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Mr. A. P. Mallawaarachchi



Lecturer

asithaprabhath@ssh.rjt.ac.lkk

+94702725259 / +94713545323

Biography

Asitha Prabath Mallawarachchi, am an academician in the field of Mass communication. I received my first degree in Mass Communication from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. There, I passed in the first class, scoring the highest GPA with a gold medal. Also, I won the ‘Shelton Gunarathne scholarship’ for the highest scoring student, making me the first student to win that scholarship in 2012.

During my undergraduate studies, I trained at several institutions. As a scriptwriter at Susila Productions House, I provided creative support for several teledramas. After that, I worked as a media assistant at the CAFFE organization and later as a journalist at Rivira News Paper. Following graduation, I joined the Ministry of Economic Development as a Press Officer.

 I was appointed as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, at the University of Kelaniya in 2013. It was a turning point in my life as I started my academic career with that. In 2015 I chose to attend the University of Tokyo, Japan, for my postgraduate degree. There I studied for a master’s degree in journalism, but I could not complete it as I had to return to Sri Lanka due to a sudden illness. Instead, I obtained a Master of Philosophy in Mass Communication from the University of Kelaniya in 2017. There I studied Gesture Communication. In 2018 I was appointed as a Lecturer in Mass Communication at the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. I am currently teaching and looking in areas such as media research, print media, media and culture, and media criticism. Now I am a member of ECLIPSE18 where I am reading for a Ph.D. in Health Communication. I hope to create a model of how the media should deal with a health issue from that study.

Educational qualifications

  • MPhil – mass communication, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2017.
  • Bachelor of art (B.A.) – mass communication special degree, with first class (hon.) University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Diploma in japanese language, Japanese Cultural and Language Institute, Kita Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.2016.
  • Diploma in desktop publishing and graphic designing, 2015.
  • Diploma in computer programming, Technical Engineering College, Sri Lanka. 2004.

Research Interests

  • Health Communication
  • Media research
  • Print media
  • Media and culture
  • Media criticism

Research Publications

Index journal articles:

  • Conflict resolution, reporting and its implication on the recipient’s mentality: A case study of reporting conflicts through printed media, AP Mallawarachchi, O Herath, N Fernando – Journal of Global Communication, 2014

Non- Index journal articles

  • බුද්ධ ප්‍රතිමාවන්හි ඇති හස්ත මුද්‍රා තුළ පවතින සන්නිවේදනාර්ථ පිළිබඳ සංඥාර්ථවේදි විශ්ලේෂණය, A Mallawaarachchi – 2018
  • අම්බලම හා බැඳි සංස්කෘතික උරුමය (පනාවිටිය දැව අම්බලම විශේෂිත ව), A Mallawaarachchi – 2017
  • ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය ඉතිහාසය හා සංස්කෘතිය හා තුළ අලියා, A Mallawaarachchi – 2016
  • සහජීවනය හා සංහිඳියාව ඇති කිරීමෙහිලා ගීත කලාවේ රසාස්වාදනීය දායකත්වය, A Mallawaarachchi – 2016
  • සංවර්ධනය හා සන්නිවේදනය, A Mallawaarachchi – 2014
  • මානසික රෝග, සියදිවි නසා ගැනීම හා ජනමාධ්‍ය, A Mallawaarachchi – 2014
  • කෘෂි කර්මාන්තය හා බැඳි උපසංස්කෘතික භාෂාව, A Mallawaarachchi – 2014
  • ජනශ්‍රැතිය හා සන්නිවේදනය, A Mallawaarachchi – 2013
  • War Crime & Media Behavior, Janasanniwedana Shastriya Sangrahaya-2013

Books

  • චූටම්මා (කෙටි කතා සංග්‍රහය), A Mallawaarachchi – 2014
  • යුධ අපරාධ හැඳින්වීම, A Mallawaarachchi – 2014
  • Media Reporting and Conflict Resolution, Oshadhi Herath, Asitha Mallawaarachchi – 2015

Conference full papers

  • Impact of Mass Media on Conflict Resolution (Specific to the Printed Media), 5th International Buddhist conference – IBC 2019 (Buddhism: Beyond Religious Extremism), Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
  • “අම්බලම හා බැඳි සංස්කෘතික උරුමය (පනාවිටිය දැව අම්බලම විශේෂිත ව)” – The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture, Centre for Heritage Studies University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka. 2017
  • “ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය ඉතිහාසය හා සංස්කෘතිය හා තුළ අලියා”, International Conference on Asian Elephant in Culture and Nature, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2016

