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Dr. M. Riswan

Senior Lecturer Grade I in Sociology
Dept. of Sociology
Faculty of Arts and Culture



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Dr. M. Riswan
Designation Senior Lecturer Grade I in Sociology
Department / Unit Dept. of Sociology
Faculty Faculty of Arts and Culture
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Email mriswan2008@seu.ac.lk, mriswan2008@gmail.com,
  • Ph.D. (UOK) Kerala
  • M.A (UPDN)
  • B.A (Hons) - (SEUSL)
  • Dip. in HRPS (UCBO)
  • Subject Coordinator
  • Students' Counselor
  • Mentor
  • Academic Sub warden
  • Activity Coordinator/Soft Skills/IDAS
  • Medical Sociology
  • Development and Applied Studies in Sociology
  • Social Psychology
  • Health
  • Development & Social Issues
  • Co-editor, Proceedings of the Research Papers, International Symposium on "Contemporary Social Issues and Development", Published by the Department of Social Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Co-Editor, Proceedings of Abstracts, National Conference on Regional Development 2011, on 10th & 11th December 2011. Organized by the Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Co-Editor, 'KALAM' - Research Journal of the Faculty of Arts & Culture, Volume-VI, ISSN: 1391-6815, June 2013.
  • Editorial Board Member, Proceedings of Abstracts, South Eastern University Arts Research Session (SEUARS) 2014, Organized by the Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, held on December 30, 2014.
  • Riswan, M., 2009, "Samooha Niruvanangal Or Arimiham: Samoohaviyal Nokku" (An Introduction to Social Institutions: Sociological perspective), Nintavur Undergraduates' Social Services Association. ISBN: 978-955-51609-0-2
  • Ismail, S.M.M., and M. Riswan., 2010, "Muranpadum Civil Samoohamum" (Conflict and Civil Society), Department of Social Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil. ISBN: 978-955-627-019-8
  • Riswan, M. 2011, "Abiviruththi Samoohaviyal" (Development Sociology), ISBN: 978-955-51609-2-6
  • Riswan, M. 2011, "Introduction to Applied Sociology: Community Participation Ideas". ISBN: 978-955-51609-3-3
  • Aliff, S.M., and M. Riswan., 2013, "Arasiyal Samoohaviyal" (Political Sociology), Islamic Book House, Colombo. ISBN: 978-955-4699-67-0
  • Riswan, M., "Health Seeking Behavior of People in Western and Ayurvedic Medicines: A Comparative Study in Nintavur Divisional Secretariat Area", Published in the Global Journal of Arts and Management, Volume:2 No. : 4 (ISSN: 2249-2658 - online) & (ISSN: 2249-264X - Print), by Rising Research Journal Publication, India.
  • Riswan, M., and Samrina, MH., (Tamil Article), "Gender and Unequal Distribution of Communicable Diseases: Based on Ampara Regional Health Services Area", Published in the 'KALAM'- Research Journal of the Faculty of Arts & Culture, Volume-VI, ISSN: 1391-6815, June 2013.
  • Riswan, M., "Community Participation in Dengue Prevention Activities in the Kalmunai Regional Health Services Area, Sri Lanka", Published in the Journal of Education and Social Science, Volume I. (June), 2015. ISSN: xxxx-xxxx. The same paper published in the proceedings - Kuala Lumpur International Communication, Education, Language and Social Sciences 1 (KLiCELS1), 6-7 June 2015. ISBN: 978-967-11350-5-1.
  • Presented a research paper on "Social issues of the people in the Tsunami resettlement areas in Nintavur Divisional Secretariat" at the "International Symposium on Contemporary Social Issues and Development", on 11th, November 2008 At South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper on "Foreign employment of women and its impacts on family: with special reference to Kalmunai Municipality area" at the "International Symposium on Language, culture and social issues of Tamil speaking Muslims", held in October 2009 at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper on "Health Seeking Behavior of People in Western and Ayurvedic Medicines: A Comparative Study in Nintavur Divisional Secretariat Area" at the "International Symposium on Post-War Economic Development through Science, Technology and Management" on 19th - 21st April 2011 At South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper on "Political Participation of Women: With Special Reference to the Pottuvil Divisional Secretariat Area" at the "International Symposium on Post-War Economic Development through Science, Technology and Management" on 19th - 21st April 2011 At South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper on "Economic Activities of Women in Post-war scenario: A Special Study in Ashraff Nagar" at the "International Symposium on Post-War Economic Development through Science, Technology and Management" on 19th - 21th April 2011 At South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper on "The Role of Pradesiya Sabha in Rural Development: With Special Reference to the Nintavur Pradesiya Sabha" at the "National Conference on Regional Development", on 10th & 11th December 2011 At the Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper (Joint Paper) on "Unequal Distribution of Communicable Diseases in Ampara Regional Directory of Health Services (RDHS): Gendere Based Study " at the "National Conference on Regional Development", on 10th & 11th December 2011 At the Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper on "Smoking Habits and Poverty among Fisheries: A Study based on Nintavur Divisional Secretariat Area" at the 2nd International Symposium - 2012, held on 25th - 27th May 2012, organized by the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Presented a research paper on "Social Stratification: Class and Caste System - A Comparative Study based on Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim Communities in Sri Lanka" at the "Joint Venture of International Conference 2012", on 15th November 2012, Organized by the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Languages, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, and Department of Theology and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Kebangsaan, Malaysia (UKM).
