Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Research Excellence 2016 : Prof. P. Kamal Perera
Dr. P. Kamal Perera
Institute of Indigenous Medicine
Dr Pathirage Kamal Perera achieved a Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery with honors at university of Colombo in 2003 and achieved Master’s Degree to PhD in Pharmacology at China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China. he specialized in Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Immunology in his postgraduate studies. Further, he did Diploma in Research & Development of Products to Meet Public Health Needs, Japan as Post-Doctoral training in 2013. He was Certified and trained in Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety at Uppsala World Health Organization Monitoring Center, Sweden in 2016. Currently, he is working as a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Dravyaguna Vignana (Ayurveda Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics ) and coordinator for postgraduate studies in IIM. Further, he works as a secretary for Ethics Review committee in IIM and a member of the ethics review committee in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. He is an eminent consultant physician at the National Ayurveda Teaching hospital, Borella. He contributed to Develop Unit for Research Developments for Ayurveda Products as a research and commercial arm at IIM. In 2015 and 2016 he consulted on to Develop Intellectual Property Rights for Traditional Medicine project with World Health Organization (SEARO). He delivered many guest lectures and keynote speeches within the Ayurveda and western medicine communities. Has presented and published many papers at local and international conferences and journals. He organized and coordinated many national and international conferences for globalised Sri Lankan Ayurveda medicine. He won awards for research presentations both internationally and locally for scientific publications and research. Also received several research grants. He innovates pharmaceutical and cosmoceutical Ayurveda products collaborate with cooperate sector. He supervises research of Special Degrees /Post Graduate Diploma /MSc/MD/MPhil/PhD readers collaborate with the Faculty of Graduate Studies at University of Colombo, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Kelaniya, University of Peradeniya, Kothalawela Defense University, Institute of Chemistry and Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo. He serves as a reviewer and Editorial board member of peer review International journals. Currently collaboratively conducting research works with Federation University in Australia on a project that aims to validate Mobile Phone App with Ayurveda medicine concepts (Prakriti/ Body constitution) and architecture for Ayurvedic Electronic Health Records.
