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Ven. Keembiye Anuruddhasiri



Temporary Assistant Lecturer (Sinhala)

anuruddhasirik@ssh.rjt.ac.lk

+94777543428

Biography

Ven. Keembiye Anuruddhasiri is a Temporary Assistant Lecturer in Sinhala at the Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. He holds a BA (Hons) in Sinhala from the University of Kelaniya (2022) and is currently reading for an M.Phil. in Sinhala at the University of Peradeniya, and he also obtained the Prācīna Pandit Degree, securing 3rd place on the island. His work has received national recognition, including the longlisting of ‘විවර කළ වා කවුළු’ for the Vidarshana Literary Prize (2024) and the awarding of the Publication Grant (2025) by the National Library and Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka for ‘සඳස් කැඩපත’, which was selected among the five best works under the Scholarly and Research Publications category. He has served as a Junior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya and has also served at Vidyodaya Pirivena. His research interests include Classical Sinhala Literature, Metrics and Poetics, Grammar, Historical Linguistics, Literary Criticism, and Modern Sinhala Verse.

Educational qualifications

  • M. Phil. in Sinhala, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, (Reading).
  • B.A. (Hons) in Sinhala, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2022.
  •  Prācīna Pandit Degree, Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka. in the following Subjects respectively Sinhala, Pāli, Sanskrit and Passed it, setting records as the Island 3rd place, 2017.
  •  Prācīna Pandit Intermediate Examination, Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, 4th  place on the island, 2016.
  • Prācīna Pandit Preliminary Examination, Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, 20th  place on the island, 2014.

Awards and Fellowships

Literary Works Nominated for National Awards / Prizes in Sri Lanka:

  • VIDARSHANA LITERARY PRIZE 2024 – ‘විවර කළ වා කවුළු’ Poem Manuscript Longlisted (Was selected among 199 poetry manuscript collections as one of the final seven) entries for the Vidarshana Literary Prize 2024, organized by the Vidarshana Literary Prize Committee, Kalubowila, Dehiwala.
  • PUBLICATION GRANT 2025 – National Library and Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka – zසඳස් කැඩපත’ Awarded the official Publication Grant 2025 by the National Library and Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka for the scholarly and research work zසඳස් කැඩපත’ (This work was one of the five selected under the category of Scholarly and Research Publications).

Prizes

  • MOST VEN. HIKKAḌUVE SRĪ SUMAṂGALA NᾹYAKA THERA MEMORIAL SECOND PRIZE FOR SĪNHALA, PᾹLI, AND SANSKRIT by the results of the Final-1 Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2016.
  • SRĪ DEVARAKSHİTA PRIZE FOR DHARMA-VINAYA by the results of the Final-1 Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2016.
  • RATMALANE SRĪ PIYATISSA NᾹYAKA THERA MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR DHARMA-VINAYA by the results of the Final-1 Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2016.
  • SRĪ JINARATANA BODHİRATANA MEMORIAL PRIZE by the results of the Final-1 Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2016.
  • PRO. RATNA VIJETUṂGA LINGUISTIC SECOND PRIZE by the results of the Final-1 Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2016.
  • MĪGODA KALYᾹNATISSA NᾹYAKA THERA MEMORIAL SECOND PRIZE FOR ASTROLOGY by the results of the Final-1 Examination,  Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2016.
  • PRO. W. S. KARUNATILAKA SECOND PRIZE FOR SİNHALA by the results of the Final-1 Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2016.
  • MOST VEN. HIKKAḌUVE SRĪ SUMAṂGALA NᾹYAKA THERO MEMORIAL SECOND PRIZE FOR SİNHALA, PᾹLİ, AND SANSKRIT by the results of the Intermediate Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka,  2015.
  • DR. K. D. P. VIKRAMASIṂHA MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR SİNHALA LITERATURE by the results of the Intermediate Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2015.
  • KARUṆARATNA MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR PᾹLİ METRIC-RHETORICS by the results of the Intermediate Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2015.
  • KAHAVE SRĪ RATANASᾹRA NᾹYAKA THERA MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR SANSKRIT GRAMMAR by the results of the Intermediate Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2015.
  • MOST VEN. HIKKAḌUVE SRĪ SUMAṂGALA NᾹᾹYAKA THERO MEMORIAL SECOND PRIZE FOR SINHALA, PᾹLI, AND SANSKRIT by the results of the preliminary Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2014.
  • AMBEVELA SRĪ PAÑÑᾹSᾹRA MAHᾹ NᾹYAKA THERA PRIZE FOR DHARMA-VINAYA by the results of the preliminary Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka,  2014.
  • VĪRAKETIYE KAVİSHVARA NᾹYAKA THERA MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR SİNHALA by the results of the preliminary Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka,  2014.
  • SAMAYAVARDHANA SECOND PRIZE IN SİNHALA, PᾹLİ, AND SANSKRIT by the results of the preliminary Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka, 2014.
  • PRİYANKA LAKSHMAN WIKRAMASIṂHA MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR HISTORY OF SİNHALA LITERATURE by the results of the preliminary Examination, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Sri Lanka,  2014.