  • Presented a research (Joint) paper on "The Response of Police in Preventing Domestic Violence in the Sammanthurai Police Area, Sri Lanka" at the "3rd International Symposium of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka", on 6th & 7th July 2013.
  • Presented a research (Joint) paper on "Social Networking Sites and Its Impacts on society: Special reference to Nintavur divisional Secretariat area" at the International conference of the Eastern University, Sri Lanka - ICE 2013", on 13th September 2013.
  • Presented a research paper on "Problems Faced by the Fishing community in Nintavur Divisional Secretariat area, Sri Lanka" at the National Conference on "Management Practices Today: Opportunities and Cgallenges" organized by the Department of Business Administration, Sri Malolan Collage of Arts and Science, Mdurantakam, Kanchipuam, Tamil Nadu, India", on 5th October 2013.
  • Presented a research (Joint) paper on "The Role of Muslim Women in Using On-line Communication Channels: A Socio-Technical Analysis" at the National Research Conference 2013 - "The Role of Muslims in a Plural Society", Organized by the Department of Arabic and Islamic Civilization, University of Peradeniya, on 27th November 2013.
  • Presented a research (Joint) paper on "The Impact of Mobile Phone Usage on Muslim Students at the University Level (special Reference to South Eastern University of Sri Lanka" at the International Symposium on "Towards the Integration of Islamic Knowledge with Human Sciences", Organized by the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 05th January 2014.
  • Presented a research paper on "Relationship among Ethnic Groups in the Post-war Context in the South Eastern Region of Ampara District, Sri Lanka" at the South Eastern University Arts Research Session (SEUARS) 2014, Organized by the Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, held on December 30, 2014.
  • Presented a research paper on "Obstacles in Using Money-metric Measurement to Alleviate Poverty - A study of 8th Grama Niladhari Division, Nintavur Divisional Secretariat" at the Second International Symposium - 2015 on 'Empowering National Development through Religions, Languages, Culture and Society', Organized by the Faculty of Islamic Studies & Arabic Language, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, held on March 04th, 2015.
  • Presented a research paper on "Community Participation in Dengue Prevention Activities in the Kalmunai Regional Health Services Area, Sri Lanka" at the Kuala Lumpur International Communication, Education, Language, Social Science Conference (KLICELS 2015) on "Inspiring Researchers and Engaging Industrial Players", held on 06th and 07th July, 2015, Organized by Zes Rokman Resources, Hotel Putra, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • "Peace and Reconciliation", Organized by IBG of IRQUE project, on 25th April 2005, at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • "Peace Building and Reconciliation", Organized by the Center for Peace Building and Reconciliation (CPBR), at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • "Developing Greater Employability of Arts Graduates" on 26th October 2005 at BMICH, Colombo,
  • "Developing Greater Employability of Graduates of Social Sciences and Humanities" on 16th March 2005 at BMICH, Colombo.
  • "Portuguese Encounter with Sri Lanka", Organized by the Auspicious of the Royal Asiatic Society on 12th September 2005, at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • "Social Research Methodology", Organized by QEF/IRQUE project on 25th July 2006 at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Workshop and training program on "Computer Application in Social Research" Organized by QEFI, IRQUE project on 5th April 2008 at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Workshop on "Right Attitude for Better Performance", Organized by Staff Development Centre (SDC), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka on 27th April 2010.
  • Workshop on "Peer Observation for Academic Staff", Organized by Staff Development Centre (SDC), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka on 09th March 2010.
