Hindi - Udeshika Perera

Senior Lecturer W. Udeshika Piumali Perera Head of the Department (Acting)MA (Kel'ya), BAHons (Kel'ya), PGDip. in Education Management & Leadership (OTHM, UK), Dip. in Tamil (IHRA, C’lmbo), Dip. in Translation & Interpretation (Kel'ya)

Contact

Department of Hindi StudiesNo. 218, University of KelaniyaKandy Road, Dalugama, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Residence: Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94112987105 (Office)Email: udeshikap@kln.ac.lk (University)

Academic Qualifications

MA in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2023BA (Special) in Hindi (First Class Honors) - Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016
Other Qualifications

Post Graduate Diploma in Education Management & Leadership - OTHM, UK (2026)
Completed the Short Course in Qualitative Research - Stanford International Campus of Business and Technology, Kandy, Sri Lanka (2022)
Completed Diploma in Quantitative Research - Stanford International Campus of Business and Technology, Kandy, Sri Lanka (2021)
CMB Spoken Intermediate Level in English (Merit Pass) – British Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2019)
Rastrabhasha Examination Level in Hindi - Assistant High Commission of India, Kandy – All Island First Place (2011)
Diploma Level Course on Hindi Language Proficiency at Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo – All Island First Place (2014)
Diploma in Tamil as an Additional Language - Institute of Human Resource Advancement, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2016)
Preliminary Competence Level in Tamil Language (Level III) - Department of Official Languages, Rajagiriya (2012)
Diploma in Translation & Interpretation (Merit Pass) Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya (2017)
Foundation Level of AAT (SL) - Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka, Colombo (2013)
Certificate Examination for Dhamma School Teachers - Department of Buddhist Affairs, Sri Lanka (2011)

Teaching/ Professional Experience

Senior Lecturer- II at the Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2023 to present)
Lecturer at the Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2018-2023)
Visiting Lecturer at Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (April 2018 – July 2018)
Junior Fellow at Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2016-2018)
Teacher of Buddhism, Sri Sumangala Daham School, Polgolla, Kurunegala (2010-2011)
Qualified for the Pool of Foreign Language Translators of the Department of Official Languages
Hindi-Sinhala interpreter at the United Nations Day of Vesak (UNDV) 2017, Colombo

Administrative Positions

Acting Head of the Department, from August 2026 to present
Department coordinator for the Action Plan and Strategic Plan from July 2022 to present
Department coordinator of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell to the Quality Assurance of the University of Kelaniya from July 2020 to present
Department representative - As a Master Trainer for internship, Internship Program of BAHons Degree Programme, Department of Hindi Studies, Faculty of Humanities, from August 2020 to present.
Department representative - As a Master Trainer for IT Skill Development Course Unit, AHEAD Project from 2020
Student Counsellor of the Faculty of Humanities for the academic year 2020/2021
Senior Treasurer of Hindi Parishad for the academic year 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022
Department coordinator for the Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree Internship Program from August 2020 to present
Academic Warden of Hemachandra Ray Internal Girls’ Hostel for the academic year 2017/2018 (From 21 st January 2019 – 28 th February 2020)
Academic Sub Warden - Gunapala Malalasekara Girl’s Hostel, University of Kelaniya. (2016-2018)

Curriculum Development

Member of the curriculum revision committee of the Certificate Level course in Hindi - Proficiency in Hindi, 2023
Member of the curriculum revision committee of the Bachelor of Arts (External) Degree in Hindi, 2021, and translated the revised curriculum from English to Sinhala
Member of the curriculum revision committee of the Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree in Hindi, 2020
Member of the curriculum revision committee of the Bachelor of Arts Degree- Hindi, 2019

Awards

Contribution Excellence in Humanities award for the contribution given to the Department of Hindi Studies and for the growth and development of the humanities- At the Excellence in Humanities Awards 2024, organized by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Samman for innovative contribution in promoting Hindi in Sri Lanka (2024), awarded by the International Hindi Association, India.
The Most Ven. Rathmalane Sri Dharmaloka Memorial Gold Medal - Best Performance at all Faculties in Special Degree Examinations of 2015/2016, University of Kelaniya.
The Most Ven. Kotahene Sri Pragnakeerthi Memorial Gold Medal – Receiver of the Highest Marks of the Faculty of Humanities in Special Degree Examinations of 2015/2016, University of Kelaniya.
Professor Indra Dassanayake Gold Medal - The Best Performance of Hindi in Degree 2016, University of Kelaniya.

