Speak, at your best!

Thanura Mendis

The media unit of Nalanda College was initiated in 1986 with the prospective of fulfilling the growing need to establish a strong media tradition in Sri Lankan school culture. As a result, it has been able to crown the school media sector throughout its history of 27 years.

Manifesting its leadership in school mass communication, the unit has organized ‘Sambhasha'- interschool announcing competition, in both Sinhala and English media, which will be held on July 13.

Started with ‘Ecstasy of Nalanda'- the first ever broadcasting mission of the college in 1996, the record accounts for 13 such projects which includes ‘Nalandasara'- a web radio broadcast in 2006 that covered the realm of the whole world.

As a pioneering media unit, it managed to televise the first ever school television broadcasting effort in Sri Lanka in 2005 which was extended to six such projects all around including the 2008 broadcast using the chrome technology and the 2012 effort with IPTV technology which were groundbreaking initiatives when it comes to school arena.

Sambhasha was first organized in 2006 which was organized in line with a workshop on technological aspects related to media which was glistened by the presence of media experts. Sambhasha was continued incessantly from then onwards, bringing the best of amateur journalists who are fated to lead country's journalism in future.