Marians and Golden Chimes glamour at Hantana:

Arunella to ‘Pera’

Tharindu Weerasinghe

On April 19 whole of Peradeniya will reverberate with the music of Marians and Golden Chimes, in a whole new experience in the history of university music. Peradeniya University Faculty of Engineering is organizing this musical extravaganza in order to raise funds for its Students’ Scholarship program.

With the vision of “For the betterment of future generation” the Engineering Students’ Union of the Faculty of Engineering started this program nine years ago, in 2002. The main objective of the Arunella program was to provide financial support to the financially deprived undergraduates of the faculty.

Eventually Engineering Students’ Union was able to help not only their fellow mates but also the helpless school students from rural areas. They conducted a series of seminar aiming the GCE O-L students who have not had sufficient academic exposure and facilities. Moreover they have been conducting projects such as developing libraries of rural schools.

Arunella Scholarship Fund

The main purpose of this fund is to extend a helping hand to the undergraduates with financial difficulties, at the faculty. For the past seven years, more than 350 undergraduates have benefitted by the scholarship.

Arunella Scholarship fund is sustained by

*aid given by the employers of public and private sectors in Sri Lanka, social services organizations, alumni of the faculty.

* profit earned through selling T-shirts, pens, umbrellas, bags embedded with Arunella logo.

* any other activities organized by the faculty such as film festivals.

* “Arunella Musical Show”.