Mr. Kalpa Eranda Senior Lecturer (Grade II) Department of Sinhala +94112857783 , +94777175791 eranda@bpu.ac.lk

Academic Qualifications

• Master of Philosophy in Sinhala, University of  Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Master of Arts in Sinhala - (Distinction pass - Batch top), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Sinhala, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Diploma in Cinema, National Film Corporation, Sri Lanka.
• Diploma in Writership and Communication, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Sri Lanka.
• Diploma in English Language, ICBT Campus, Sri Lanka.
• Certificate course in Spanish Language, Departament d’Educació, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain.
• Certificate course in Catalan Language, Consorci per la Normalització Lingüística, Spain.
• Certificate course in Korean Language, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Certificate course in English Language, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Certificate course in Tamil Language, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Certificate course in Hindi Language, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Certificate course in Russian Language, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Certificate course in Photography, Nikon School of Nikon Technica, Sri Lanka.
• Certificate course in Information Technology at the institute Computer Software Training, Sri Lanka.

Academic Experience

• Senior Lecturer (Grade II), Department of Sinhala, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (2025 - hitherto).
• Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Science, Aquinas University Collage of Sri Lanka. (2007 - 2021) 

Research Interests

• Modern Sinhala Poetry
• Cinema Studies
• Sinhala Drama
• Sinhala Short Stories
• Sinhala Novel
• Sinhala Lyrics 
• Western Literary Criticism
  

International/ National Seminar Presentations 

• Eranda, K. (2023). Youth Depicted in Sinhala Poetry from the 1970s to the present, Annual Research Congress, (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya. Sri Lanka.
• Eranda, K. (2020). A Hegemonic Study on Youth Problems Appeared in Modern Sinhala Poetry (From 2000 - 2020) (Poster). International Research Conference - UWU, Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka.
• Eranda, K. (2020). A Marxist Study on Youth Problems Appeared  in Modern Sinhala Poetry (From 1970 -2020).
• Eranda, K. (2018). Youth Problems in Modern Sinhala Poetry From 1970 to 2000: A Marxist Study. 
• Eranda, K. (2016). Trends in Modern Sinhala Poetry interpreted in Cyberspace.
• Eranda, K. (2010). Quatrain (Siwpada) as one of the Basic Dimension in the Modern Sinhala Poetry, 11th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Eranda, K. (2008). Gora and Society: A Sociological Study of Ravindranath Tagore’s Novel Gora, Faculty of Graduate Studies,  University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 

Research and Publications 

Books

Academic Publications

• Eranda, K. (2019). .ගුත්තිල කාව්‍යය වීමංසා Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2019). පේමතෝ ජායතී සෝකෝ වීමංසා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2018). බැද්දේගම වීමංසා,Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2018). නූතන සිංහල කතුවරු, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2018). පැරණි සිංහල කතුවරු Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2018). විදෙස් කතුවරු, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2018). නූතන සිංහල ආඛ්‍යාන කාව්‍ය, Colombo 10: Surasa Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2017). ආස්වාදනීය ඥානය සහ කල්පනය, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2017). වියමන සහ ගෙත්තම, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2017). නූතන වාග්විද්‍යාවට පෙරවදනක්, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2016). නූතන සිංහල කවියේ නිරූපිත තරුණයා, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). මළගිය ඇත්තෝ වීමංසා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). ගිරා සන්දේශය වීමංසා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). රත්නාවලී නාට්‍යය වීමංසා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). සිංහල ජන කවි, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2014). සිංහල ජන වහර, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2014). චිරන්තන සිංහල කවිය, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013). නිසඳැස් කවිය, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2010). ගෝරා සහ සමාජය, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2009). අද්‍යතන සිංහල සිව්පද කවිය, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.

Edited Books

• Eranda, K. (2024).සිරිත් මල්දම, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. Abesiriwardhana, A.  (2011). නූතන සිංහල කාව්‍ය නිර්මාණ, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. Abesiriwardhana, A. (2011). කෙටිකතා නිර්මාණ, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. Rathnayaka. R. Randeniya. P. (2006).සුලේඛා නූතන කාව්‍ය අංකය, Kelaniya: Department of  Sinhala Publication, University of Kelaniya.
• Eranda, K. Rathnayaka. R. Randeniya. P. (2006).කැලණි සරසවි කවි, Kelaniya: Department of  Sinhala Publication, University of Kelaniya.

