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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 guest. The Chairperson engaged in an interactive session with the participants in the morning where...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 convocation. Among over 400 awardees more than 200 students participated at the event. 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 for Coastal Communities, Blue Economy as a Source of Development and Growth, Mutual Understanding and...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 participated at this event.   His Excellency Gopal Baglay, the High Commissioner of India to...Read More