National and International Scholarships:

  • MAHAPOLA HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP, Awarded by the Mahapola Education Scholarship Trust Fund, Government of Sri Lanka, 2017.
  • MALAYASIA EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP (2018), Awarded by the Ministry of Education, Government of Sri Lanka due to obtaining 3rd Place in  the Prācīna Pandit Final Examination -2017).
  • KOREA EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP (2013), Awarded by the Ministry of Education, Government of Sri Lanka due to obtain the 7th Place in the Buddhist Religious Primary Pirivena Examination – 2012.

Previous Appointments

  • Previous Appointments here

Professional Experience

  • Curriculum Designer – Pali Language Certificate Course, Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (20th November, 2025).
  • Editorial Assistant – 5th Undergraduate Research Symposium on Social Sciences and Humanities (URSSSH-2026), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (1st  November, 2025).
  • Appointed Invigilator – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (From 3rd November 2025 to 31st December 2025).
  • Visiting lecture –  Diploma in Sinhala for Speakers of Tamil,  University of Kelaniya, Department of Sinhala, Sri Lanka (from 12th  of August, 2025 – Up to date).
  • Appointment as Co-Editor – Journal of Language and Culture (TJOLC)
    2025, Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (5th July, 2025).
  • Temporary Assistant Lecturer in Sinhala – Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (from 28th of April, 2025 to 27th October, 2025).
  • Appointment as Secretary – Curriculum Revision Committee (2025/26), Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, (16th May, 2025).
  • Guest Lecturer – Prāchīna Pandit Final Degree Lecture Series in 2025 organized by the Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Sri Lanka.
  • Appointment as Programme Coordinator – “Sankathana Sanalika Mandapaya”
    Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
    Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (16th March, 2025).
  • Academic Sub Warden – For Bikshu External Hostel, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka ( From 10th of January, 2025 to 27th of April, 2025).
  • Teacher– Six Months Certificate Course in Sinhala for Foreign Students, Department of Sinhala, University of Kelaniya, Department of Sinhala, Sri Lanka ( 2nd of September, 2024).
  • Temporary Assistant Lecturer in Sinhala – Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (from 28th of October, 2024 to 27th of April, 2025).
  • Resource Person / Guest Lecturer – Prāchīna Pandit Final Degree Lecture Series – 2022, ‘Prācīna Pandit ‘ undergraduates taught Sinhala Literature History Unit, organized by the Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka and DP Education.
  • Teacher – Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo, Sri Lanka (from 03rd of January, 2018 to 27st of October, 2024), Taught and trained students from primary level to Prācīna Pandit Degree level in oriental studies.
  • Resource Person/ Guest Lecturer – Prāchīna Pandit Final Degree Lecture Series in 2021 organized by the Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka.

