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Ms. Hasanthi Premathilake



Lecturer (Temporary)

hasip@ssh.rjt.ac.lk

+94 77 906 6224

Biography

Ms. Hasanthi Premathilake is a Lecturer (Temporary) at the Department of Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and Previously served as a temporary lecturer in Hindi at the University of Kelaniya. She obtained her MPhil degree in Hindi at the University of Kelaniya and her Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Hindi with a First Class from the same university. She has received Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi at Central Institute of Hindi (KHS), Agra, India. She is working as a member of a few academic projects at several universities in Sri Lanka.

Educational qualifications

  • MPhil (Hindi) – University of Kelaniya (2024)
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Hindi – University of Kelaniya (2021) – First Class
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi – Central Institute of Hindi (KHS), Agra, India (2019)
  • Diploma in Translation and Interpretation – Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya (2023)
  • Hindi Prathamic Examination – Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras, India (2015)
  • Certificate Level inTamil Language, University of Kelaniya (2018)
  • Certificate Level in English Language, University of Kelaniya (2018)

Awards and Fellowships

  • Mahatma Gandhi Samman (2024) – Honoury award for the Service of Hindi Internationally – Awarded by the International Association of Hindi, India.
  • Prof. Indra Dassanayake Memorial Gold Award (2022) – for the Best Performance, 127th General Convocation, University of Kelaniya.
  • Scholarship to pursue the Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi at Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra, India- (2018), High Commission of India, Sri Lanka 
  • Ven. Kudawalle Wangisa Nahimi Memorial Prize (2020) – Awarded by the Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
  • Professor W. S. Karunathilake Memorial Scholarship for the Best Performance (2017)- Awarded by the Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
  • ‘The Spirit of the Service’ Award for the most outstanding member of the club at Rotaract District Assembly for the year 2019-2020
  • Outstanding Service Award for the Charter year- Rotaract Club of Colombo Central (2018-2019)
  • Most Outstanding Rotaract Community Service Project under Community Development at Rotaract District Assembly for the year 2017/18- Silver award

Previous Appointments

  • Web Coordinator of the Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka – 2023 – present
  • Organizing Committee Member of National Research Symposium on Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka – 2023
  • Expert Reviewer for the Third Undergraduate Research Symposium (URSSSH-2023) – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
  • Co-Editor – National Conference on Foreign Languages and Literature, organized by the Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka – 2023
  • Member of the Editorial Board – The 1st National Research Symposium on Sinhala and Culture 2023, Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Previous Appointments

  • Temporary Lecturer in Hindi – Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (2023-present)
  • Temporary Lecturer in Hindi – Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2021-2023)
  • Interpreter – Fairtrade Network of Asia and Pacific Producers, Singapore (December 1, 2022-December 31, 2022)  
  • Teacher (Hindi) – Viharamahadevi Balika Vidyalaya, Kiribathgoda (August 2015- November 2015 and September 2020- October 2020)

Research Interests

  • Hindi Grammar
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Translation Studies
  • Comparative studies
  • North Indian Culture

Publications

Index Journal

  • 2023, A Contrastive Analysis of English-Hindi Noun Phrase in the Discipline of Translation,Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 8 (1), pp. 1-13, http://doi.org/10.31357/fhss/vjhss.v08i01.01
  • 2022, Shabdoon ke Arth Parivarthan ki Dishaein: Sanskriti aur Arth Vigyan ke Paripekshy mein, Sanskritik aur Samajik Anusandhan (E-ISSN – 2582-5852), Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 11-14.

Non index Journal:

  • 2024, An Analytical Study on the Joining of Hindi Occurring in Pronunciation: Standard Hindi, Journal of Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Research, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Buddhist, and Pali University of Sri Lanka
  • 2023,A Comparative Study of Hindi-Sinhala Nouns in the Context of Culture and Semantics,Journal of Intangible Cultural Heritage (JICH 2023), 2 (1), pp. 1 -18; ISSN 2820-2260 (Online)
  • 2023, Semantic Changes of Words in the Context of Culture and Semantics: Based on Sansktrit Loaned Words Found in Hindi, Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Language Studies (LOGOS), Vol 1 (1), pp. 54-68, p-ISSN: 2961-5828; e-ISSN: 2989-0527

Books:

  • English-Hindi-Sinhala Idioms and Pronouns, Samudra Book Publications, ISBN: 978-624-203-238-2

Conference Full Papers:

