The Official Inauguration of Virtual Class Rooms at our Alma Mater held this morning. The ceremony was attended by the Principal, Lt. Col. L. G. P. B. Liyangaskumbura, Mr. Nalaka De Silva – Assistant Principal, Mrs. Nishanthi Karunathne – College ICT Teacher, Dr. M. A. Jagath Wansapala – Secretary of the School Development Society, Mr. Mahesh Fonseka – President of the Old Boys’ Association, Mr. Dinesh Ketipearachchi & Mr. Amila Nawalage – Join Secretaries of the Old Boys’ Association, Mr. Wasantha Weerakoone – Chief Operating Officer – Tech One Global (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Manjula Wimaladasa – General Manager – Sanje (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Angelo Fernando – Head of Sales – Sanje (Pvt) Ltd, Old Sumangalian Mr. Nirodha Gunawardena – Senior Consultant – Public Sector – Sanje (Pvt) Ltd, Vice Presidents of Old Boys’ Association Mr. Sampath Perera and Mr. Chamath Dias, and few more teachers, students, and media representatives.

This is the first step of the digital transformation projects taking place at the college carried out by the ICT & Digital subcommittee of SSCOBA headed by Vice Presidents Mr. Chamara Peiris and Mr. Sampath Perera. Once the Virtual Class Rooms are implemented for all grades in the college, SSCOBA will start on the School Management System, which will empower students, teachers, college administration as well as parents.

Photo courtesy of the Photographic Society of the College.

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සියලුම ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට හා මාධ්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රයට සම්බන්ධ වෘත්තිකයන්ට කෙරෙන ආරාධනයයි!

ශ්‍රී සුමංගල විද්‍යාලයීය ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය මගින් පිහිටුවන “ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය මාධ්‍ය කවය” සඳහා අප ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය වෘත්තීය මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ හා මාධ්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රයට සම්බන්ධ වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ තොරතුරු එක්රැස් කර ඔවුන්ගේ වෘත්තීය දැනුම සහ පළපුරුද්ද පාසලේ හා ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමයේ වැඩකටයුතු සඳහා සම්බන්ධ කරගැනීමට ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය තීරණය කරන ලදී.

මේ සඳහා ඔබගේ නම, ලිපිනය, වෘත්තීය හා ආයතනය, ජංගම දුරකථන අංකය, WhatsApp අංකය සහ විද්‍යුත් තැපෑල යන තොරතුරු 076 274 5213 හෝ 077 731 6183 යන දුරකථන අංක වලට හෝ [email protected] යන විද්‍යුත් තැපෑලට අදම යොමු කරන්න.

Having successfully conducted the 1st term tests for grades 6 to 11 using the college and OBA websites and providing answers through WhatsApp Groups created for each grade, SSCOBA is taking a further step to empower the college education with Virtual Class Rooms using Microsoft Office 365 Education and Microsoft Teams applications.

At the initial stage, grades 10, 11, 12 & 13 will be onboarded to Virtual Class Rooms and other grades will be onboarded in stages in the due course. With Microsoft Office 365 Education and Microsoft Teams, all college students and teachers will get an email address under the college domain name and that can be used until they leave the college. For an example, [email protected] will be the email address. Also, each student & teacher will be given free online Office 365 access too.

With this technology implementation, our Alm Mater will be one of the very few colleges in the Island to conduct fully equipped Virtual Class Rooms.

We would like to thank Old Sumangalian Mr. Nirodha Goonawardena, Senior Consultant at Sanje (Private) Limited for providing us these tools absolutely free from Microsoft.

This is the first step of the digital transformation project taking place at the college carried out by the ICT & Digital subcommittee of SSCOBA. Once the Virtual Class Rooms are implemented for all grades in the college, SSCOBA will start on the School Management System, which will empower students, teachers, college administration as well as parents.

If you are a student or a teacher of grades 10 to 13, please register for Virtual Class Rooms by using the below links.

Grade 10
https://forms.gle/i2B8uf3DnsiXpx8p6

Grade 11
https://forms.gle/y7GFYQwGWxWoxUun9

Grade 12 Science 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8xGKqC3elZs-tb5JaumjtuTjrmjT1gJPccmBz1Q8OjuVBWA/viewform

Grade 12 Commerce 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfp4fTVjWputIi47-kDoPtWjvSlEb_dtM9OUiblrFpVvhmG9w/viewform

Grade 13 Science
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdW2GyW9GpDFCZtm3Gc6iyEvWMsUW7SLY-cQ4GzAlf9EFs0g/viewform

Grade 12 Commerce
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScn-jJSMN3M2QiIP01nhDORXDLYXbTBI-aRUjIy3wPcvjboCA/viewform

Grade 12 & 13 Arts
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfti-wRUlQOTpXgWQ6YsdtkhVqqCJfoiADa2waCcYEbTEXeQ/viewform

If you are facing any problem with the above forms please contact below contact points for support.

