"Civil Padura-2022" 

Date: 10^th of November, 2022 

Venue: Civil Engineering Department premises

The most awaited annual entertainment event of the year, “Civil Padura-2022” was held on 10^th of November, 2022 at the Civil Engineering department premises (“Civil Meda Midula”). This mass event was organized by the Civil Engineering society of University of Moratuwa, and the main role of organizing was played by the 18^’ batch of the Civil Engineering department.

Most of the academic staff members were present at the event, and they enjoyed “Civil Padura” till the end without leaving their seats. Prof. (Mrs.) C. Jayasinghe (Head of the Civil Engineering Department), Prof. M.T.R Jayasinghe, Prof. J. Manatunge, Prof. W.K Mampearachchi, Prof. M.W Jayaweera, Prof. I.R.A Weerasekara, Dr. T.G.P.A Weerasinghe, Dr. L.L Ekanayake, Dr. L.I.N de Silva,Dr. H.M.S.T Herath and Dr. K.K.G.K Dhanushka were present at this glorious  moment, and also most of the academic and non-academic staff members were there to witness the most precious and the most colourful night of November.

Since most of the undergraduates are stuck in academic activities, this was a great opportunity for them to release academic stress and to improve their mental health. “Civil Padura -2022” started at around 6.30PM. The event commenced after lightening the oil lamp in traditional way, and the welcome speech was done by Malith (President of the Civil Engineering Society) as a batch representative. After that the Head of the Department, Prof. (Mrs.) C. Jayasinghe addressed the gathering.  Although there was a rainy climate at the time, the whole area in front of the Civil Engineering Department was filled with university undergraduates before the clock hits 7:00 PM. Since the beginning of the program was presented with a dramatic element that made people laugh, all the viewers were happy about the event from the beginning.

The colourful lamps, lanterns and the charming decorations added a simple and warm beauty to the event.  With the incomparable decorations done by the 18^’ batch undergraduates, “Civil Padura” became a more colourful and fascinating musical night.  Then there were traditional dancing events, music performances and a continuous drama event presented by the 18^’ batch undergraduates. It was very inspiring to watch those performances presented by our own brothers and sisters in a live stage that made by themselves. And the songs performed by the lecturers were an inspiring thing to witness.

There was a little break, and during the break the refreshments were served to all who were present. After the break there were many other singing and dancing performances staged by our own brothers and sisters. When it comes to an end there were many students from many departments covering all the visible area, and that crowd gathered indicated the level of success of the event.

Finally, the vote of thanks was delivered by Ayesh, a representative from the 18^’ batch. He thanked everyone who was on stage and who was backstage in the success of the marvelous event “Civil Padura – 2022”. And yes, it was a creative and an excellent entertainment event organized by the Civil Engineering Department of University of Moratuwa.

 

 

Suhastha’21

“Suhastha” indeed can be named as one of the most valuable welfare events conducted by CES. Irrespective to the interrupts from pandemic situation, we could successfully organize “Suhastha” under two phases this time.

 

Phase 1: O/L Mathematics Seminar

 

Suhastha’21 was organized by level 2 students of the Civil Engineering Department with the guidance and contribution of senior batches and the academic staff. The support, sacrifice and the strong will of the lecturers and the well-wishers and the undergraduates strengthened Phase one of “Suhastha” ’21 and lead the event towards success even under the prevailing pandemic situation of the country.

Due to the covid-19 health issues we were not able to follow the usual Suhastha project, so we discussed and finalized of caring out the project under main two phases in accordance with the health guidelines provided. As the phase one, we planned a 5 day O/L mathematics seminar via Zoom platform in Sinhala, English and Tamil mediums. And as the phase two we planned of doing a book donation to two identified underprivileged schools.

The Mathematics seminar series was commenced from 31^st January onwards till 4^th February for 5 days, after collecting student registrations under the 3 selected mediums. 15+ volunteers was assigned for the 5 successive days for teachings students. On the five days target subject areas and the target model paper questions were discussed. Additional to those, tutorials under the relevant topics were also given for the students for further practice. Other than that motivational sessions, friendly sessions and ‘kahoot’ quizzes were also included. And the winners of those quizzes were awarded with the prizes.

There were nearly about 2000+ number of student registrations, 600+ participants for the Sinhala medium seminar, 200+ participants for the English medium seminar and 200+ participants for the Tamil medium seminar. On 4^th of February the seminar series was concluded successfully bringing our hopes and the objectives we set into a reality.

 

 

 

 Phase 2: Book donation

 A book donation program was carried out by the Civil Engineering Society of University of Moratuwa under the 2nd phase of "Suhastha" event for the year 2022. The book donation was planned to do for two selected underprivileged schools, but with the excess number of books collected we were able to expand the project up to three underprivileged schools. The books were collected island wide, assigning one representative per each district. On 10th of March 2022, we distributed the collected books for those schools under the guidance of the Civil Engineering Society. Other than the collected books, extra learning materials were also distributed.

 

Selected schools:

●       Mulandiyawala Maha Vidyalaya, Middeniya-Panamure Road.

●       Diyalape Vidyalaya, Akuressa

●       Narandeniya national school, Kamburupitiya

 

The schools were selected under the following criteria.

●       Lack of facilities.

●       Educational standards.

●       Distance from educational resources.

●       Low exposure to technological trends.

●        Requirements in renovating structures. 

 

Through the book donation session we expected to overcome the following boundaries encountered by students:

●       Most of the underprivileged schools are away from the educational resources. So those schools are in need of a proper library.

●       Guiding the students in reaching subject related or non-related competencies.

●       It is one of the best methods for students in rural areas to see the world.

 

This special program can be mentioned as a very important event under CES. Through this important event, expected task could be completed successfully, bringing joy and satisfaction to everyone who participated.