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  • Infoshare: A Digital Governance Community platform for Knowledge Sharing 
    Xolani, V.; Kirushanth, S.; Boniface, K. (Academic Conference International (ACI), 2018-11-12)
    With the easy availability of mobile devices and affordable bandwidth, there has been a proliferation of sharing of perceived expert information, with unreliable source, which have often not been tested in a specialized ...
  • Telematics and Road Safety 
    Kirushanth, S.; Kabaso, B. (IEEE, 2018-07-24)
    Road Safety is a major concern around the world. Telematics solutions have been available for more than a decade, and several studies have been done in the use of telematics data in road safety. However, these studies are ...
  • Designing a Cloud-native Weigh-In-Motion 
    Kirushanth, S.; Kabaso, B. (IEEE, 2019-10-02)
    Identifying overloaded vehicles on a highway is essential for the safety of vehicles on the road as well as for the performance monitoring of highway infrastructure and planning. Traffic enforcement uses various weigh-in-motion ...
  • Identification of artificial groundwater recharge zones in vavuniya district using remote sensing and gis 
    Ramya, R.; Nanthakumaran, A.; Senanayake, I. P. (Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University Sri Lanka, 2019-01-07)
    Ground water is a major source for domestic and irrigation purposes in Sri Lanka and plays a crucial role to human life and economic activity. With rapid growth of population and urbanization water requirements for drinking ...
  • Efficiency in Sugarcane Production Under Tank Irrigation Systems in Tamil Nadu, India 
    Nanthakumaran, A.; Palanisami, K. (Journal of Environmental Professionals, Sri Lanka, 2013-01-15)
    An attempt was made to study the efficiency of sugarcane production by farmers under the two different sources of water supply viz., tank water with well water and the well water only. The objective was pursued first by ...
  • Identification of cascade systems and assessment of the performance of village tanks at madukanda agrarian service centre 
    Athukorala, W.E.P.; Nanthakumaran, A.; Kadupitiya, H.K. (South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, 2018-12-17)
    The objective of the study was to identify the cascades in the village tanks and to assess the performance of the tanks in the cascades. ArcGIS 10.2.2 and QGIS 2.8.2 software platforms were used to identify the cascades ...
  • Identifying an appropriate and sustainable irrigation method using some remotely sensed parameters for the crop cultivation in Vavuniya district 
    Arjunan, K.; Nanthakumaran, A. (Procedia food science,ELSEVIER, 2016-01-01)
    Over consumption of water resources due to unplanned and inappropriate irrigation methods would be a threat to the ecosystem health and to the sustainable agriculture in Vavuniya District. The objective of this study was ...
  • Assessment of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Groundwater For Drinking Purpose With Reference to Resettlement Area, Vavuniya 
    Shah, Pradip; Nanthakumaran, A.; Kawamoto, K. (Dev Sanskriti Interdisciplinary International Journal, 2019-07-31)
    This study deals with Physico-chemical of groundwater and surface water that are degraded by geological structure, poor sanitation, solid waste dumping and cultivation in this area have led surface and groundwater pollution ...
  • Distribution and Data Compilation of Irrigation Tanks to Facilitate their Management Using GIS 
    Akther, M.S.R.; Nanthakumaran, A.; Sivanantharaja, S. (International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and Technology, 2014-12-01)
    The objectives of this study were to create the conversion equation to convert 1inch: 1mile reference of irrigation tanks to National Coordinate system and create a database using Arc GIS 9.3 software through documentation ...
  • Assessment of women participation in agriculture in Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka 
    Tharani, G.; Akther, M.S.R.; Nanthakumaran, A. (International Journal of Social Science and Management, 2016-07-28)
    An attempt was made to assess the women contribution towards agriculture in Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka. 60 farm family households' women were randomly selected from rural and urban area of Kovilkulam AI region of Vavuniya ...
  • Technical feasibility and effectiveness of vermicomposting at household level 
    Perera, K.I.M.; Nanthakumaran, A. (Society for Tropical plant research, 2015-04-30)
    Understanding the value of vermicompost, an attempt was made to study the technical feasibility and effectiveness of vermicomposting at household level and to analyze and compare the performance of the crops grown using ...