  • Workshop on "Conflict and Peace Building Transformation" on 16th March 2010 at Aalayadivembu (Akkaraipattu) Divisional Secretariat, Organized by Batticaloa District Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • "Peace Building through Cultural Events", Organized by Sri Jayewardenepura University of Sri Lanka in collaboration with South Eastern University and Sir John Koththellawala Military academy.
  • Cultural Program on "Peace Building through Cultural Activities among university communities", Organized by the Center For Peace Building and Reconciliation (CPBR) at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • "Peace Building through Campaign Social activities", a post-Tsunami Project of Center for Peace Building and Reconciliation (CPBR), implemented in Thirukkovil in collaboration with the Students from the University of Ruhuna.
  • Student's representative of IRQUE (Improving Relevance and Quality of Undergraduate Education) Project, funded by the World Bank, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Training Program on "Beneficiary Eligibility Verification Survey for RADA (Reconstruction and Development Agency), sponsored by Somarathna Consultancy (pvt) Ltd.
  • Short course on "Statistical Analysis and Presentation for the Undergraduate Dissertation" Conducted by the Career Guidance Unit of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. (11th - 15th March 2006)
  • "Hygiene Promotion, Health and Sanitation", Training for Hygiene promoters, Organized by International Medical Corps (IMC) at C.O. Lesthakeer International College, Nintavur.
  • "Entrepreneurships Training Workshop - 2006 CEFE (Competency based Economics through Formation of Enterprises) & Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Training" Organized by Batticaloa District Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Supported by USAID Sri Lanka, from 21st August 2006 to 28th August 2006 at Digana village resort, Kandy.
  • "Training program for proposal writers for University Development Grants (UDG)" under HETC (Higher Education for Twenty-first Century) project on 4th, 5th & 6th March 2010 at Hotel Topaz, Kandy
  • "Induction Training on Teaching Methodology, Conducted by the Staff Development Centre (SDC), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 30th September to 02nd October 2011.
  • Organizing Secretary of the "Training Program on the Contribution of Early Childhood Education to a Sustainable Society", to the Pre-School Teachers in Ampara district, Conducted by the Department of Social Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 29th December 2012.
  • Workshop on "UGC reforms and Guidelines on Curriculum Development for External Degree Program", Conducted by the Staff Development Centre (SDC), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 8th April 2013.
  • Workshop on "Effective Time Management", Conducted by the Staff Development Centre (SDC), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 16th May 2013.
  • Workshop on "Modern Teaching Methodology and The Excellence in University Teaching", Conducted by the Staff Development Centre (SDC), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in collaboration with Mustafa International University, on 24th and 25th September 2013.
  • "Stakeholder Workshop on Quality Assurance on External Degrees", Conducted by HETC-EDP Grant Scheme, on 14th of March 2014, at Hotel Renuka, Colombo.
  • "Stakeholder Workshop on IDAS (Innovatory Development of Arts Students) Grant", Conducted by HETC/UDG Grant Scheme, on 12th and 13th of May 2014 at Hotel Sapphire, Colombo.
  • "Workshop on Mentoring Skills", Conducted by the Staff Development Centre, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 11th of June 2014 at Auditorium, SDC.
  • "Training Program on Personality Development for IDAS (Innovatory Development of Arts Students) and Soft Skill Coordinators", Conducted by Human Resource Development Division / HETC Scheme, on 30th and 31st of July 2014 at Berjaya Hotel, Mount Levenia, Colombo.
  • "Teacher Training Workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL)", Organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and the International Committee on Red Cross, on 1st & 2nd September 2014 at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.
  • "Workshop on Research Methodology", Conducted by Research and Innovation Centre, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 01st and 02nd of November 2014 at Auditorium, SDC/SEUSL.
  • Symposium Committee Member, International Symposium, Organized by the Department of Social Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in November 2008.
  • Contributor, International Symposium, Organized by the Department of Languages, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in October 2009.
  • Sub-committee Member (Food & Refreshment), International Symposium, Organized by the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in April 2011.
  • Sub-committee Member (Abstract Printing), National Conference on Regional Development 2011, on 10th & 11th December 2011. Organized by the Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Contributor, First Undergraduate Colloquium - 2013, Organized by the Department of Arabic Language, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka on 09th April 2013.
  • Deputy Coordinator/Logistic, 4th International Symposium, Organized by the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in August 2014.
  • Joint Secretary, South Eastern University Arts Research Session (SEUARS) 2014, Organized by the Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, held on December 30, 2014.

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