Academic Mentoring Program- Phase I
An Academic Mentoring Program where a senior faculty member mentors a junior faculty member about how to progress in their academic life was commenced in January 2017. Dr. K.V. Dhanapala was appointed as the Coordinator of the Academic Mentoring Program. A meeting was held with all academic members to launch this program on the 16th of January.
A TOR on mentoring program and duties of mentors and mentees and “To Do” and ”No to Do” list by both mentors and mentees, developed by the IQAC of Sri Palee Campus were distributed among all academic members.
Academic Mentoring Program – Phase II
The Academic Mentoring Program (AMP) was revisited after Dr. K.V. Dhanapala, the Coordinator of the AMP of Sri Palee Campus attended the training workshops conducted by the Medical Faculty, launched under the direction of the VC. Accordingly, the following senior academic members were selected to act as mentors for the junior staff of the campus and their names were sent to the Medical Faculty AMP Coordinator to include into the university academic mentors’ pool.
Prof. Ranjan Hettiarachchi
Dr. Tudor Weerasinghe
Dr. Dharmakeerthi Sri Ranjan
Dr. Sugath Senarath
Dr. K.V. Dhanapala
Dr. Wathsala Athukorala
A comprehensive Manual for Academic Mentoring was developed by Dr. K.V. Dhanapala, the Coordinator of the Academic Mentoring Program of Sri Palee Campus and approved by statutory bodies of the university. A booklet of this manual was printed and circulated among the academic members of the campus.