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Ruhuna undergrad wins Gold at Inter University Chemistry competition
View(s):Dinesh Amarasinghe of the University of Ruhuna won the Gold Medal at the all island Inter University Chemistry Competition 
2012/2013, conducted by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Sri Lanka at a ceremony held recently.
Thirty top performers from the six universities competed. K.K.D.P.D. Godakumbura and Ruvini Rajapaksha received two merit awards.
The Awards Ceremony was held at the SLAAS Auditorium at which Amarasinghe who obtained a first class honours degree in Chemistry from the University of Ruhuna made a presentation based on his final year research project titled “isolation of natural pigments with potential photosensitizing property”
Wathsala L. Waduge brought honours to the University of Ruhuna by winning the gold medal at the 2010/2011 competition. The University of Ruhuna is the only university to win this completion twice since its inception in 2001.
Gold medalist Dinesh Amarasinghe and merit award winner Ruvini Rajapaksha, with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna, Dean of the Science Faculty, Senior Prof Gamini Senanayake, W.G.D. Dharmaratne and the Head of the Department of Chemistry, Dr (Ms) Madurani Edussuriya, - Text and Pics by P.D. de Silva
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