RCSS Commemorates Prof. Shelton Kodikara | Daily FT

Ft · 🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · Aug 14, 2026 · 781 words

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Sunday Sep 06, 2026 Saturday, 15 August 2026 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} American University, Washington, D.C., Distinguished Professor of International Relations and UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance Prof.

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Amitav Acharya Former President, BNMF and BCIS Council of Management Chairperson Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga The ‘Professor Shelton U.

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Kodikara Memorial Oration’ organised by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), in collaboration with the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), was held on 8 August 2026 at the BCIS auditorium.

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Claim 1: “The ‘Professor Shelton U. Kodikara Memorial Oration’ organised by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), in collaboration with the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), was held on 8 August 2026 at the BCIS auditorium.”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results regarding faculty job descriptions and organic farming. No evidence was found to confirm or deny the event on August 8, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Organic farming, also known as organic agriculture or ecological farming, or biological farming, is an agricultural system that emphasizes the use of naturally occurring, non-synthetic inputs, such as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming

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web search NEUTRAL — A Full Time Faculty is primarily responsible for: Providing quality instruction to students through well prepared classes, relevant assignments, fair and holistic assessment of learning, clear documen…
https://myjobs.adp.com/pec/cx/job-details?reqId=500120868750…

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web search NEUTRAL — The School of Medical Imaging and Therapeutics (SMIT) seeks a full-time faculty member to deliver high quality learning experiences and education for students in the Diagnostic Medical Sonographer - G…
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Claim 2: “Priyanthi Fernando is the BCIS Executive Director”

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Multiple sources, including CEPA and a professional profile, confirm that Priyanthi Fernando is the Executive Director of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS).

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web search NEUTRAL — · Experience: Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo · Education: University of Leicester · Location: Colombo · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Priyanthi Fernando’s profile on Linke…
https://lk.linkedin.com/in/priyanthi-fernando-1891024

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web search NEUTRAL — Ms. Priyanthi Fernando. Executive Director, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies. Ms. Priyanthi Fernando is a feminist and an advocate for women’s human rights.
https://projecthost02.wensys.lk/members/priyanthi-fernando-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — Feminist social analyst Priyanthi Fernando is now the Executive Director /BCIS. Keynote speaker at the 2025 Convocation was distinguished Ms. Shalini Randeria: born in Washington DC, brought up in Mum…
https://island.lk/memories-of-my-time-at-the-bandaranaike-ce…

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Claim 3: “Prof. Amitav Acharya is an American University, Washington, D.C., Distinguished Professor of International Relations and UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance”

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Both Wikipedia and official faculty profiles from American University confirm that Amitav Acharya is a Distinguished Professor of International Relations and the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amitav Acharya (born 1962) is a scholar and author, who is Distinguished Professor of International Relations at American University, Washington, D.C., where he holds the UNESCO Chair in Transnational…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitav_Acharya

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shiping Tang (born 24 January 1967) is a Chinese molecular biologist, political scientist, political economist, computational social scientist, and philosopher of social sciences. He is the Fudan Dist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiping_Tang

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The School of International Service (SIS) is American University's school of advanced international study, covering areas such as international politics, international communication, international dev…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University_School_of_…

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Claim 4: “Professor Shelton U. Kodikara was the pioneer of the study of International Relations in Sri Lanka and the founder of the RCSS.”

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The provided evidence consists of general definitions of the word 'Professor' and organic farming. There is no specific information regarding Professor Shelton U. Kodikara's role in the RCSS or International Relations in Sri Lanka.

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web search NEUTRAL — Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) [1] is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, professor derives from Lati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor

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web search NEUTRAL — Professor (often shortened to Prof.) [2] is an academic rank at most universities and colleges. The word professor comes from Latin. It means a "person who professes", so professors are usually expert…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor

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Claim 5: “Ambassador (Retd.) Ravinatha Aryasinha is the RCCS Executive Director”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny that Ravinatha Aryasinha is the Executive Director of the RCSS.

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Claim 6: “Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is Former President, BNMF and BCIS Council of Management Chairperson”

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Multiple sources confirm Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is a former President of Sri Lanka and the Chairperson of the BCIS Council of Management.

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web search NEUTRAL — Born in 1945 into a prominent Sri Lankan political family, she is the daughter of two former prime ministers, Solomon Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Kumaratunga entered politics in the 1970s,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga

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web search NEUTRAL — Madam Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. Chairperson/BCIS Council of Management.Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA served as the Executive President of Sri Lanka during the period 1994 – 2005.
https://bcis.edu.lk/index.php/personnel/madam-chandrika-band…

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web search NEUTRAL — President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. President of sri lanka, november 1994 - november 2005.Former Executive President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was born on June 29, 1945, into a fami…
https://presidentcbk.lk/

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Claim 7: “the 50th anniversary of which [the Fifth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement] is being commemorated on 16 August 2026.”

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Evidence from 'Counterweights' confirms the 5th summit began on August 16, 1976. Therefore, the 50th anniversary falls on August 16, 2026. This is a mathematical fact based on the verified date of the event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 60th Anniversary Additional Commemorative Non-Aligned Meeting was a Non-Aligned Movement commemorative meeting which took place on 11–12 October 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting was organized…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It was founded with the view to advancing interests of developing countri…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tanzania is an active and prominent member state of the Non-Aligned Movement since the days of independence of Tanganyika in 1961. In early days of the movement President Julius Nyerere was recognized…
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Claim 8: “Professor Acharya presented key arguments from his latest book, “The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilisation Will Survive the Decline of the West.””

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated Portuguese language search results about grammar and geography. No evidence regarding the book title was provided in the search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — mover para a barra lateralocultar. Início. 1História. 2Lista de ex-prefeitos. 3Geografia. 4Turismo.
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web search NEUTRAL — Para separar o numerador do denominador nos números fracionários, substituindo a barra da fração. 1/3 = um terço; 1/2 = um meio;
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web search NEUTRAL — A barra ( /), também denominada barra oblíqua, é umsinal gráfico que desempenha várias funções, apesar de não pertencer ao sistema tradicional de pontuação e não ter muitas regras bem definidas. 1. Fu…
https://www.novagramaticaonline.com/2026/02/barra.html

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Claim 9: “the Fifth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in Colombo in 1976 chaired by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike”

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Multiple independent sources (Counterweights, Revisiting Non-Alignment, and BMICH) confirm that the 5th Non-Aligned Summit was held in Colombo in 1976 and chaired by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

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