Nalaka De Silva – Assistant Principal (0718015076)
Gayan Srinath – Grade 10, 11 Section Head (0714448529)
Samantha Liyanagamage – Grade 10 Head (0714445364)
Ms. Nilangani – Grade 11 Head (0782800592)
Ms. Nishanthi Karunarathne – Grade 12, 13 ICT Teacher (0714967676)

If you need any clarifications regarding this project please contact the ICT & Digital subcommittee of SSCOBA using below contacts.

Sampath Perera – Vice President (077 783 6296)
Chamara Peiris – Vice President (0712 967 967)

It is with profound sadness we announce the demise of distinguished old boy Dr. Mahinda P. Malalasekera on 24th April 2020 after a brief illness.

Dr. Malalasekera is a great Sumangalian who put his heart and soul to serve our Alma Mater and SSCOBA. He was a live wire at SSCOBA, being a much sought after Vice President and a dynamic Joint Secretary. At the time of his departure, he was a Patron of SSCOBA. His benevolence towards the college would run into volumes, since brevity is the soul of wit, let us be brief.

Dr. Malalasekera was a devoted social worker who held the posts of President of Archaeological Society, and President of Justice of Peace Association in the district of Kalutara. Despite of Dr. Malalasekare’s busy schedule, he committed his precious time for the benefit of many prestigious societies such as the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress, Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society, and Sri Lankan Scouts Association. He was the Manager of Kalutara Boddhi Trust Fund too.

He is a person who won the love of everyone. Though he departed from us his legacy will remain forever. No doubt that his departure will create an unfathomable void, not only at the SSCOBA but in the society at large.

May he attain the supreme bliss of nirvana!

It is with great pleasure that we announce our distinguished old boy Mr. Sanjeewa Dharmarathne of Sri  Lanka Police Department has been recently promoted to the rank of Senior Deputy Inspector General.

Mr. Dharmarathne had his primary education at Sri Sumangala  College. Having successfully completed his secondary education from Nalanda College Colombo, he entered the University of Colombo and graduated in Physical Science.

Having completed his degree, he joined the Police Department in 1999 as an Assistant  Superintendent of Police. During his illustrious career of over 20 years in the Police service, he served in many parts of the country. He took part in UN Peace Keeping  Missions in East Timor and Haiti.

Mr. Dharmarathne has Masters Degrees in Management and Criminology from the General Sir John Kathelawala University.

As a Deputy Inspector General of Police, he was entrusted with many responsibilities such as recruitment, training, international relations, human resource management, medical services and welfare which he performed all his duties exceptionally well. His excellent service has been paid off as he was promoted as a Senior DIG.

SSCOBA takes this opportunity to congratulate Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police – Sanjeewa Dharmarathne on his promotion and wish him all the very best in his future endeavors.

It is with great pleasure that we announce our distinguished old boy Sameera Gunawardane of Sri Lanka Air Force has been recently promoted to the rank of Group Captain. Sameera joined Sri Lanka Air Force on 26th January 1998 as an Officer Cadet and later he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on 20th July 1999 and subsequently promoted to the ranks of Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, and Group Captain. Sameera underwent training on Basic Combat Training at Combat Training School Diyathalawa, Basic Flying Training, and Advanced Flying Training at No 1 Flying Training Wing at SLAF Base Anuradhapura. Subsequently, he was selected to fly helicopters and successfully completed his basic and advanced helicopter flying training at No 7 Helicopter Squadron, SLAF Base Hingurakgoda and later deployed as an opérationnel pilot and VIP rated pilot at No 6 Helicopter Squadron, No 4 Helicopter Squadron, and No 9 Attack Helicopter Squadron. He has flown and rated in Cessna 150, SF 260 Warrior, Bell 206 Jet Ranger, Bell 212, Bell 412, Bell 412 EP, MI 17 and MI 24 Helicopters. During the war on terror, his commitment towards motherland as an operational pilot in the face of the enemy was remarkable. It should be specially noted that he had been a key operator during the final war at Pudukuduirippu.

