{"id":3335,"date":"2026-05-13T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eco.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=3335"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:42:38","slug":"panel-discussion-guest-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eco.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/panel-discussion-guest-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel Discussion &#038; Guest Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3335\" class=\"elementor elementor-3335\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c59344 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c59344\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbbfba7\" data-id=\"fbbfba7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aee7d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aee7d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Department of Economics at the University of Jaffna successfully conducted a two-day academic programme on 9th &amp; 10th April 2026, supported by a grant from the India\u2013Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF). The Head of the Department of Economics, Dr. Kamalakumari Karunanithy, chaired the programme on both days. The programme featured two guest lectures and an interactive panel discussion, aligning with the objectives of the funded project. The events were graced by the presence of the Consul General of India in Jaffna, Mr. Sai Murali, who attended both days and addressed participants during the opening session. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. N. Piratheeparajah, also delivered opening remarks on the first day. The guest lectures on 9th of April were delivered by distinguished scholars Dr. Brinda Viswanathan from the Madras School of Economics (MSE) entitled \u2018Nutrition Security through the Life-cycle: An Inter-state Comparison in India\u2019, and Dr. M. Vijayabaskar from the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) entitled \u2018Industrialisation for Employment: Catalytic Role of Textiles &amp; Garments in Tamil Nadu state\u2019. Both speakers also participated in a panel discussion entitled \u2018Social and Gender Justice Policies for Girls and Women: What can we learn from the Indian experience?\u2019 on 10th of April alongside prominent Sri Lankan resource persons, including Mrs. Mary Delcia Antony Christian (Senior Lecturer in Economics, UoJ), Ms. Udhayani Navaratnam (Women\u2019s Development Officer, Kilinochchi District Secretariat), Ms. Nisansala Jayawardane (Senior Lecturer, Eastern University of Sri Lanka (EUSL) \u2013 Trincomalee Campus), and Dr. Logeswary Sooriyakumaran (Senior Lecturer, Eastern University of Sri Lanka \u2013 Trincomalee Campus). A key highlight of the programme was a hands-on Econometrics workshop conducted by Prof. Brinda Viswanathan for undergraduate students on 9th April in the afternoon. The programme witnessed strong participation, including twenty-one students and four academic staff members from the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, three academic staff from the Trincomalee Campus of the EUSL), as well as over one hundred students and several academic staff from the University of Jaffna. 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