Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies Youth Leadership Academy Media Release The “Leaders for the 21st Century” is a pioneering leadership training program launched by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS). The focus of this program is to create awareness and help foster integral pre-requisites for credible leadership such as honesty, commitment, efficiency among the...Read More

The Awards Ceremony of the first batch of participants who successfully completed the Leaders for the 21st Century course offered by the BCIS Youth Leadership Academy was held at the Olympus Auditorium of the BCIS on September 17, 2022. The Chairperson of the BCIS, HE Madam Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga graced the occasion as the chief...Read More

The Annual Convocation of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) held on August 20, 2022, at the main hall of the BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The students of the Postgraduate Diploma, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Certificate in                       International Relations programmes who excelled in their respective programmes of study received their awards and medals of distinction and certificates at the...Read More

The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) publishes Volume 1, Issue 2 of its quarterly review titled “BCIS International Affairs Review”, today, June 29, 2022. It is disseminated to an audience of international relations enthusiasts, academics, and professionals. This e-review titled “Power Dynamics in the Indian Ocean”, features informative and thought-provoking content on contemporary power...Read More

The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies held the conference titled, ‘Environmental Safeguards for Maritime Relations’ on June 10, 2022 at the BCIS Auditorium. Experts/practitioners working on this subject presented their research findings under five different sub themes on maritime relations, such as, Protection Of Marine Ecosystem of Sri Lanka, Early Warning Mechanisms and Disaster Management...Read More

The Inauguration Ceremony of the Academic programmes in International Relations of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), Colombo was held on Monday, March 22, 2022, at the Olympus Auditorium, BCIS from 9.30 a.m. to 12.00.    Approximately 150 students who enrolled for the Certificate, Diploma, Higher Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma programmes in International Relations...Read More

  The Virtual Inauguration Ceremony of the Language Programmes of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) for the Academic Year: 2022 A,  was successfully held on Saturday, February 19, 2022.   Dr. Rewant Vikram Singh, Director of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, formerly known as Indian Cultural Centre, at High Commission of India, Colombo, Sri...Read More

Protocol of Understanding between the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) and The Alliance Française de Kotte (Guarantee) Limited (AFKo) was renewed by Ambassador Sumith Nakandala, Senior Director, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), Dr. Minna Thaheer, Director/ BCIS, and Mr. Bruno Duparc, Director Alliance Française de Kotte (Guarantee) Limited, Sri Lanka. Read More

Dr Minna Thaheer, Director, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, took part at the meeting of the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT) organised by the Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) and Convener COSATT, Kathmandu, Nepal, held in collaboration with Konrad Ardenuer Stiftung, Singapore on January 27, 2022. Dr Nishchal Pandey,...Read More

The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) organized the fourth BCIS Emerging Scholars Symposium – 2021 (BCIS ESS) under the theme of “International Relations in the New Normal and Beyond’. The Symposium consisted of eight panels under sub-themes of International Relations in Cyberspace, South Asia and the Evolving Strategic Competition in the Indian Ocean, Vaccine...Read More