Mr. A. P. Mallawaarachchi

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

1. 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.

Awards and Fellowships

• Swarna Mudrica Medal for Best Results of the Department of Mass Communication, 64^th 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.

Previous 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.

Professional Experiences

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Research Interests

1. Health Communication
2. Media research
3. Print media
4. Media and culture
5. Media criticism

Publication

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), 5^th 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), 5^th 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”. 2^nd International Conference on Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2013

• ප්‍රාදේශීය අනන්‍යතාව නිරූපණ විෂයෙහි ලා පේෂකර්ම කර්මාන්තය හා රේන්ද කර්මාන්තය, 7^th Research Conference, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 2014
• සිංහල විවාහ චාරිත්‍රයන් හි පවතින සුදු පිරිවටයේ චාරිත්‍රය පිළිබඳ තරුණ තරුණියන්ගේ ආකල්ප විමසා බැලීම, 2^nd Research Symposium of Temporary Academic Staff, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya,2014

• “සමලිංගික ඇබ්බැහිය හා පවතින අන්තර් සංස්කෘතික ලක්ෂණ”, 15^th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 2014

• “අධ්‍යාපන මාධ්‍යයක් වශයෙන් නව මාධ්‍යය යොදාගැනීමේ සඛ්‍යතාවය”, 14^th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 2013

• “හස්ත මුද්‍රාවන්හි පවතින සන්නිවේදනාර්ථ”, 1^st 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

Memberships

Other

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