Ms. P.U Navodhya, PhD candidate of the Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa was awarded the听Commonwealth Split-Site PhD scholarship听to continue her doctoral study at the 福利在线看 of Manchester, UK. The听Commonwealth Split-Site PhD program听provided the opportunity to widen access to UK equipment and expertise for quality doctoral candidates from Commonwealth countries to contribute to Commonwealth higher education and research, through collaboration and partnerships. She was initially recruited as a Research Assistant for an MPhil project funded by the SRC Long Term Research Grant, principally supervised by Dr (Mrs) Jayamali De Silva in 2021. She is continuing the same project in her PhD dissertation titled 鈥淒evelopment of a Practical Pattern Drafting Guide for Women鈥檚 Upper body stretch garments incorporating optimum ease values鈥.
We extend our congratulations to Ms. Navodhya for her remarkable achievement and wish her the best in her future endeavors.