Chaminda Dayan Rajapakse, MBBS

MBBS

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, MBCS

MBCS

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, MIEEE, MCS(SL)

Computer Society of Sri Lanka

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 (October 8, 1972 - ) is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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n physician

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, educator and businessman. He is the CEO and Managing Director of ESOFT Computer Studies

ESOFT Computer Studies

ESOFT Computer Studies is a private sector educational institute or college located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Established in the year 2000, the company today has 36 branches nationwide. It is headed by Dr...

 Pvt Ltd (ESOFT), which is a private sector educational institute in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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Educated at the prestigious Maliyadeva College

Maliyadeva College

Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala, is a government school established in 1888, by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott. It is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools and considered by many to be a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka.It is a National School and controlled by...

 Kurunegala, he graduated from the University of Colombo

University of Colombo

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 with a MBBS

MBBS

MBBS was a popular BBS system in the Nordic countries during the mid-1990s. It was created by a team of Oslo-based enthusiasts, led by Mike Robertson. As many BBS systems of that era, it was only available for the DOS platform. Since one process could only handle one node, multitaskers such as...

 in 1999.

In the year 2000, he established ESOFT Computer Studies

ESOFT Computer Studies

ESOFT Computer Studies is a private sector educational institute or college located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Established in the year 2000, the company today has 36 branches nationwide. It is headed by Dr...

 Pvt ltd., where he conducts lectures for several undergraduate programmes including the University of Colombo School of Computing

University of Colombo School of Computing

The University of Colombo School of Computing in Sri Lanka was formed in 2002 by bringing together the Department of Computer Science and the Institute of Computer Technology.- History :Professor V. K...

 BIT

Bachelor of Information Technology

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 external Degree, and the BCS

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

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 Higher Education Qualifications.

In 2009, he was elected to the post of Student Counselor of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka

Computer Society of Sri Lanka

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for which post he was re-elected for the year 2010. At the AGM held on the 10th of December 2010, Dr. Dayan was elected as a Council Member for the year 2011.

Research Interests

Dr. Dayan's main focus area is in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks. However, he also delivers lectures on a wide area of topics including Advanced Databases, Project Management, Software Engineering, and Object Oriented Analysis / Design / Programming.

Another area of interest for him is the advancement of knowledge and learning among the young generation in Sri Lanka as he believes that this is the best way to develop Sri Lanka as a country.