Strengthening Global Research Ties: ICHARM-UMCSAWM_UoM Collaboration for Water Resilience

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News UMCSAWM, Moratuwa - 17th March 2025

We were honoured to welcome 𝑫𝒓. π‘΄π’π’‰π’‚π’Žπ’†π’… π‘Ήπ’‚π’”π’Žπ’š (π‘Ίπ’†π’π’Šπ’π’“ 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓), 𝑫𝒓. π‘²π’‚π’•π’”π’–π’π’π’“π’Š π‘»π’‚π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’‚π’˜π’‚ (𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 π‘Ίπ’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’π’Šπ’”π’•), 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒓. π‘©π’‚π’…π’“π’Š 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒂 (𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 π‘Ίπ’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’π’Šπ’”π’•) from the π‘°π’π’•π’†π’“π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’ π‘ͺ𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π‘Ήπ’Šπ’”π’Œ π‘΄π’‚π’π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’Žπ’†π’π’• (𝑰π‘ͺ𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑴), 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏 (https://lnkd.in/gZ4kp4-X), to the 𝑼𝑡𝑬𝑺π‘ͺ𝑢 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒆𝒆𝒕 π‘Ίπ’Šπ’π’ˆπ’‰ π‘ͺ𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 π‘¨π’”π’Šπ’‚ 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 π‘΄π’‚π’π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’Žπ’†π’π’• (𝑼𝑴π‘ͺ𝑺𝑨𝑾𝑴), π‘Όπ’π’Šπ’—π’†π’“π’”π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 π‘΄π’π’“π’‚π’•π’–π’˜π’‚ (https://umcsawm.uom.lk/), on 14th February 2025.

Our collaboration with ICHARM has been deeply rooted since the inception of UMCSAWM, with significant contributions to advancing water resilience research in Sri Lanka and the South Asian region. Frankly, the journey of nurturing our water centre to the highest level was sparked during my tenure as a Specialist Researcher at ICHARM.

ICHARM has been at the forefront of global flood modelling, climate risk assessments, and integrated water disaster management, leading groundbreaking initiatives such as the development of the Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation (RRI) model, global flood risk projections, and policy-driven climate adaptation strategies. This ongoing collaboration will not only strengthen UoM's research capacity but also greatly benefit our undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional training programs across South Asia.

Strengthening Global Research Ties

Strengthening Global Research Ties