Research Interests

  • Classical Sinhala Literature
  • Metric, Rhetorics, and Poetics
  • Grammar
  • Historical linguistics
  • Literary Criticism
  • Modern Sinhala Verse

Publications

Research Books

  • සඳස් කැඩපත (කාව්‍යකරණයේ දී භාවිත වන ඡන්දස, වෘත්තය හා එහි අර්ථ චමත්කාරය පිළිබඳ ශාස්ත්‍රීය විමර්ශනය), Kalubovila: Vidarshana Publishers (Pvt.) Ltd – This book was selected as a funded research publication under the PUBLICATION GRANT PROJECT 2025. The publication grant was awarded by the National Library and Documentation Services Board, and the book was specially recognised as one of the top five selections.

Journal Editions:

  • Vidyodaya Dharma Śāstrīya Saṃgrahaya [A Special Commemorative Volume Celebrating 150 Years of Excellence (1873 – 2023) ] – ^2025&, (Edited by four editors), Published by the Past Students’ Association of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • Vidyodaya Dharma Śāstrīya Saṃgrahaya – ^2022-2023&, (Edited by Three editors), published by the Past Students’ Association of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • Surabhaṇī  journal – Scholarly Volume Issued to Commemorate Centenary of The Myanmar  Marble Statue of Lord Buddha (2018), (Edited by four editors), published by Sri Sudharmārama Temple, Megalle, Galle, Sri Lanka.
  • Vidyodayābhā Documentary Magazin – Vol. 4 (2016), (Edited by Three editors), published by Student Society of  Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.

Journal Articles:

  • “සීගිරි කුරුටු ගීවල නිර්මාණාත්මක අගය”” Vidyodaya Dharma-Śāstrīya Saṃgrahaya (2022/2023) published by the Past Students’ Association of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10.
  • “සඞ්ඝරාජ සාධුචරියාවෙන් කෙරෙන තත්කාලීන සමාජ පර්යාවලෝකනය”, Vidyādhāra Śāstrīya Saṃgrahaya (2023), Published by The Vidyadhara Maha Pirivena, Kalakarambewa, Anuradhapuraya.
  • “සියබස්ලකර: රීතිවාදයේ ආදාසයක් ලෙස”, Vidyodaya Dharma-Śāstrīya Saṃgrahaya (2020/2021) published by the Past Students’ Association of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • “කාව්‍යමය භාෂාව පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්”, Sri Dharmaāloka Vārshika Śāstrīya Śāstrīya Saṃgrahaya – Vol. 1 (2020), published by The Sri Dharmaāloka Buddhist Students’ Association, Sri Dharmāloka College, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • “පතිරජ පිරුවණගෙ වියරණ සිදත් කෘති-පෙර කවි වහර රැකුමට කළ ප්‍රයත්නෙකි”, Sandaminineṇa‐ Paravaāhera chandarathana Nāhimi Abhinandana Upahāra Śāstrīya Saṃgrahaya (2019), published by The International Buddhist Center, Le Bourget, France.
  • “සාහිත්‍යකරණය හා බැඳුණු ප්‍රතිභා සංකල්පය පිළිබඳ විචාරාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්”, Surabhaṇī ‐ Scholarly Volume Issued to Commemorate Centenary of The Myanmar Marble Statue of Lord Buddha (2018), published by Sri Sudharmārāma temple, Megalle, Galle, Sri Lanka.
  • “කුමාරසම්භවයෙන් ප්‍රභාවිත කාලිදාසයන්ගේ වක්‍රෝක්ති ප්‍රතිභාව”, Vidyodayabhā Documentary Magazin – Vol. 4 (2016), published by Student Society of Vidyodaya Pirivena Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • “සකු ලිවිසැරි ලතාව චමත්කාරයෙන් සරි කළ කාලිදාසයන්ගේ අභිඥානශාකුන්තලය”, Vidyodayabhā Documentary Magazin – Vol. 3 (2015), published by Student Society of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • “සොබාදම් වැනුමෙන් විශද වන ගිරා සන්දේශකරුවාගේ ප්‍රතිභාව”, Vidyodayabā Documentary Magazin – Vol. 1 (2013), published by Student Society of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.

