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Year 2003 was an indelible year for the faculty

as the faculty was renamed; The Faculty of
Management Studies, the three-year degree
programs were changed to four-year degree
programs and Department of Management

Studies was renamed as Department of
Business Management with necessary changes
in curricula and examination criteria under the
approval of the University Grants Commission

in 2003. Thereby the faculty offered two-year
common programmes and two specialization
years and the medium of instruction of all
The Flourishing path towards the faculty’s
degree programmes conducted by the faculty is
progression was headed by the honorable
English. Subsequently, the faculty consisted of
deans; Mr. M.Y.M. Siddique (1996-1997), Mr.
two Departments which offered Four degrees;
M.A. Munidasa (Acting Dean, 1997-1998), Dr.
Department of Accountancy and Finance, B.Sc.
Jayantha Weerakoon (Acting Dean, 1998-
Financial Management (Special) and
2001), Dr. E.U.S Senanayake (2001-2004), Mr
Department of Business Management, B.Sc.
D. Jasinghe (2004-2007), Prof. DAI Dayarathne
Business Management (Special), B.Sc.
(2007-2010), Ms. L.M.C.S. Manike (2010-
Marketing Management (Special) and B.Sc.
2011), Prof. R.M.W. Rathnayaka (2011-2017)
Tourism Management (Special).
and Prof. Athula Gnanapala (2017-to date).

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