Vavuniya Meteorological Office

As part of the course module ENS2213 (Applied Hydrology and Water Resource Management), level 2 students in the Department of Bio-science went on a field visit to the Vavuniya Meteorological Station on 14th July 2023. The objective of the visit was to acquire knowledge regarding the operation principles, measurements, and daily observation routines of recording and non-recording types of meteorological instruments.

Workshop - Materials, Tools, and Techniques of Mushroom Production

Superbox maintenance, honey extraction techniques, and queen bee capturing

Silage production techniques

Environmental Studies Newsletter 2022 (Vol III)

Environmental Studies Newsletter 2022 (Volume III) has been launched online by the Vice Chancellor, University of Vavuniya.

Superbox maintenance and honey extraction techniques

Capturing and installing a swarm of bees - Apiculture training session

Mr. K. Thangarajasingam (Resource person for bee honey production) visited the University of Vavuniya on 18th November 2022 9 am – 2.30 pm to provide demonstrations and training to students and staff on the beehive handling and queen bee capturing techniques. More than 50 persons participated in the training session. Level 3 undergraduates at the Department of Bio-science participated in the training session for the course module ENS3153 Environmental Biotechnology. The visit has been arranged by Dr. (Ms.) J. Nimalan (Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Bio-science) and coordinated by Mr. G. Naveendrakumar (Project Coordinator/AHEAD ELTA-ELSE Dept. DP) under the AHEAD grant sub-activity 1.1/1.2.

Ecotourism community awareness program

The Level II students of the Department of Bio-science conducted an outreach program as a part of the course module ENS2262 (Ecotourism) for the Primary School students of V/Ayesha Maha Vidyalaya (closest school to the University). The main aim of this outreach program was to entertain and educate the students about the local forest ecosystem and to make them interested in its nature and the importance of conservation. This program also helps to disseminate the knowledge obtained by the students to the community via practical demonstration and by providing the live experience of forest adventure. This project acts as an initiative to establish “The Ecotourism Unit” in the Faculty of Applied Science. This program was conducted as a part of the Silver Jubilee Celebration of the Faculty of Applied Science and was sponsored by the FAS AHEAD ELTA/ELSE project.

Field Visit

Level 3 students of the Department of Bio-science went on a Field Visit to the plantation nursery in Pampaimadu and forest plantation site (maintained by the Forest Department of Vavuniya) on 19th May 2022.

Department of Bio-science

The Department of Bio-science is one of the departments in the Faculty of Applied Science of Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, commenced in 1997. The Department of Bio-science offers the bachelors degree programme in Environmental Science. The Syllabi has been drafted with different courses in Environmental Science and Bio-science with emphasis on fields of technological importance.