University of Japan - IUJ, Niigata)

 3.40 pm Technical Presentation IV (Economics):

“Impact of Japanese Foreign Direct Investments on the South Asian Region” - by Ms. Seetha Bandara (Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo)

4.00 pm Technical Presentation IV (Management Studies):

“Organizational Culture in Sri Lankan Context”- by Mr. Samantha Kaluarachchi (Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University, Tokyo.)

4.20 pm Introduction of Individual Research Interests by Participants

Co-chaired by: Dr. Lalith Rajapakse (Saitama University) and Dr. Palitha Jayasekara (University of Tokyo)        

5.00 pm Vote of Thanks by the Secretary of SLSAJ

5.15 pm End of Research Session – 2006

 Thank you very much. 

SLSAJ

September 10, 2006

[Download Invitation in pdf]

[Download Program in pdf]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SLSAJ Research Journal and Research Session - 2006

SLSAJ has decided to hold its Research Session for the year 2006, namely, RS-2006 on 30th September, 2006 in AIEJ Hall, Komaba Tokyo. As you may be aware Research Session (RS) is potentially the biggest event of SLSAJ though it is only four years old. Last year, we could send the Annual Research Journal of SLSAJ to Sri Lankan universities and other research institutions and in return, SLSAJ has been appreciated very much by those institutions. Our idea towards this end was to share research activities of Sri Lankan community in Japan with that of in Sri Lanka. 

We kindly invite you to contribute to the RS-2006 through submitting your papers, in sequel to be published in the Annual Research Journal of SLSAJ 2006 or doing a presentation. Some of the authors (in some cases, few non-authors) would be selected and subsequently invited do presentations for the RS-2006.

To maintain the standard of the research journal the committee of SLSAJ decided to form a panel for the RS in this year too. The main idea is to enhance the standard of the papers. This is an ideal opportunity for authors to get expert advice, important feedbacks, etc. and the Panel would perform giving every possible encouragements, support, etc for every author.

Important dates of RS-2006

Success of this event largely depends on your contribution and participation. As most of you are doing quality and active research, we believe that we will receive overwhelming contributions from you.

Please kindly note the following details for manuscript preparation

General Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation (See the sample format)

1. Papers should be written in English.
2. Papers should be written using Microsoft Word word-processor.
3. Attributes of the manuscript
 

               Paper format        A4 - Portrait double column  
               No of Pages         3 - 6
               Font type             Times New Roman
               Font size             12
               Line spacing        single
               Margins               Top:  2.5 cm, Bottom: 3.2 cm, Right: 1.9 cm, Left: 1.9 cm 
                    

4. All figures, graphs, tables, etc and equations should be embedded in the paper.
5. Do not include page numbers.

Papers should be submitted to SLSAJ via e-mail through the co-coordinators. If you find any difficulty in this type of submission, please kindly contact the co-coordinators

RS-RJ Co-coordinators 2006

If you are willing do a presentation but not to submit a paper, then you are kindly requested to contact the Organizing Committee by the paper submission deadline. Presenters of the RS-2006 would be selected after the deadline for the paper submissions. Those who are selected will be notified.

Contributors are kindly requested to provide the following additional details separately.

Details of the author(s)/presenter

1. Name(s) of the presenter or the first author and other authors, if any:
2. Contact address, telephone numbers, & e-mail addresses of all mentioned in 1.
3. Specify your major field of study

                e.g.         Engineering
                              Medical & Dental Sciences
                              Physical & Computer Sciences
                              Agriculture & Biological Sciences
                              Economics & Management
                              Arts, Humanities, History & Languages
                              Other (Please describe)

4. Your willingness to do a presentation:

General Guidelines for Presentations

               1. Should be presented in English
               2. Should use visual aids.
               3. Limits to 20-minute talk followed by a 10-minute question and answer session.
               4. Should be understandable for general academic listener

We wish your kind cooperation for a successful RS-2006.

Thank you.

SLSAJ

14th July, 2006

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SRI LANKA STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION IN JAPAN

2550^TH BUDDHA JAYANTHI COMMEMORATION

VESAK FESTIVAL

on

SATURDAY 20^TH MAY 2006

at

GOTAMI VIHARAYA, HATAGAYA, TOKYO

(151-0072, Shibuya ku, Hatagaya 1-23-9 Tel- +81-3-5738-5526)

 from

 10.00 am to 04.00 pm

How to Access - http://www.j-theravada.net/gotami.html

Further Details:

Achala Jayatilleke  080-6516-4489

Thushara Chaminda  080-5042-6481

[Download Invitation in pdf]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

I N V I T A T I O N

Sinhala & Tamil New Year Celebrations in Tokyo

Sinhala & Tamil New Year Celebrations 2006 will be held on Sunday 16^th April 2006 from 10:00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. at the Shibaura Shogakko, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Co-organizers: Sri Lanka Student’s Association in Japan, Sri Lanka Association of Japan and Embassy of Sri Lanka in Japan.