During his illustrious Air Force career spanning over two decades, Sameera has undergone several local and overseas training courses such as Human Rights Education Course at the University of Colombo, Junior Command & Staff Course and Defense Service Command, Staff Course, Air Warfare Course in India and Air Force Advance Flight Command Course in China. In addition to that, he completed his Masters in Defense and Strategic Studies at Sir John Kotelawala Defense University.

Sameera Gunawardane was entrusted with many responsible appointments such as Staff Officer Air Operations II at AFHQ, Officer  Commanding Operations at No 7 Helicopter Squadron, Officer Commanding of No 6I Flight and Second in Command of Sri Lanka Aviation contingent at UN mission in South Sudan. Presently he is holding the appointment of Commanding Officer of No 7 Helicopter Squadron, which undertakes Basic and Advanced Flying training and other Operational flying such as Troop Transportation, Medical Evacuation, Arial Reconnaissance, and Disaster Relief Operations.

As a helicopter pilot, he had logged more than 4000 flying hours in both Bell and MI Helicopters and he was awarded with Rana Sura Padakkama (RSP) three times for the act of bravery, which he had displayed during time of war in the face of the enemy.

SSCOBA takes this opportunity to congratulate Group Captain Sameera Gunawardane on his promotion and wish him all the very best in his new endeavors. 

SSCOBA is extremely happy to inform that our distinguished old by Mr. Asanga Ranasuriya (RSP and Bar, USP, psc, MSc, BSc(DS) has been promoted to the rank of Commodore. He joined General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University as an Officer Cadet in 1989 and received his second year training at Naval & Maritime Academy, Trincomalee. Upon the completion of two successful years of training, he was commissioned as an Acting Sub Lieutenant in 1991. Subsequently, he was promoted to the ranks of Sub Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, and Commodore. He is a graduate of General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University and obtained his Masters also from the same university.

He has successfully completed the Sub Lieutenant Technical Course in Sri Lanka and specialized in Communication in India. He underwent training on the Advanced Electronic Warfare course in Pakistan and successfully completed the staff course in 2005. He was a member of the crew who visited Israel for the acquisition of Fast Missile Vessel. He has taken part in a number of international seminars, workshops, get-togethers representing our motherland.

During his illustrious naval career which spans for more than 30 years, he has held a number of sea and ashore appointments where he performed them all in a highly successful manner. He has commanded Fast Attack Crafts, Passenger Ships, Fast Gun Boats, Offshore Petrol Vessels, Fast Missile Vessels namely P411, SLNS Hansaya, SLNS Weeraya, SLNS Jayasagara, and SLNS Suranimala. He held two appointments as an instructor at Naval & Maritime Academy and General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University. He has commanded naval base of SLNS Mahaweli, acted as Western Region Director of Sri Lanka Coast Guards and Commanding Officer of Coast Guard base SLCG Waruna. He performed duties as Naval Officer In Charge of Poonewa, and Commandant of Naval  Academy named SLNS Shiksha. At present, he is performing duties as Deputy Director of Naval Training at Naval Head Quarters. He will be taking over duties as Deputy Director General Coast Guard from 22nd April 2020.

He has been awarded ‘Ranashoora Padakkama‘ medal twice by the His Excellency the President for his bravery acts in the face of the enemy. Other decorations bestowed on him include Uttama Sewa Padakkama, Sri Lanka Armed Service Long Service Medal, Sri Lanka Navy 50th Anniversary Medal, 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal, North & East Operations Medal, Poorna Bhoomi Medal, and Riviresa Operation Campaign Medal.

SSCOBA takes this opportunity to congratulate Commodore Asanga Ranasuriya on his achievement and wish him all the very best in his future endeavors.

It is with deep regret we announce the demise of distinguish old boy Mr. Manukula Fonseka on 4th of March 2020.

Mr. Fonseka served as the President of SSCOBA Kandy branch and supported the Parent Body in every possible way towards the betterment of the Students, College and the welfare of our old boys. He has been playing a pivotal role in maintaining the link between Kandy Branch and the Parent Body.

His demise would be a great loss to SSCOBA. We take this opportunity to convey the heartfelt condolences of SSCOBA to the family of Mr. Fonseka. May he attain the supreme bliss of Nirvana!

