Engineering Students Union

Faculty of Engineering
University of Peradeniya
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Arunella Program
2012/2013


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Content

1. Arunella ............................................................................................................... 1

2. Arunella O/L Seminar Series 2012 ........................................................................ 5

3. Arunella Social Responsibility Program 2013........................................................ 8

4. Arunella Scholarship Program 2013 .................................................................... 10

5. Financial Management ........................................................................................... 12

6. Contacts ................................................................................................................. 13

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1) Arunella; For a better future generation

Arunella, organized by the Engineering Students Union of Faculty of Engineering,
University of Peradeniya is far beyond a common charity program. Since the slightest
beginning, it has become the heartbeat of a group of young engineering undergraduates,
who had the ambition to serve the countrys future with an educational aid.

As the ESU, we believe that the poverty should not be an obstacle to generate new ideas
and create a great person for the betterment of the society. Also we consider that the
greatest service a man can ever do is serve for the betterment of the society. If
that great humanity is reflected through our effort, that is the only expectation of us as
the Engineering students in University of Peradeniya. We would like to humbly remind
that, we are not only just engineers who know only strength of materials, but also
humanists who know the strength of the sweats of people.

Twilights of the Arunella program fell in to the Faculty of Engineering in 2000, when
an idea was created to form a fund to provide economical support for the
undergraduates of the Faculty of Engineering, for those who were suffering from
economical deprivations. Over the years this program sprouted step by step and was
spread over various directions to enlighten not only the lives of faculty undergraduates,
but also of the students from various parts of the country who are following school
education.

Arunella program is consisted with three phases, namely
Arunella Seminar Series
Arunella Social Project
Arunella Scholarship Program









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1.1 Arunella Seminar Series

The main objective of the Arunella seminar series is to aid the G.C.E Ordinary Level
(O/Ls) students in rural areas, who have difficulties in learning mathematics and science
subjects due to the sacristy of teachers and other facilities. There is no doubt GCE
Ordinary level exam level is the first gateway to the higher education. Therefore it is a
timely need to help those less privileged students to continue the education while not
falling behind due to any political or socio-economic reason. Fortunately, the
Engineering Students Union who initiated the Arunella program saw this and
formulated an effective program to fulfil that gap in the Sri Lankan education system as
much as they can.

Under the Arunella seminar program, the students of the Faculty of Engineering visit
such school students in weekends and conducts tutorial and theoretical seminars
according to the government syllabus. Every year, students from various schools
gathered in number of centres in all over the country, to participate in this seminar
program.







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1.2 Arunella Social Responsibility Program

In parallel with the seminar series, Arunella social project is carried out, targeting the
betterment of under-privileged schools. The tasks carried out here include developing of
various facilities such as libraries, class room buildings, water supplies and many more.
A few recent social projects are listed below.


2006 Development of library facilities in Siyabalanduwa Kanishta Vidyalaya
2007 Donation of library material
2008
Infra-structure development program in Ihala Allewewa Vidyalaya,
Polonnaruwa
2009 Infra-structure development in Angammana Vidyalaya, Gampola
2010
Renovation the library and donation of library material at Hasalaka,
Ulpathagama Kanishta Vidyalaya
2011 Constructing a school building for Athabandiwewa Vidyalaya, Dambulla
2012 Water supply project for Paththunupitiya Maha Vidyalaya, Nawalapitiya
2013
Infra-structure development program in Ambalankanda Maha Vidyalaya,
Mawanella


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1.3 Arunella Scholarship Program

The main purpose of the Arunella scholarship program is to support economically
deprived undergraduates of the Faculty of Engineering. For the past twelve years, more
than 350 Engineering undergraduates were granted with Arunella scholarships.

Arunella Scholarship fund is strengthened by,
The scholarships which are given by the employers of public and private sectors in
Sri Lanka, social service organizations and the engineering graduates of the faculty.
The profit gained by selling T-shirts, pens, umbrellas, bags embedded with
Arunella logo.
The profit gained through the activities organized by the Engineering Students
Union such as film festivals.
The profit gained through the Arunella Swara Samadhi, a musical show which
carries the message of Arunella to the whole University and the rest of the society.












