A Brief History of the Club

- December 04, 2012

The Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya is one of the most prestigious Rotaract Clubs in the RI District 3220. The club was chartered in 2002 and after a short period of silence, sprang up to work in 2006. The Charter President of the club is Rtr. PP Pathum Mudannayake who was an undergraduate from the Faculty of Science. He and his committee have done a great deal to raise the club to higher levels in the district. Our Senior Treasurer had been Dr Shamala Kumar all along. She is one of the main reasons the club stands proud inside the university arena. The list of past presidents is as follows.

1. Rtr. PP Pathum Mudannayake
  2. Rtr. PP Chamara Abeysekara
3. Rtr. PP Bhagya Egodage
  4. Rtr. PP Chulanga Niriella
  5. Rtr. PP Madhawa Balasuriya
6. Rtr. PP Upul Chathuranga Senanayake

7. Rtr. PP Pradeep de Alwis

8. Rtr. PP Pubudu Wimalasiri

9. Rtr. PP Tharindu Malinga

10. Rtr. PP Chamara Yapa

11. Rtr. PP Pasan Kavikeshawa

12. Rtr. PP Thiraj Dhanushan

13. Rtr. IPP Tharindu Pinnaduwage

14. Rtr. President Lahiru Dissanayake

With that as the beginning, RACUOP covered a range of projects in every Rotaract Year to make the lives of their community better. The projects were spread along all four avenues of service, but as a University based Rotaract Club, we concentrated mostly on Professional Development and Community Service. RACUOP still continues to be the best and most active club at the University and hosts undergraduates with numerous talents under her wing and nurture them to thrive for their dreams. As we count the years, the club will always be there to carry out the service it has always carried out and to shine bright in the RI District 3220.

Throughout the years the Club has provided a platform for undergraduates to use their innovative, sharp and unique strategies to benefit the community while uniting those of diverse fields of study through fellowship. The membership of the Club currently consists of about 150 undergraduates from the Faculties of Engineering, Arts, Science, Veterinary Sciences and Dental Sciences. The collective effort of budding professionals representing various fields, together with their diversifying skills to tackle issues and provide optimum solutions, is a rare and absolute advantage which the club possesses.