ICSS 2016: Recent submissions

  • Environmental Conservation through Yoga Practice and its Relevance to Contemporary Society 
    Sachithanantham, P.; Thavapraba, S. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Environmental conservation is being discussed in various platforms in the 21st century. Every religion in society has many environmental concerns and ecofriendly philosophies in their doctrine related to describing cosmology, ...
  • Digital Divide: Inequality Access of Sri Lankan Society to Digital Media 
    Wimalasir, B.H.D. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The ‘Digital Divide’ exists between all countries according to Pippa Noris and Manual Castells. The Digital Divide creates a gap among peoples. The present world has become a global village. Therefore, developing countries ...
  • The Portrayal of Illegal Migration in the Media 
    Thangaraja, C.S. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Irregular migration is a global challenge in the development process. It is defined as a major trend that has the potential for causing serious global impact. Some critics have called this period the ‘Age of Migration’ ...
  • Teaching Research- project-based teaching as ‘win-win’ 
    Hoppe, A. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Being part of a project encourages students to be interested and engaged. Can teaching aiming on projects linked to research at universities be catalysing? In the last years, it has become more important to enhance ...
  • The Impact of Financial Liberalization on the Sri Lankan Economy:1977-2012 
    Adikari, A.M.P. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This study examines the impact of financial liberalization on the Sri Lankan economy over the time series annual data from 1978 to 2012. The study examines the impact of financial liberalization on selected ...
  • The Evolution of Clothing in Sri Lanka: Invisible Imprint of Half nakedness and Current Social Discourse 
    Lasni, U.G.B.J. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Clothing is a symbolic and historical representation of the culture and traditions of any country. Traditional costumes of a country provide unique identity to its members. Whatever the main purpose of clothing is, it ...
  • The Growing Need for a SAARC-ASEAN Platform: South Asian Perspective 
    Wijesinghe, H. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Despite the fact that, today we are living in the Asian century, and the center of global economic gravity is shifting towards the Asia, not adequate effort has been made at all levels in understanding and discovering ...
  • People Management in the Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 
    Katapearachchi, G.K.; Herath, H.M.P.S. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is an integrated software solution, typically offered by a vendor as a package that supports the seamless integration of all the information flowing through a company sales, ...
  • Palm leaf manuscripts collection in Daluggolla Rajamaha Viharaya in Kandy district: A Bibliographical Study 
    Kumara, D.G.T.U. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The palm leaf manuscripts can be identified as one of the main information sources for studying and exploring of indigenous knowledge. Presently, information sources (printed and electronic) are widely published and ...
  • Determining intestate inheritance right of a child when biological and presumptive paternity overlaps: Challenges and prospects 
    Thilini, K.N. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Legality of the marriage between the parents directly affects intestate inheritance rights of a child in Si Lanka. Sri Lankan legal system recognizes the presumption of paternity when a child is born to a married ...
  • Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Sri Lanka: The Expansion from the Beginning to the Present 
    Samaraweera, W.G.S.N. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The present World is modern and economically advanced. Among all new systems and substances, writing and journalism can make a difference. The root of the modern writing system goes to ancient times. There were no ...
  • Changing Levels of Living in Rural India: A Regional Perspective 
    Jayanta Se (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The new phase of globalization started around 1980s and many of the developing economies in the world proceeded towards market-orientated economies by removing restrictions on trade, movement of capital and technological ...
  • Impact of “People Factor” in Sri Lankan ERP implementations 
    Rajakaruna, R.J.P.K.; Herath, H.M.P.S. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a configurable information system that integrates information and information-based processes within and across functional areas in an organization (Kumar et ...
  • The Role of English Language Awareness in the Enhancement of Rural Development 
    Inparaj, C.T.J. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The pedagogy of teaching - learning in the primary education system is deeply rooted within the society they belong to. The awareness of the parents becomes a vital focus in modern pedagogical trend. Teachers who ...
  • A Critical Review of Gender differences in Decision Making in workplace: A Case Study 
    De Zoysa, H.N. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    ‘Gender’ One of today’s most important identity markers. It is defined by FAO as ‘the relations between men and women, both perceptual and material. Gender is not determined biologically, as a result of ...
  • Blast the Silence to Recognize the Rights of Persons with Mental Illnesses in Sri Lanka: Ideas for a New Law 
    Mudalige, N.K.K. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Attention paid to the rights of persons with mental illnesses are rare, although this group should neither be ignored, nor unattended. Hence there’s an imperative to the break long silence and pay more attention to ...
  • Significance of small land-holdings in meeting food requirement of household in India: Evidences from IHDS surveys 
    Kumar, N. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    In a country like India, where the sheer majority of landholding is small, this paper discusses the role of agriculture in fulfilling the food related need of the household with the help of IHDS-I (2005) and IHDS-II ...
  • Health Care and Sustainable Development in South India: A Study 
    Kumar, M.S. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Indian population crossed nearly 1.3 billion and to supply food grains entire population is big task and required huge amount of food grains. There are many lacunas regarding cultivation, most people ...
  • Perspective of Ayurvedic Medicine on Chronic Kidney Disease 
    Marasinghe, M.M.S.A.; Weerasekara, W.M.A.D. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Over the last two decades or so a new form of kidney disease of unknown etiology has been reported in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. The disease is mainly prevalent in North Central Province. In Anuradhapura District alone ...
  • Socio economic impact of retirement benefits on active ageing of pensioners’ community: special reference with public sector pensioners in Gampaha district 
    Waniganeththi, W.V.W.G. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Sri Lanka is experiencing a significant increase of ageing population. Old age economic insecurity is one of the main social and economic challenges in Sri Lanka. Elderly persons have been facing difficulties of paying ...

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