  • Deposition of trace metals associated with atmospheric particulate matter: Environmental fate and health risk assessment 
    Meththika, V.; Pasan, C.B.; Novo, Luís A.B.; Amit Kumar; Balram, A.; Naveendrakumar, G.; Manjula, R.; Magana-Arachchi, Dhammika N. (Elsevier, 04-06-22)
    Anthropogenic and natural sources influence trace metals (TMs) bound to different sized particulate matter (PM) in dry and wet atmospheric deposition, which can create ecosystem and human health issues in the long run. ...
  • Recessive traits of e-learning education environment 
    Denesh, A.Michael; Naveendrakumar, G. (International Conference on Global Education and E - Learning (GLOBED 2017), 10-10-17)
    It is skeptical that electronically administered environment (e-learning) replaces the conventional method of teachings and learning among postgraduate students. Though it depended on multiple factors. Preliminary results ...
  • Factors influencing the quality of training of undergraduate interns: A quantitative study 
    Denesh, A. Michael; Naveendrakumar, G. (Faculty of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka, 19-10-17)
    Internship trainings are the first-hand experience to undergraduates which expose them to the practical career before they compete in the actual job market. For most students, this internship training program is the first ...
  • Influence of Seasons on Extreme Temperature and Rainfall in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka 
    Naveendrakumar, G.; Vithanage, M.; Meneripitiya, S.; Obeysekera, J.; Iqbal, M.C.M.; Pathmarajah, S. (The International Knowledge Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15-02-18)
    Because of the departures from the normal rainfall and extreme ambient temperatures, Sri Lanka is vulnerable to the extreme climate. This paper analyzes the consistency in trends of extreme rainfall and temperature events ...
  • Long-term trends of temperature in Sri Lanka 
    Naveendrakumar, G.; Obeysekera, J.; Vithanage, M. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 04-12-17)
    Even though temperature variation in Sri Lanka is in narrow range, being an island it is vulnerable to the changes happen in the global climate. In this paper, long-term trends in averages and extremes of Sri Lankan ...
  • Developmental abnormalities of Betta splendens embryos reared in oil & grease contaminated water samples of Vavuniya reservoir, Sri Lanka 
    Umasuthan, S.; Patrick, A.E.S.; Naveendrakumar, G.; Kuganathan, S. (International Science Community Association, 01-04-17)
    In Vavuniya urban area the wash-outs from petroleum automobile service stations contain Kerosene oil, lubricating engine oil, grease as major compounds that contributing oil and grease pollution in Vavuniya reservoir, Sri ...
  • Temperature trends in Sri Lanka 
    Naveendrakumar, G.; Obeysekera, J.; Vithanage, M. (Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 07-10-16)
    Being a small island and substantially influenced by the temperamental monsoon, Sri Lanka is potentially vulnerable to heat waves. The impacts of such temperature are becoming adverse in the view of the apparent increase ...
  • Historical trends of Rainfall, Temperature and Runoff in Sri Lanka 
    Naveendrakumar, G.; Obeysekera, J.; Vithanage, M.; Iqbal, M.C.M.; Pathmarajah, S. (American Society of Civil Engineers /Environmental and Water Resources Institute, 04-01-16)
    Being a small island and substantially influenced by the confining Great Indian Ocean and the nearby continents, Sri Lanka is potentially vulnerable to the climate changes. The impacts of climate change include changes in ...
  • Preliminary assessment and spatial distribution of selected water quality parameters at Kalmadu tank in Vavuniya district of Sri Lanka 
    Akther, M.S.R.; Mohideen, A.R.H.; Tharani, G.; Maddumage, Samith Indika M.R.; Naveendrakumar, G. (30-06-15)
    This research on Kalmadu tank aims to analyze the horizontal and vertical profiles of selected water quality parameters. Twenty randomly selected sampling points on surface and corresponding vertical depths of 30 cm and ...

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