Research Abstracts:

  • “එලු සඳස් ලකුණේ ඡන්දස් ක්‍රමය සඳහා ප්‍රාකෘත-සංස්කෘත ඡන්දස් ශාස්ත්‍රීය බලපෑම” – A research paper presented at the Annual Research Symposium – 2024, Department of Sinhala – Faculty of  Humanities, University of  Kelaniya on 30th  of January 2024.
  • “කාව්‍යකරණානුබද්ධ ඡාන්දසික අර්ථාන්විතභාවය පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයක් (සිංහල ඡන්දස් සම්ප්‍රදායට මුඛ්‍යාවධානය දෙමින්)” – A research paper presented at the 1st National Research Symposium on Sinhala and Culture (NRSSC) organized by The Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka on 18th of July 2023.
  • “පද්‍යකරණය සඳහා ශුද්ධ සිංහල භාෂාව යොදා ගැනීමේ ප්‍රවණතාව සිදත් සඟරාව, සියබස්ලකර යන කාව්‍යානුශාසනයන්ගෙන් ප්‍රකට වන ආකාරය පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයක්” – A research paper presented at the Under Grad Virtual Research Symposium organized by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya on the 3rd  of February 2022.
  • “නෑඹිලිය පිළිබඳ ජනශ්‍රැති විමර්ශනයක්” – A research paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH) organized by the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka on the 22nd – 23rd  December 2021.
  • “සිදත් සඟරා ව්‍යාකරණ ග්‍රන්‍ථය පුරාණ සිංහල කාව්‍ය භාෂාව රැකගැනීම සඳහා ගත් ප්‍රයත්නයක් දැ’යි විමර්ශනය කිරීම” – A research paper presented at the 13th Annual Research Conference organized by the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka on the 26th – 27th March 2020.
  • “බුදුසමයාගත ප්‍රතිභා සංකල්පය පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්” – A research paper presented at the 15th International Conference on Pali and Buddhist Studies (ICPBS) organized by the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka on the 17th December 2019.

Proficiency in Versification

Pāli Verse:

  • “හංසභාසා” – Vidyodayabhā Documentary Magazin – Vol. 4 (2016), published by Student Society of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.

Sinhala Verse:

  • “අරගලය” – Published in Silumina Newspaper (June 26, 2022).
  • “සමිඳු සඳහම් මාලිගාවෙකි – ඇතුළු හද ගැබ බුදුන් නිවසන” Kasup Na Himi Harasaraniya (2022), Published by Kassapa Nayak Thera Leader Festival Committee, Hbaraduwa, Sri Lanka.
  • “ප්‍රතිපත්ති පූජා” – “Shākyasiṃha Maṃgalyaya Online Vesak Kalāpaya – 2021” won first place in the poetry competition Organized by the Institute of Technology, University of Moratuwa.
  • “නිවනක් සොයයි” – Published in Lankadeepa Newspaper (February 09, 2021).
  • “සැරද තෙරවර සඳ” – Adasiya Vasaka Piya Saṭahan (Aludeniye Somāloka Svāmīndra Abhistava Saṃgrahaya) (2021) published by Vidyālankāra Press, Peliyagoda. Sri Lanka.
  • “අබිනික්මන” – Budal Mama Vemi (Kāvya Saha Gītha Saṃgrahaya) (2020), published by Godage Book Shop, Colombo 10, Sei Lanka.
  • “කලරැව් අස්න” – Thotagamu Sanga Parapuren Pevathena Pituvala Purāna Vihara Varaṇnāva – Penaram Śāstrīya Lekhā (2020), published by Pituvala Purāna Mahā Vihāraya, Elpitiya, Sri Lanka.
  • “තෙර පා දම්ලකර දම් සර නිහඬ කළ”  Condolence on the Passing away of Ven. Alubomulle Dhammālaṃkāra Thera (2020), published by Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • “ජීවන අරගලය” – “Prakampana – 2019” won first place in the poetry competition Organized by Faculty of Science Art Forum, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya.
  • “වැස්ස” – “Prakampana – 2019” won the merit in the poetry competition Organized by the Faculty of Science Art Forum, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya. / This poem was published in Lankadeepa newspaper on November 26, 2019.
  • “හිමි සඳ සුපිපි මන නෙක බස වනත සත” on the Passing away of Ven. Aāndaāvala Devasiri nāyaka Thera (2019), published by Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.

