Department of
MATHEMATICS

Mrs. M. A. P. De Silva

B. Sc. (Kelaniya), M. Phil. (OUSL)

Senior Lecturer G II

Dept. of Mathematics

I completed B.Sc. Mathematics Special Degree with Second Class Upper Division from University of Kelaniya in 1985. After the graduation I served in Mathematics departments of the same University, University of Ruhuna and University of Sri Jayewardenepura as a Temporary Asst. Lecturer and a Temporary Instructor. I joined OUSL in 1992 and currently I am working as a Senior Lecturer. My Areas of Specialization is Statistics and Water Resource Management is my research interests. I was the Head of the Department from August 2015 to January 2019.

Water Resource Management
  • Educational Assistant        The Open University of Sri Lanka   from 1993 to 2006
  •  Lecturer                                The Open University of Sri Lanka   from 2006 to 2011
  •  Senior Lecturer Gr. I          The Open University of Sri Lanka   from 2011-upto date.
  • A time series model to predict the runoff ratio of catchments of the  Kalu ganga basin. (J.Natn.Sci.Foundation Sri Lanka 2006 34(2):103-105
  • Navaratna W.C.W. and De Silva M.A.P (2013) A study of the effectiveness of continuous assessment as a learning tool. Proceedings of the Annual OUSL Academic Sessions – 2013.