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2) Arunella O/L Seminar Series 2012
Applications were called from a newspaper advertisement on beginning of every year.
From over 200 applications Arunella O/L seminar series was conducted and coordinated at
43 less facilitated schools island wide in 2012.
2.1 Selection Process
Candidate schools were chosen as by following means,
Responses to the newspaper advertisement
Prior Requests
Previous Centres
Special Requirements
Seminar conducting centres are chosen according to following parameters
Past O/L Results
Number of students
Availability of teachers and resources
Willingness of the staff and the parents
2.2 Conducting Subjects
Arunella seminar series is mainly focused in following subjects,
Mathematics
Science
English
Engineering undergraduates have gained much exposure with these subjects and also the
same subjects have been the least scoring subjects in O/Ls. So it is effective in conducting
the above subjects so these subjects will help the school students to improve their academic
qualifications.
The teaching aids such as tutorials, model papers are prepared and printed by the
engineering students themselves with a good knowledge and understanding about the
subjects syllabus.


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2.3 Conducting Method
The seminar series usually begins in the mid of each year and continues till the G.C.E O/L
exam. Engineering students travel to the selected schools every weekend no matter how far
the schools are located and how hard it is to get there.
On the first day students academic level is evaluated through a test paper which covers
from very basics. Based on the performance, the students are categorized and the seminar
series is conducted in accordance with the scores. Continuous evaluation and mock exams
are conducted throughout the program to ensure the effectiveness of the program.
Parental meetings are arranged time to time to discuss the students performance.
Arunella seminar series 2012 was successfully completed in following schools
01. Nachchiyaduwa Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
02. Sri Dutugemunu Maha Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
03. Pahala Vetiyawa Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
04. Ihala Kedithokkuwa Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
05. Ipalogama Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
06. Labunoruwa Pandukabaya Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
07. Gal Atharagalla Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Galgamuwa
08. Gal Palukadawala Sri Sumana Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Galgamuwa
09. Hettipola Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Kuliyapitiya
10. Koswaththa Gamini Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Kuliyapitiya
11. Rathanalankara Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla
12. Buresegoda Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla
13. J anadhipathi Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla
14. Kandegedara Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla
15. Palagama Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kurunegala - Polpithigama
16. Thalakiriyagama Maha Vidyalaya, Mathale Galewela
17. Moragolla Maha Vidyalaya, Mathale Bambaragaswewa
18. Walalgoda Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura
19. Gabbela Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura
20. Pathagama Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura
21. Weddagala Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura
22. PolAmbegoda Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kegalle Mawanella

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23. Imbulgasdeniya Vidyalaya, Kegalle
24. Dambadeniya Maha Vidyalaya, Ampara MahaOya
25. Marangala Maha Vidyalaya, Ampara MahaOya
26. Bendirekka Vidyalaya, Ampara
27. Agbopura Maha Vidyalaya, Trincomalee
28. Vendrasanpura Maha Vidyalaya, Trincomalee
29. Mahasenpura Maha Vidyalaya, Hambanthota
30. Kawanthissapura Vidyalaya, Hambanthota
31. Osuwinna Vidyalaya, Hambanthota
32. Ranminithenna Vidyalaya, Hambanthota
33. Medagama Maha Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa
34. Beipura Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa
35. Thambagolla Maha Vidyalaya, Ganewaththa
36. Uyangalla Kanishta Vidyalaya, Ganewaththa
37. MaUssawa Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kandy
38. Kolabissa Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kandy
39. Bopitiya National School, Kandy
40. Yatakalana Wijaya Vidyalaya, Chialaw Naththandiya
41. Arawa Vidyalaya, Badulla
42. Hewaheta Vidyalaya, Hewaheta
43. Maldeniya Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya

This program is again started for the year 2013, by calling the applications on news papers.



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3) Arunella Social Responsibility
Program 2013
After collecting the details of needy schools, Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya was
selected for the Arunella social program 2013, which is situated in a rural village called
Ambalakanda at corner of the Mawanella education zone in Kegalle district.

3.1 Our expectation

As we strongly believe, after the completion of our project, the learning standard of the
school will be much improved. Consequently students will receive higher education grades
which will ensure their future. That will open a new gateway to the development of their
village. Society will be consisting of more educated people which will affect directly to
the betterment of the society in long term. People who have taken initial steps to this
project and who have helped the project will be satisfied by the success of the project.
3.2 Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya.





Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya is situated in Mawanella educational zone in Kegalle
district. It is about 17km away from the Mawanella town, if anyone wants to reach there,
only one bus works from Mawanella to Ambalakanda, unless it is needed to go to
Aranayake(13km from Mawanella) & then a bus should be taken to ambalakanda(4km
from Aranayake).
In the present day 341 students are learning in the school. Although the toilets are available
there is no water supply system to the school.