Lyrics:

  • “සම්බුදුන් පා පියුම් – රෝහණ මහ සෑ ගීතය” – Singer: Sunīra Sumaṃga who won the 2017 ‘Derana Dream Star’ Championship, Music by Vishārada Darshana Wickramatuṃga, 2022.

Membership

  • Life -long Member – Alumni Association, University of Kelaniya. Dalugama, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Life-long Member – Past Students’ Association of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • Life Time member – Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka.
  • Life-long Member – Public Library, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.
  • Life-long Member – National Library, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.

Other

Course Design and Development  

  • Designed the Certificate Course in Pali Language – Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale – 2025.

Extra-Curricular Activities

  • Supported – for the Annual Research Symposium -2024, Organized by the Department of Sinhala – University of Kelaniya,  Sri Lanka,  16th of January  2025.
  • Served as a Panel Member – Diyaketa Pahana (3rd Phase -2025) Programme – organized by the Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.
  • Served as the Coordinator of the Rajarata Sankathana – Department of Languages Guest Lecture titled “Kumarathunga Munidasa’s Kavi Shikshawa: Insight into Sinhala Poetic Theory”, featuring Foreign Scholar Professor Garratte Field (Ohio University, USA), organized by the Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, 04 August 2025.
  • The “Sankathana Sanalika Mandapaya” Programme was initiated and coordinated – Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.
  • Participated in the Workshop on Outcome Based Education (OBE), Independent Learning Strategies and Study Program Review – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, 04 June 2025.
  • Supported – for the 2nd International Conference on Gender Disparities -2023, Organized by the Senter for Gender Studies – University of Kelaniya, at the Hotel Ramada – Colombo, Sri Lanka,  07th and 08th July 2023.
  • Magazine editor– Sinhala Association, department of Sinhala, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya (2021 to 9 February 2022).
  • Participant – One day Webinar for undergraduates on “Writing effective abstract for conference”, Organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of Kelaniya, 1st March 2021.
  • Judge – All-Island Dhamma School Student Competency Evaluation 2024 (Regional Level), Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka – September 8, 2024.
  • Participated in a Poetry Workshop – Poetry Rain of Bharat, Organized by the Indian Cultural Centre and the Sabuddhi Literature Circle, held at the Swami Vivekananda Indian Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo, Sri Lanka). October 9, 2024.
  • Participated as an Invited Guest – Poetry Rain of the Tanabata: Japan-Sri Lanka Poetry Day 2024 (organized by the National Youth Services Council, the Sabuddhi Literature Circle, and the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka). July 7, 2024.
  • The Preacher – In the program ‘බෞද්ධ පද්‍ය සාහිත්‍යය’ telecasted on the Charana TV channel,  on23rd  May 2024.
  • Participated as a Guest Lecturer – In the “Viduravi 2024 – Prācīna Pandit Intermediate Examination Seminar Series” organized by Horana Vidyarathna Pirivena, teaching the unit on “Sinhala Prosody and Traditional Sinhala Grammar”, 26th  March 2024.
  • The Question Papers were prepared – For the Annual Examination 2023, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
  • Participant – Workshop on “Research Methodology: Beyond the Basics”, Organized by the Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka (NSSL), on 23rd  Oct 2022. 2021.
  • Participated as the Chief Guest – For the seminar organized by Siri Gnanaratana Pirivena on the occasion of Pali Language Day on 5th  March 2020.
  • Magazine editor– Student Society of  Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka. (2016).
  • Vice-Chairman – Student Society of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka (2016).
  • Head of Examine – Shasanarakshaka Bord, Galle District, Sri Lanka, served as the Chief Superintendent of the Examination Center established at Sri Sanghananda Dhamma School, Kadawathsathara Sasanarakshaka Board, Galle at the Dhamma School Examination held on 25th November 2012.