POPULATION ASSOCIATION

OF

SRI LANKA

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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SESSIONS

and

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

  8th June 2012

 

Sri Lanka Foundation Institute

100, Independence Avenue

Colombo 7

PROGRAMME

 
 

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS OF

THE POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA

8th June 2012

Sri Lanka Foundation Institute

100, Independence Avenue

Colombo


9.30 a.m. Registration
10.00a.m.   Arrival of the Chief Guest
10.20 a.m.

Welcome Address by the President of PASL
Dr. A. Balasuriya

Senior Lecturer, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

10.40 a.m.

Address by the Guest of Honour
Dr. Leel Gunasekara

Former Senior Civil Servant and Former Secretary to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

10.50 a.m.

Address by the Honourable President
Dr. Pramilla Senanyake,

Chairperson,
Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka

11.00 a.m.

Vote of Thanks by the Secretary of PASL
Dr. Swarna Ukwatta

Department of Demography, University of Colombo

11.10 a.m.

Tea

Scientific Session I

Chairman – Prof. Indralal de Silva

11.30 a.m. – 11.40 a.m.

Fertility differentials among Muslims in Sri Lanka
D.N. Prasadi Fernando

11.40 a.m. – 11.50 a.m.

Avoidable mortality and men’s health status in Sri Lanka
Lakshman Dissanayake

11.50 a.m. – 12.00 noon

Empirical study on the interrelationship between population age structure and national saving in Sri Lanka
A.D.L. Perera, O. G. Dayaratne Banda

12.00 noon – 12.20 p.m.

Discussion

Scientific Session II

Chairman – Dr. A.T.P.L. Abeykoon

12.20 p.m. – 12.30 p.m.

Cognitive base mental health status among a selected Indian elderly population
R.D.H. Kulatunga, Alankrutha R. Dave, M.S. Baghel

12.30 p.m. – 12.40 p.m.

Women in development policies: a case study analysis
Shakila Samarakoon, Chandima Jayasena, H.U.S. Pradeep

12.40 p.m. – 12.50 p.m.

Socioeconomic determinants of criminal behaviour: a case study of Kalutara prison in Sri Lanka
Gayendri Jayathilake, Sumadi Samaraweera

12.50 p.m. – 1.10 p.m.

Discussion

1.10 p.m. – 2.00 p.m

Lunch

2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. Annual General Meeting

 

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF THE POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA

8 TH June 2012

Agenda

  1. Welcome address by the President
  2. Reading of the minutes of the 13 th Annual General Meeting by the Secretary
  3. Confirmation of minutes
  4. Matters arising from the Minutes
  5. Statement of Accounts by the Treasurer
  6. Confirmation of Statement of Accounts
  7. Presentation of the Annual Report for the term of the 14 th Council by the Secretary
  8. Election of Office Bearers for the 15 th Council for the period 2011-2012
  9. Appointment of Auditors
  10. Any other business
  11. Address by the new President
  12. Adjournment