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Prof. Chandra Wickremasinghe’s postponed lecture on aliens on Aug. 7
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|August 03, 2025
Prof. Chandra Wickremasinghe’s previously postponed lecture on "ENCOUNTER WITH ALIENS FROM STONE-AGE TO SPACE-AGE" will be jointly hosted by the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka (NASSL) and the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) with the event commencing at 5:00pm on Thursday 7th August at SLAAS’s Auditorium (120/10 Vidya Mw.Colombo 7), the organizers said.
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Prof. Wickremsinghe received his early education at Royal College Colombo and at the University of Colombo which awarded him a First Class Honours Degree in Mathematics. He received a Commonwealth scholarship to proceed to Trinity College
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