  • 2019, Comparison of Hindi and Sinhala Language Vowels, International Seminar on Hindi aur Sinhalie: Samanantar Dharaen, Swami Vivekanand Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo, pp. 17-21

Proceeding of Conference:

  • Conference Presentation titled ‘A Comparative Study on the Meaning of Sanskrit Loaned Word ‘Atma’ in Hindi and Sinhalese in the Religious Context’ for World Hindi Day Research Conference 2024, organized by Swami Vivekanand Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘Hindi-Sinhala Sanskrit Loaned Words in the Context of Semantics: A Comparative Study’for International Conference on Sanskrit 2023, organized by Department of Languages, Faculty of Languages & Cultural Studies Bhikku University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘An Analytical Study on the Contraction of Voiceless Glottal Fricative Sound in Spoken Hindi: Rapid Speech Context’ for International Postgraduate Research Conference 2023, organized by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘Hindi-Sinhala Syllabification with Reference to Sanskrit Loaned Words: A Contrastive Analysis’for National Research Symposium for Social Sciences and Humanities 2023, organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘A Comparative Study on English-Hindi Idioms: Based on 50 Selected Idioms’ for National Conference on Foreign Languages and Literature, organized by the Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘Hindi-English Pronoun System: A Contrastive Analysis’ for 7th International Research Conference (IRCUWU) 2023, organized by the Uwa Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘An Analytical Study on the Joining of Hindi Occurring in Pronunciation: Standard Hindi’ for International Conference of Post Graduate Studies, organized by Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Buddhist and Pali, Sri Lanka.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘Onomatopoeic Words in Sinhalese and Hindi: A Comparative Study’ for International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS 2023) organized by Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘An Analytical Study of Thematic Roles Functioning in Hindi Syntax’for International Post Graduate Research Conference (2022) organized by Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘හින්දී භාෂාවේ උභය ලිංග නාම පදවල අර්ථ භේදය පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්’ for 8th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches (iCMA) – 2022 organized by Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමය ඔස්සේ හින්දී  භාෂාව ඉගෙනීමේ දී මතු වන ශබ්ද විද්‍යාත්මක දෝෂ පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්’ for 21st International Postgraduate Research Conference IPRC (2021) organized by Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya.
  • Conference Presentation titled ‘Comparative Study of Hindi-Sinhalese words in the context of Culture and Semantics’for 3rd International Conference of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) organized by Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura.
  • Conference Presentation titled‘Sociolinguistic Study of Issues in Sign Language Users Learning a Second Language’ for Undergraduate Research Symposium (2019) organized by Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
  • Conference Presentation titled‘Comparison of Hindi and Sinhala Language vowels’, International Seminar on Hindi aur Sinhali: Samanantar Dharaen (2019) organized by Swami Vivekanand Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo.

Trainings

  • Research Methodology Skills Development Programme 2022, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya
  • Staff Development Programme for the academic year 2020-2021, conducted by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
  • Staff Development Program for the academic year 2019-2020, conducted by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
  • Refresher Workshop for Hindi teachers in Sri Lanka organized by Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo.
  • Rotaract District Training Assembly 2020-2021, organized by Roraract District 3220 Sri Lanka and Maldives.
  • Annual Rotary and Rotaract District Conferences of Rotary District 3220 Sri Lanka and Maldives- 2017-2019

Others

  • Book Reviews
    • The Book review of ‘Bharath ka Prachin Ithihas’ by R. S. Sharma for the publication A Thousand Archeo Books organized by the Department of Archeology, Sri Lanka.
  • Editorials
    • List of Errata of‘Manthan Hindi Textbook for G.C.E. Advanced Level, First Edition 2020’, published by Samudra Book Publication (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo 8.
    • Editor of Hindi-Sinhalese Adjective Glossary, Dr. Anusha Salwatura, 2022, Published by Vidyalankara Press.
    • Editor of Short Story Translation (Hindi-Sinhala),Dr. Anusha Salwatura, 2023, Published by Vidyalankara Press.
  • Translations
    • The Hindi short story ‘Nashaa’ by Indian author Mannu Bhandari was translated into Sinhala as ‘Madamath wa’, published in Foreign Literature in Translations: An Anthology – Volume 06, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya 
  • Guest Lectures
    • Guest Lecture for G.C.E Advanced Level and G.C.E Ordinary Level students for Hindi around the country – organized by the Student Council of the University of Kelaniya