His Imperial Highness Prince Mikasa and Her Imperial Highness Princess Mikasa will be the chief guests and Hon. Yasuo Fukuda, President of Japan Sri Lanka Association, Hon. Hoisei Norota, President of the Japan Sri Lanka Parliamentary League, Ambassador Yasushi Akashi, Special Representative of the Japanese Government to the Peace Process in Sri Lanka will also be present to grace the occasion.

Many Sri Lankan nationals and Japanese well wishers from different prefectures are expected to attend the celebrations.

Sinhala & Tamil New Year Celebrations　in Tokyo will come to you with many traditional and customary games such as Kotta Pora, Kamba Edeema, and cultural programs, including Avurudu mesaya [New Year breakfast table] with a variety of Sri Lankan assorted sweets, Avurudu Kumari competition, fancy dress competition for children and grand musical evening by “Sihense” with popular Sri Lankan Artist Jagath Wickramasinghe.

A special crew from Sri Lanka Rupavahini will be videoing the celebrations to be telecast on Sri Lanka Rupavahini.

Sinhala & Tamil New Year Celebrations in Tokyo will be a golden opportunity for Sri Lankans in Japan to celebrate Avurudu [New Year] along with their Sri Lanka friendly Japanese nationals. 

You are cordially invited to be present/ participate along with your family members and friends. 

[Invitation in Sinhala]

[Invitation in English]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Call for Articles, Art Works, News Items and Information for

Tharanga 2006 of SLSAJ

Dear Well wishers, Honorary Members and Members,

The Executive Committee of SLSAJ has appointed a Sub-committee for organizing the publication of this year issue of annual magazine of Tharanga. The distribution of forthcoming Tharanga 2006 would be on April, 2006, that is when the Association celebrates the New Year. As you may be aware, the magazine usually contains articles from various topics, poems, drawings –both by adults and children, information and mild research papers, etc.--hereinafter referred as items, intended to the general reader The above mentioned items are now being accepted for publication in the Tharanga 2006.

We hope you will contribute to Tharanga 2006 with your creations, imaginations and knowledge to make the year 2006 issue a success as in the previous years. Please note some important points mentioned below when preparing your own items for the publication.

As the first draft of Tharanga 2006 will be finalized by 10th of March 2006, we kindly request you to submit your items, ON or BEFORE the 10th of March 2005 to any of following e-mail addresses. If you need posting your items, especially, drawings, etc.  Just drop us an e-mail so that we can provide with you a postal address for that purpose.

Your kind cooperation will be very much appreciated.

Thanking you,

Sub-committee for Tharanga 2006 of SLSAJ

·   Tushara Chaminda (tusharachaminda@yahoo.com)

·   Nalin de Silva (nalindesilva1975@yahoo.com)

·   Himani Samarakoon (himanira@yahoo.com )

·   Chaminda Abesinghe (ncabesinghe@yahoo.com)

·   Achala Jayathilake  (achala_uj@yahoo.com)

·   Anura Pushpakumara (anura_pushpakumara@hotmail.com)

IMPORTANT POINTS

1.      Language of the item should be Sinhala, Tamil, English, or Japanese.

2.      Subject of the item should be of interest to the general reader. Avoid anything too technical.

3.      Maximum number of words for an item should be 3,000.

4.      Typed items will save a lot of time and effort of organizers. Use any software or word processor that you wish and send us the typed article. If you are not familiar with typing in Sinhala, we can help you in doing so.

5.      Items should be e-mailed to one of the e-mail addresses above or posted to an address that would be provided on request by the organizers.

6.      Color images and photographs may be included in your items. If you like to submit them through e-mail, use a common format such as PostScript, JPEG, and GIF. Please do not send images embedded in the article. To show us the format of your items, embed them in, say, an Microsoft Word document but, please send them separately also.