Conference abstract

  • Engaging in a newspaper news thematic analysis to understand the socioeconomic, health, political impact of covid 19 in Sri Lanka, AP Mallawaarachchi, S Agampodi, M Weerasinghe , Faculty of Technology Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, 2021.
  • The first day on the field antenatal clinic through a different lens”; a study based on intra-personal communication model, Agampodi TC Mallawaarachchi AP, Gunathilaka T, Hettiarchchi D, APACPH 2020.
  • Impact of Mass Media on Conflict Resolution (Specific to the Printed Media), 5th International Buddhist conference – IBC 2019 (Buddhism: Beyond Religious Extremism), Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
  • නිර්වාචික සන්නිවේදන ක්‍රමයක් ලෙස හස්ත සංඥා තුළ පවතින සන්නිවේදනාර්ථ හා අන්තර්සංස්කෘතික ලක්ෂණ, Research Conference, SinhalaStudies: Past, Present and Future, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo.
  • The Impact of Sinhalese films to promote studying monarchs of Sri Lanka (Based on 08 selected sinhala films) – International Conference on Heritage as Soft Power, Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019
  • “අම්බලම හා බැඳි සංස්කෘතික උරුමය (පනාවිටිය දැව අම්බලම විශේෂිත ව)” – The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture, Centre for Heritage Studies University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2017.
  • “The Effective and the Scientific Background of the Elephant Mantra”, International Conference on Asian Elephant in Culture and Nature, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.2016
  • “ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය ඉතිහාසය හා සංස්කෘතිය හා තුළ අලියා”, International Conference on Asian Elephant in Culture and Nature, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2016
  • “Conflict Resolution, Reporting and its Implication on the Recipient’s mentality”, Media and Transformation: Exploring role of ICT, Innovative Communication and New Media, Global Communication Research Association and Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum, 2015
  • “An analysis of Socio-Economic Impact of Rehabilitated Individuals”, International Conference on Combating Alcohol, Tobacco and other drugs in National Development, Department of community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. & alcohol and Drugs Information Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka.2014
  • “Assessing the Computer Literacy of University Undergraduates, (Related to Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Kelaniya)”, International Conference on Multi-Disciplinary Approaches, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jyawardhanapura. Sri Lanka. 2014
  • “War Crime & Behavior of Mass Media: An Analytical Study Conducted on the Behavior of Print Media of Sri Lanka in Relations to the LLRC Report”. 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2013
  • ප්‍රාදේශීය අනන්‍යතාව නිරූපණ විෂයෙහි ලා පේෂකර්ම කර්මාන්තය හා රේන්ද කර්මාන්තය, 7th Research Conference, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 2014
  • සිංහල විවාහ චාරිත්‍රයන් හි පවතින සුදු පිරිවටයේ චාරිත්‍රය පිළිබඳ තරුණ තරුණියන්ගේ ආකල්ප විමසා බැලීම, 2nd Research Symposium of Temporary Academic Staff, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya,2014
  • “සමලිංගික ඇබ්බැහිය හා පවතින අන්තර් සංස්කෘතික ලක්ෂණ”, 15th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 2014
  • “අධ්‍යාපන මාධ්‍යයක් වශයෙන් නව මාධ්‍යය යොදාගැනීමේ සඛ්‍යතාවය”, 14th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 2013
  • “හස්ත මුද්‍රාවන්හි පවතින සන්නිවේදනාර්ථ”, 1st National Conference on General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya.

Proceeding of Conferences

  • Rapporteur – The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture, Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.2017
  • Rapporteur –The International Conference on Asian Elephant in Culture and Nature, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.2016

Documentary

  • A documentary on “ දැයට සවිය මව් පදවිය” for the television programme about pregnant mothers, Department of Communication, Ministry of Economic Development and Road Development Authority. 2013
  • A documentary on “ සති පොළක සිරි අසිරිය”, for the television programme about weekly fair. Department of Communication, Ministry of Economic Development. 2013
  • A documentary on “ සුව ඔසුවක් ඇවිදිමු” for the television programme on Jogging Paths, Department of Communication, Ministry of Economic Development. 2013
  • A documentary on “ පෙරමග දැක්මට සවිමත් අත්වැලක්”, Divinaguma National Project, Department of Communication, Ministry of Economic Development. 2013
  • A television programme on Liquid Milk, Department of Communication, Ministry of Economic Development. 2013
  • A television programme on Divinaguma recommendations, Department of Communication, Ministry of Economic Development. 2013
  • Director, Book of the Death (Malapotha) – Short Film. (Best Film of Bihidora Abiyasa) 2011
  • Director, Warige – Broadcasting Drama, 2011
  • Director, Aids – Advertisement, 2011
  • Director, Floor Tiles – Advertisement, 2011
  • Art Director, Art – My Life – Short Film, 2011
  • Art Director, Image – Short Film, 2011
  • Art Director, kites – Short Film, 2011
  • Script Writer T.V. අපි අපි වගේ II – Tele Drama telecast on ITN, 2010
  •     Asst. Director, හොදම අවුරැද්ද- Single Episode Tele Drama, telecast on ITN, 2010
  • Assistant Director, Reaching Hights in Community Development– Documentary, 2010
  • Director, උපාධිය – Short Film, 2008

Appointments

  • Temporary Demonstrator, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Temporary Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.          
  • Press Officer, Ministry of Economic Development, Sri Lanka.

Memberships and Awards

  • Swarna Mudrica Medal for Best Results of the Department of Mass Communication, 64th General Convocation 2012, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Shelton Gunarathne Scholarship for Best Results of the Year, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Award for Best Film (Book of the Death – Malapotha) at the Bihi Dora Abhiyasa,  Film Contest, Student Association, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Award for Best Short Story at the Manjusaawa, Student Association, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.