Poetry

• Eranda, K. (2016).රොන්, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013).උම්මාදන්ති, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2010).කළු සමනලයා, Alawwa: Surathura Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2008). නලිනී කාව්‍යය, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2005). කෝං ගහේ පාමුල, Nugegoda: Author Publication.

Youth Novel

• Eranda, K. (2020). අලුත් සර්, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.

Short Film Script

• Eranda, K. (2010). අළුකොබෙයියෝ, Colombo 10: S. Godage Publication.

Children’s Stories

• Eranda, K. (2015). කෝම්පිට්ටු, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). රූං පෙත්ත, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). කොස් කොළ තොප්පිය, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). පොල් පිති හරකා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). කුරුම්බැට්ටි මැෂිම, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2015). මඤ්ඤොක්කා මාලය, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013). කෙහෙල් අක්කා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013). රතු ඉත්තෑවා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013). ජුජුබ්ස් හාවා, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013). කළු කූඹියි තෙල් කූඹියි, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013). ගොලු බෙල්ලයි මුතු බෙල්ලයි, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2013). සෙල්ලම් කරත්තය, Colombo 12: M.D. Gunasena Publication.
• Eranda, K. (2010). රත්ති පැටියා, Rajagiriya: Rasika Printers.
• Eranda, K. (2010). වට්ටක්කා මී පැංචි, Rajagiriya: Rasika Printers.

Peer Review Journal Articles

• Eranda, K. (2024). නූතන සිංහල කාව්‍ය නිර්මාණවල නිරූපිත තාරුණ්‍යය පිළිබඳ හෙජමොනික අධ්‍යයනයක් (1970 සිට වර්තමානය තෙක්), Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Science,  Vol. 09 (02),  179-195.
• Eranda, K. (2024). Youth Problems in Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2020' International Journal of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 13 (03),  200-210.
• Eranda, K. (2020). Youth Problems in Modern Sinhala Poetry from 1970 to 2000: A Marxist Study' ARS 2020 in Aquinas Collage of Higher Studies,  i-vi.

Other Journal Articles

• Eranda, K. (2014). ‘ස්වරූප’ (Metamorphosis) සිනමා වියමන සමඟ ධර්මසේන පතිරාජ නැවත කියවීම, 'Sanhinda Pamula’ Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Aquinas University Collage,  Vol. 04,  15-18.
• Eranda, K. (2013). තාරුණ්‍යය - නවකතාව - සමාජය, Sanrachana Journal of  cinema forum,  Vol. 01 (01),  18-25.
• Eranda, K. (2013). කව්සිළුමිණ කාව්‍යයේ නිරූපිත ශෘංගාර රසය, Sanhinda Pamula Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Aquinas University Collage.  Vol. 03, 11-14.
• Eranda, K. (2012). නූතන කවිය සහ සමාජය, Sanhinda Pamula Journal of Humanities and Social Science,  Vol. 02,  35-39.
• Eranda, K. (2012). කොළඹ කවිය, Dhammanjalee Journal of Nikawala Buddhist Center,  139-162.
• Eranda, K. (2011). කාව්‍ය රසාස්වාදය, Sanhinda Pamula Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Aqunas University Collage.  Vol. 01,  40-44.
• Eranda, K. (2011). නූතන සිංහල ආඛ්‍යාන කාව්‍ය, Anandabhinandana Journal of  S.Godage Publisher, 92-108.
• Eranda, K. (2010). අද්‍යතන සිංහල සිව්පද කවිය, Sri Dharmaloka Journal of  Annual Academic publication,  Vol. 05,  36-43.
• Eranda, K. (2009). Lullabies' Miyasi Subasa Journal of University of Visual and Performing Arts,  Vol. 02,  17-28.
• Eranda, K. (2006). පරාක්‍රම කොඩිතුවක්කුගේ කවි මග, Sulekha Journal of  Department of Sinhala, University of Kelaniya,  Vol. 02,  236-261.