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සංවේගයෙන් දැනුම් දීමයි

ශ්‍රී සුමංගල විද්‍යාලයේ දීප්තිමත් ආදි ශිෂ්‍යයකු වූ මනුකුල ෆොන්සේකා මැතිතුමා කලක් රෝගාතූරව සිට 2020 මාර්තු මස 04 වන දින අභාවප්‍රාප්ත වී ඇති බව අප සංගමයේ සියලු සාමාජිකයින්ට මෙසේ දැනුම් දෙනු ලැබේ.

කලක් අප ආදි ශිශ්‍ය සංගමයට අනුබද්ධ මහනුවර ශාඛාවේ ගරු සභාපතිවරයාව සිටි ඒ මහතා තම ධූර කාලය තුලදී මහනුවර ශාඛාවේ සහ අප පාසලේ උන්නතිය වෙනුවෙන් කටයුතු කල කීර්තිමත් ආදි ශිෂ්‍යයෙකි.

එතුමාගේ වියෝව ශ්‍රී සුමංගල විද්‍යාලයට මෙන්ම ආදි ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමයටද බලවත් පාඩුවක් වන අතර ඒතුමාට උතුම් වූ නිර්වාන සුවය ප්‍රාර්ථනා කර සිටිමු. එමෙන්ම එතුමාගේ පවුලේ සැමට මේ අවස්තාවේදී අප සංගමයේ සාතිශය සංවේගය පලකිරීමට කිරීමට කැමැත්තෙමු.

Dear Sumangalians,

Sri Sumangala College Old Boys’ Association (SSCOBA) is due to celebrate its centenary in October 2022.

SSCOBA has planned several activities to commemorate this event in a grand scale. One such activity is to publish an eulogy about SSCOBA. Therefore, SSCOBA is in the process of collecting information for the compilation of this Centenary Book.

SSCOBA kindly invites all its members and well wishers to provide the following.

• Historical information about the college
• Newspapers, magazines, books carrying articles about the school or OBA
• Old photographs related to school or OBA
• Voice recordings and video recordings
• Any other valuable information or documents related to school and OBA

If you possess any of the above information, you are kindly requested to submit those to email address [email protected] or WhatsApp number 0712 967 967. Also possible to hand deliver to joint secretaries once the current situation is back to normal. You may call the joint secretaries – Mr. Amila Nawalage on 0714455324 and Mr. Dinesh Ketipearachchi on 0777316183 for more details.

SSCOBA solicits the support of all members to make this task a success.

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ආදරණීය ආදි සුමංගලීයනි,

ශ්‍රී සුමංගල විද්‍යාලයීය ආදි ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය බිහිවී සියවසක් ගත වීමට ඇත්තේ තවත් වසර කිහිපයක් පමණි.

එබැවින්, මේ සුවිශේෂී අවස්තාව අති උත්කර්ෂවත් ලෙස සැමරීමට ආදි ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය තීරණය කර ඇත. මෙම සැමරුම් හා සමගාමීව ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය විසින් විශේෂ කෘතියක් එළිදැක්වීමට කටයුතු සම්පාදනය කරමින් පවතී.

එම කෘතියට අවශ්‍ය කරුණු සම්පාදනය කරගැනීමට සහාය වීමට ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය ඔබ සැමට කරන ආරාධනයයි මේ. ඔබ ළඟ පහත සඳහන් කරුණු හා තොරතුරු තිබේ නම් එම තොරතුරු [email protected] යන ඊමේල් ලිපිනයට හෝ 0712 967 967 WhatsApp අංකයට හෝ යොමු කරන්න. මේ පිළිබඳ වැඩි විස්තර සඳහා සම ලේකම්වරුන් වන අමිල නාවලගේ 071 445 5324 හෝ දිනේෂ් කැටිපෙආරච්චි 077 731 6183 අමතන්න.

• පාසැල පිළිබඳ පැරණි තොරතුරු, පුවත් පත් ලිපි, පොත් පත්, පින්තුර, හඬ පට හෝ වීඩියෝ පට
• ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය පිළිබඳ පැරණි තොරතුරු, පුවත් පත් ලිපි, පොත් පත්, පින්තුර, හඬ පට හෝ වීඩියෝ පට

අපට ලැබෙන තොරතුරු, ඒවායේ වැදගත්කම හා නිවැරදිතාව අනුව සංස්කාරක මණ්ඩලය විසින් කෘතිය වෙත ඇතුලත් කරනු ඇත.

මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය සාර්ථක කරගැනීමට ආදි ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය සමග සම්බන්ධ වීමට කැමති සුජාත ආදි සුමංගල පුතුන්ටයි මේ ගෞරවනීය ඇරයුම.

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