The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences recently expanded her wings to the ‘Saagra building’ to accommodate the Dean’s office, newly established department of Basic Sciences and the Department of Optometry which is a new degree to be offered by the Faculty in 2022. The opening ceremony was held on 1st February 2021 at 9.30 am in the Saagra building. The occasion was graced by the Senior Prof. Sudantha Liyanage; Vice-Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. P.D. Nimal; Dean – Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, Senior Prof. Aloka Pathirana; Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda;
Dean – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Registrar and Bursar of the University. In addition, Heads of departments, academic and non-academic staff members of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences participated in the event.
The administrative and finance sections including Dean’s office and the Department of Basic Sciences is housed in the Saagra building. It is a three-storied building where there are lecture halls, laboratories and staff rooms for the Department of Basic Sciences. In addition, the Examination unit of FAHS will be housed in this building.
Increasing the student intakes to the currently conducted courses (B.Sc. Nursing, B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Sciences and B. Pharmacy) and introducing new degree programmes (B.Sc.Optometry) is planned. Further expansion in terms of space, resources and logistics of providing training opportunities for students in keeping with the global trends in the allied health sciences disciplines is the greatest challenge. However, with a team of committed academics and the support of the other faculties and the guidance from the leadership of the University, the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences will grow to achieve its goals.