News Paper Articles

• Eranda,K. (05th December 2017), Divaina, ‘ගෝරා’ සහ බෙංගාලි පුනරුදය, p.17.
• Eranda,K. (28th November 2017), Divaina, සොසියර්ගේ වාග්විද්‍යාව, p.16.
• Eranda,K. (19th May 2011), Divaina, සාසනය සහ හැළිය සම්ප්‍රදාය වෙත අනුයුක්ත වන තරුණ පරපුරේ යහ ප්‍රවණතාවකි,  p.13.
• Eranda,K. (11th November 2010), Divaina, සන්ධ්‍යා තීර්ථයට සැපත් සොඳුරු කවියා, p.14.
• Eranda,K. (30th August 2007), Dinamina, සේකර දුටු මරණය, p.02-03.
• Eranda,K. (23rd August 2007), Dinamina, ගැමි මනස විනිවිද දුටු හැවිල්ල, p.03-04.
• Eranda,K. (26th July 2007), Dinamina, කුඩලිගම දුටු කුරුලු කූඩුව, p.04.
• Eranda,K. (19th July 2007), Dinamina, එස්. මහින්ද හිමිගේ කවි මෙහෙවර, p.03.
• Eranda,K. (12th July 2007), Dinamina, ගුරුගෙදරට යන අතරමඟ, p.03-04.
• Eranda,K. (28th June 2007), Dinamina, මරණයට අඬගසන සිට්ටම්මා,  p.02-03.
• Eranda,K. (03rd October 2002), Lakbima, හෙළ රජ දරුවන්ගේ මාළිගාව මත ඉදිවූ සුදු ඒජන්ත බංගලාව (ජනශ්‍රැති අධ්‍යයන), p.10.
• Eranda,K. (22nd August 2002), Lakbima, කලියුගයේ තෙදබල පතුරන පරමාවුල්ලේ කුඹුක් දෙවියෝ (ජනශ්‍රැති අධ්‍යයන), p.02.
• Eranda,K. (18th July 2002), Lakbima, ගලේ බණ්ඩාර නමින් දේවත්වයට පත්වුණේ මුස්ලිම් බිසවකගෙ පුතෙක් (ජනශ්‍රැති අධ්‍යයන),  p.08.
• Eranda,K. (11th July 2002), Lakbima, රත්තරං ගැන රත්තරං කතා ඇහෙන රත්තරං හේන (ජනශ්‍රැති අධ්‍යයන),  p.04.

Contribution 

• A research project on education for disadvantaged Adolescents in South Asia (Sri Lankan Partnership) for forthcoming Action research project. International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU). (2016 - 2019).

National Endeavors

• A Member of the Judge Panel, Godage Literary Festival, S.Godage Publisher, Sri Lanka (2021)

Discussions 

• https://www.facebook.com/kalpa.eranda.3/videos/542839330276522/?rdid=NowlG716ImrdyEWD#
• https://www.facebook.com/kalpa.eranda.3/videos/380471107136303/?rdid=RzJew8RXSqUTYE5n#
• https://www.facebook.com/kalpa.eranda.3/videos/284939756480681/?rdid=lyFbTPLsZnuycZTB#

Academic Distinctions, Scholarships, Prizes

• Awarded as the All-Island Best Critic (Poem) at the ‘Santhawa’ Poetry Critic Festival of Santhawa Publication in 2018.
• Awarded for W.A. Silva Memorial prize & Gold Medal for the Best Performance in Master of Arts in Sinhala, University of Colombo in 2016.
• Lyric competition in ‘Rasa Kalana’ Art festival, University of Kelaniya; Merit in 2006.
• Lyric competition in ‘Bihidora Abiyasa’ Art Festival, University of Kelaniya; Merit in 2004.
• Lyric competition in ‘Weadiya Nilla’ Art Festival, University of Rajarata; third place in 2003.
• Awarded for composition of Children’s books in Provincial Literary Festival in 2000.
• Awarded for best All-island  prose writer in the ‘Nirmana Padma’ Literary Festival in 2000.
• Awarded for best Aall-island poet the ‘Nirmana Padma’ Literary Festival in 1999.
• Poetry competition in ;Thurunu Shakthi’ Award Ceremony at district level, Second place in 1999.
• Poetry competition in ‘Viritha Padya’ Literary Festival of Youth poetry Society, Second place in 1999. 
• Gold Medalist in poetry for the Sinhala and Language Literature competition at National Level in 1998.