7.      Please don't forget to include the following information along with your items. Some of the information may appear with your item in the magazine. If you don’t like appearing these information in the magazine please specify which,

1.      Name (Prof./Dr./Rev./Mr./Ms.)

2.      University/College/School/Lab/Company/Office

3.      Major Field of Study/Studied

4.      E-mail address

5.      Mailing address in Japan

Please include these information on the back page if your item, if it is a drawing.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New Year and Thai Pongal Festival - January 2006

SLSAJ has decided to hold New Year and Thai Pongal Festival on January 8th, 2006 at AIEJ Hall, Komaba Tokyo.

Program

10.30 Lighting of the traditional oil lamp
10.40 Welcome speech by the president
10.50 Speech by H. E. the ambassador
11.10 Cultural show (Songs, drama, kids  performances, etc)
12.00 Tea table
13.00 Fun games
14.20 Vote of thanks by the Secretary
14.30 Dismissal

MAP-KOMABA HALL (TOKYO)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Welcome Reception for the newcomers and Annual General Meeting of SLSAJ -2005

 This is to inform you that the SLSAJ, in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Japan, is planning to host a Welcome Reception for the students who are entering Japanese Universities from Sri Lanka, in the academic years starting from April and October 2005. This is a special event for SLSAJ and this is also the first time such a welcome reception is organized. The main objective of the event is to initiate a programme to provide essential guidance and support to newcomers and make them comfortable with the Japanese culture and environment. In addition, this would be a great opportunity as a gathering for new members, past members and well-wishers of SLSAJ.

 In addition, the Annual General Meeting of SLSAJ will be convened on the same day to appoint new office bearers to continue the valuable services rendered by the SLSAJ for the coming year.

We would be grateful, if you could confirm us your participation in advance, dropping me an email to the address: anura@env.gse.saitama-u.ac.jp on or calling us to 090-3594-7170, on or before 14th October 2005, since we need the exact number of participants in arranging facilities for the event.

Thanking you,

Sincerely yours,

Anura Pushpakumara

Secretary/SLSAJ,

Email: anura@env.gse.saitama-u.ac.jp

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Research Session 2005
 

SLSAJ has decided to hold its Research Session for the year 2005, namely, RS-2005 on 4th of September, 2005 in AIEJ Hall, Komaba Tokyo. As you may be aware Research Session (RS) is potentially the biggest event of SLSAJ though it is only four years old. Last year, we could send the Annual Research Journal of SLSAJ to Sri Lankan universities and other research institutions and in return, SLSAJ has been appreciated very much by those institutions. Our idea towards this end was to share research activities of Sri Lankan community in Japan with that of in Sri Lanka. 

Important dates of RS-2005

Success of this event largely depends on your contribution and participation. As most of you are doing quality and active research, we believe that we will receive overwhelming contributions from you.

Please kindly note the following details for manuscript preparation

General Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation

1. Papers should be written in English.
2. Papers should be written using Microsoft Word word-processor.
3. Attributes of the manuscript
 
  Paper format A4 Portrait double column    
  No of Pages 3 - 6   
  Font type Times New Roman   
  Font size 12    
  Line spacing : single   
  Margins :    Top Bottom Right Left   
                     2.5 cm 3.2 cm 1.9 cm 1.9 cm 

4. All figures, graphs, tables, etc and equations should be embedded in the paper.
5. Do not include page numbers.

Papers should be submitted to SLSAJ via e-mail through the Members of the Organizing Committee. If you find any difficulty in this type of submission, please kindly contact the Organizing Committee. If you are willing do a presentation but not to submit a paper, then you are kindly requested to contact the Organizing Committee by the paper submission deadline. Presenters of the RS-2005 would be selected after the deadline for the paper submissions. Those who are selected will be notified.

Contributors are kindly requested to provide the following additional details separately.

Details of the author(s)/presenter

1. Name(s) of the presenter or the first author and other authors, if any:
2. Contact address, tel-numbers, & e-mail addresses of all mentioned in 1.
3. Specify your major field of study

 Eg.  Engineering
 Medical & Dental Sciences
 Physical & Computer Sciences
 Agriculture & Biological Sciences
 Economics & Management
 Arts, Humanities, History & Languages
 Other (Please describe)

4. Your willingness to do a presentation:

Please see the following details regarding presentations

General Guidelines for Presentations

1. Should be done in English.
2. Should use visual aids.
3. Limits to 20-minute talk followed by a 10-minute question and answer session.
4. Should be understandable for general academic listener. 

We wish your kind cooperation for a successful RS-2005.

      © 2005. All Rights Reserved. SLSAJ. Write to Web Master