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DESCRIPTION:An event on "STORY BEHIND RAVANA-1" (the first-ever satellite o
 f Sri Lanka)\, which was organized by the IEEE MTT-s Student Branch Chapte
 r\, University of Peradeniya with the collaboration of the Engineering Stu
 dent Union was held on 23rd of October 2019 at the E.O.E Pereira Theatre.\
 nMr. Sanath Panawenna\, Director General of the Arthur C Clarke Institutio
 n for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT)\, Mr.Tharindu Dayarathne\, Research Eng
 ineer of ACCIMT\, Mr.Kaavinda Jayawardane\, Director of the Communication 
 Division ACCIMT and Mr.Shiran Welikala\, Deputy Director Technology Transf
 er Division of ACCIMT were present as the guests for the event. Also\, Pro
 f. Gemunu Herath\, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering\, University of Pera
 deniya\, Prof. Manjula Fernando\, Head of the Department of Electrical and
  Electronic Engineering\, Dr. Aruna Gunawardane\, Senior Lecturer\, Adviso
 r (Senior Treasurer) of the society and other Department Heads\, staff mem
 bers were present at the event.\n\nAn introduction to the event was given 
 by Dr. Aruna Gunawardane.\nMr. Sanath Panawenna\, the main architect of th
 e project\, delivered a presentation on introduction to Space Technology a
 nd its applications\, satellite communication system applications.\n\nMr. 
 Tharindu Dayaratne\, a product of the Department of Electrical and Electro
 nic Engineering\, UOP and a key member of the design team of RAVANA-1 sate
 llite\, talked about the system design\, the engineering model\, operation
 al concept\, deployment explanation and testing of the project.\n\nOn beha
 lf of the Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association (PEFAA)\, Dr. 
 Maheshi Dissanayaka has presented souvenirs for the guests.\n\nThe partici
 pants were able to gain a vast knowledge regarding Space Technology.\nFina
 lly\, the event was successfully winded up with the hope of organizing suc
 h great events in the future through society.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Mr. Saji
 th Chamara Rathnayaka\n\nPeradeniya\, Sri Lanka\, Sri Lanka
LOCATION:Peradeniya\, Sri Lanka\, Sri Lanka
ORGANIZER:sajithchamara111@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:STORY BEHIND RAVANA-1
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X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>An event on "STORY BEHIND RAVANA-1" (the f
 irst-ever satellite of Sri Lanka)\, which was organized by the IEEE MTT-s 
 Student Branch Chapter\, University of Peraden<span class="text_exposed_sh
 ow">iya with the collaboration of the Engineering Student Union was held o
 n 23rd of October 2019 at the E.O.E Pereira Theatre.<br />Mr. Sanath Panaw
 enna\, Director General of the Arthur C Clarke Institution for Modern Tech
 nologies (ACCIMT)\, Mr.Tharindu Dayarathne\, Research Engineer of ACCIMT\,
  Mr.Kaavinda Jayawardane\, Director of the Communication Division ACCIMT a
 nd Mr.Shiran Welikala\, Deputy Director Technology Transfer Division of AC
 CIMT were present as the guests for the event. Also\, Prof. Gemunu Herath\
 , Dean of the Faculty of Engineering\, University of Peradeniya\, Prof. Ma
 njula Fernando\, Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engin
 eering\, Dr. Aruna Gunawardane\, Senior Lecturer\, Advisor (Senior Treasur
 er) of the society and other Department Heads\, staff members were present
  at the event.</span></p>\n<div class="text_exposed_show">\n<p>An introduc
 tion to the event was given by Dr. Aruna Gunawardane.<br />Mr. Sanath Pana
 wenna\, the main architect of the project\, delivered a presentation on in
 troduction to Space Technology and its applications\, satellite communicat
 ion system applications.</p>\n<p>Mr. Tharindu Dayaratne\, a product of the
  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering\, UOP and a key membe
 r of the design team of RAVANA-1 satellite\, talked about the system desig
 n\, the engineering model\, operational concept\, deployment explanation a
 nd testing of the project.</p>\n<p>On behalf of the Peradeniya Engineering
  Faculty Alumni Association (PEFAA)\, Dr. Maheshi Dissanayaka has presente
 d souvenirs for the guests.</p>\n<p>The participants were able to gain a v
 ast knowledge regarding Space Technology.<br />Finally\, the event was suc
 cessfully winded up with the hope of organizing such great events in the f
 uture through society.</p>\n</div>
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