Research and Publications

Research Articles

सुहाग के नूपुर में चित्रित दो व्यक्तिवाले नारी-पात्र (Two Different Personalities of Feminine Characters depicted in the Hindi Novel 'Suha:g Ke: Nu:pur'), Indrabhivandana'- Prof. Indra Dassanayake Felicitation Volume, 2019, pp. 332-338
हिंदी उपन्यासों में स्त्री-विमर्श का स्वरुप (hinɖi: upa·nja:sõ: mẽ stri: ʋima·rʂ ka: sʋəru:p), Prabha - Academic Journal, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2017, Vol. 2, Issue. 5, pp. 111-122

Conference Abstracts

Comparative Analysis on Dandiya Ras and Lee Keli Dances- 4th International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka and UNESCO Sri Lanka National Commission (2023)
Aspects of Linguistic Sexism in Hedges and Fillers of Hindi- 3rd Biennial International Conference of the Indian Association for South Asian Studies (IASAS), Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies (NIIBS), Sri Lanka and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (2023)
Aspects of Gender Identity on the Usage of Questions in Hindi - Conference of The Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (SLACLALS), Colombo, Sri Lanka (2023)
Aspects of Linguistic Sexism in Personal Deixis of Hindi - International Conference on the Humanities (ICH 2023), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2023)
ධම්මපදයේ සහ කබීර් ග්‍රන්ථාවලියේ අන්තර්ගත සමාජීය ඉගැන්වීම් පිළිබඳ තුලනාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක් - International Conference on Pali and Buddhist Studies (ICPBS), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2023)
Analytical study of syntactic errors of undergraduates in writing Hindi as a second language - International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2022)
An Analytical Study on Applicability of the Sustainable Development Goals Depicted in the Hindi Short- story ra:ni: mã: kã: cəbu:təra: - International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanaka (2017)
Aspects of Eco-Feminism in Amrita Pritam’s Novel: ‘Pinjar’ - International Conference on the Humanities (ICH) Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2016)
A Comparative Study on the Sound Systems of Hindi and Sinhala Languages -International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2016)
An Analytical Study on the Problems in Learning Sounds of Hindi Language which are faced by the Sinhala Native Speakers (in Sinhala)- Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG) in 2015.

Seminar Presentationsहिंदी तथा सिंहली भाषाओँ के रंग संबंधी पदों के निहितार्थों का एक तुलनात्मक अध्ययन (Implications of Terms of Colors in Sinhala and Hindi Languages- The International Seminar on ‘Hindi aur Sinhali : Samanantar Dharaen’ in 2019
Unpublished Research

Sociolinguistic Aspects of Gender Identity in Hindi Language: With special reference to the narration of female protagonist in feminist Hindi film Queen - Master of Arts in Linguistics Dissertation, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2023)
An Analytical Study of Female Characters on Feminism, Depicted in Novels of Amrita Pritam: with special reference to the novel, ‘Pinjar’ – BAHons Degree Dissertation, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2015)

Translations

Translated Hindi short-story ‘Ja:hnawi:’ (Hindi to Sinhala) - Volume of Foreign Language Translations, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya- 2020
Translated Hindi short-story 'ra:ni: mã: kã: cəbu:təra:' (Hindi to Sinhala) - Volume of Foreign Language Translations, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya- 2019
Translation of the message of keynote speaker: Professor Indra Dassanayaka (Hindi to Sinhala) The First Undergraduate Research Symposium on Hindi Studies, Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2016)

Research Interests and Activities

Research Interests Sociolinguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics, Feminism and Gender Studies, Second Language Teaching, Hindi Literature, Translation and Interpretation
Current Research ActivitiesError Analysis of Writing Phonemes, Morphemes and Syntax of Hindi as a Foreign Language: with special reference to the undergraduates of BA Honors in Hindi degree program

Other Contributions

Reviewer of the Journal of Gender Studies, Tailor and Francis, York, Great Britain, 2023.
Reviewer of abstracts at the 6th Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG), Faculty of Humanities, 2023
Reviewer of abstracts at the 5th Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG), Faculty of Humanities, 2022
Chief Coordinator of the Indian Food Festival in celebrating National Hindi Day of India, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2023.
Member of the organizing committee of Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Humanities, 2023.
Member of the organizing committee of Excellence in Humanities Awards, Faculty of Humanities, 2023.
Member of the organizing committee of the International Conference on the Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, 2023.
Member of the organizing committee of Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Humanities, 2022.
Member of the Executive Committee and Technology Assistant of the International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), Faculty of Humanities, 2020/21.
Session Rapporteur of Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Humanities, 2021.
Member of the organizing committee of Undergraduates' Research Symposium, Faculty of Humanities, 2019
Member of Editorial Board of the research volume Indrabhivandana (Prof. Indra Dassanayake Felicitation Volume) and member of organizing committee of Book Launching Ceremony, 2019
Member of Editorial Board - Indrabhivandana Felicitation Volume, Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2018)
Member of the Organizing Committee – Two days Teacher Training Program, Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2018)
Volunteer of the SER (Self Evaluation Report) Project, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2017)
Member of the Organizing Committee - Indo- Sri Lanka Hindi Conference (ISHC), Dept. of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2017)
Rapporteur - The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya (2017)
Member of the Editorial Board and the Organizing Committee - The First Undergraduate Research Symposium on Hindi Studies, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2016)
Student Volunteer - The International Conference on Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya (2015)
Member of Editorial Board of Hindi Parishad, Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya (2015-2016)
Member of the Athletic Team of the University of Kelaniya (2011-2012)

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