Milestones

22 July 2015

Initiating USDMU

The USDMU was initiated with a consultant statistician to align the staff information of both Academic Staff and Non-Academic staff and update regularly.

22 July 2015

05 Jan 2016

Appointment of Director

Establishment of the Unit with appointment of Director, Dr Manjula Gunaratne

01 Jun 2016

Information and Statistical Handbook

Preparation of the first report - Information and Statistical Handbook, University of Kelaniya 2016

01 Jun 2016

13 Jul 2016

Recruitment of Permanent Staff

A permanent statistician was appointed to the USDMU

01 Jan 2017

University Wide Data Collection

University wide data collection was started to submit data representing the University of Kelaniya to the "Information for Higher Education Management" Survey conducted by the Management Information Systems of the University Grants Commission

01 Jan 2017

01 Mar 2017

Graduate Employability Survey

Started conducting the graduate employability survey for the students passed out in 2016

01 Apr 2017

Freshers' Survey

Started conducting the Freshers' Survey

01 Apr 2017

01 Oct 2017

Satisfaction Surveys

Started conducting the satisfaction surveys on staff infrastructure facilities, student welfare facilities

01 Nov 2017

Recruitment Supporting Staff

Appointment of supporting staff on temporary basis

01 Nov 2017

01 Jan 2018

Annual Report

Started compiling the University Annual Report

01 Oct 2018

Online survey platform

Formtools was introduced for online data collections for the annual surveys, graduate employability, satisfaction surveys and freshers' survey. apps.kln.ac.lk/usdmu

01 Oct 2018

01 Dec 2018

Exit Survey

Initializing exit survey, first pilot study

19 Aug 2020

Employee Satisfaction Survey

Initiating the first employee satisfaction survey of the University of Kelaniya

19 Aug 2020

15 Sept 2020

Degree Program Dashboard

Designing a dashboard to disseminate information regarding the degree programs other courses offered by the University

01 Dec 2021

Online Data Collection System for Annual Data

Initiating the online data collectin system for annual data collecion 2021

01 Dec 2021

01 Feb 2022

Appointment of New Director

Dr Dileepa Ediriweera, Senior Lecturer, Director Health Data Science Unit, was appointed as the Director of the University Statistics & Data Monitoring Unit.

01 Mar 2022

Online Survey Databse

Introductin of online survey database, Redcap, for online data collection and maintaing database. surveys.kln.ac.lk/usdmu

01 Mar 2022

Facts and Figures

Creating Facts and Figures dashboard of the University based on annual data 2021.

01 Nov 2022

Appointment of New Director

Dr. Chathura Rajapaksha, Senior Lecturer, Department of Industrial Management, was appointed as the Director of the University Statistics & Data Monitoring Unit.

01 Nov 2022

01 Jan 2023

Upgrade as a Centre for Strategic Planning & University Statistics

Snr Prof.Nilanthi De Silva, Vice Chancellor, University of Kelaniya upgraded as Centre for Strategic Planning & University Statitics.

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