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Why Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya?

Motivations behind the selection of this school for this years project were many.
The selection of the school is assessed on following parameters.
The nature of their needs
Co-operation of the villagers
Amount of available resources
The amount of students, who are benefitted
Education standard achieved so far (Percentage of students passed in the exams)
Availability in land, building materials, labour and transport facility in the
neighbourhood
When talking with the villagers, their encouragement and their eager attention on the
project was clearly visible. The school staff along with the students and parents is willing
to participate in the project and contribute in maximum.
2.3 Objectives
The objective of the Arunella project is improving the overall educational standard for the
ultimate development of the society. This year, it was decided to,
Repair the whole damaged buildings of the school.
Put concrete to the damaged road to primary section.
Cover the primary classes with steel nets.
Paint the buildings of the school.
Arrange a room for IT section with other required facilities.
Establish a proper water supply system.






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4) Arunella Scholarship Program
2013

Arunella Scholarship Program which is an initiative of Engineering Students Union is
carried out with the intension of the welfare of undergraduates of our own faculty.

1.1 Beneficiary
This program is focused to give financial support to the undergraduates of Faculty of
Engineering who shows potential in academic and extracurricular activities but suffer
from economical difficulties.
Over the years, the numbers of scholarships have been gradually increased. In this year,
the ESU hopes to continue providing more than thirty scholarships worth of
Rs.10, 000.00 each.

1.2 Selection process
The scholarship applications are called by the Assistant Registrar, Faculty of
Engineering.
The selection is done through a faculty board appointed scholarship committee
consisting of the Dean and senior academic staff members, under the rules and
regulations of University of Peradeniya.

1.3 Fund raising activities
The main fund raising program that the ESU hopes to conduct is as follows;
Grants and sponsorships
The musical show Swara Samadhi 2013
Selling T shirts and Souvenirs embedded with Arunella logo.








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1.4 Arunella Swara Samadhi 2013; A splendid saga of success

Arunella Swara Samadhi or Arunella music evening is the event where all the success
and the objectives of the Arunella concept are shared with the community.

This is not just another musical show of the present society. While contributing to the
Arunella fund, Arunella Swara Samadhi presents an evening of quality entertainment
which attracts not only the university community but also hundreds of music lovers
from Kandy and surrounding areas.

Date - 12th June 2013
Time - 6.00 PM 11.30 PM
Venue - University Gymnasium
Renowned veteran musicians who have enriched the local musical scene will perform in
this musical extravaganza, which includes;
Musicians
T.M. Jayarathne
Bandara Athawuda
Pradeepa Dharmadasa

Music is by Shasthree




















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5) Financial Management

As the Engineering Students Union, we wish to gather all the parties with the potential
to give their helping hands on us to broaden the Arunella program to achieve the
maximum of our cause. And also we believe that this is a valuable event for the well-
recognized companies of the country to enhance their mark among the university
community.

Your generous gesture will be very much appreciated by the Engineering Students
Union as it will help us to improve our effort in rendering our services to our
community.
















5.1 Transparency
An exclusive bank account is set up for the project during the project life in order to
maintain clear records
The project will be subjected to auditing by the general auditors of the Senate of
University of Peradeniya.
The accounts and other records will be maintained to the accepted standards.
Senior Treasurer of Engineering Students Union (ESU), Dr. K.A.S. Susantha, Senior
Lecturer of the Department of Engineering Mathematics will be a signee of the bank
account throughout the project.
All financial and material donations will be acknowledged by an official receipt issued
by the Senior Treasurer of the ESU.
Completed accounts and a full report will be presented to the university authorities at
the end of the project as per regulations.

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5) Contacts



Should you require any further clarification, please contact following people.

Engineering Students Union

President Rajith Asantha - 0714477985
Secretary Nilupul Surawimala - 0714619911
J unior Treasurer Harshana Prabhath - 0715788001

Senior Treasurer Dr. K.A.S. Susantha - 0812393351
(Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering)

Arunella O/L Seminar Series Rajitha - 0716558604
Arunella Social Responsibility Program Manjula - 0719274609
Arunella Scholarship Program Malith - 071 2986836



Engineering Students Union,
University of Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka.


esu.pdn@gmail.com