User:Rev Omalpe

Ven. Omalpe Somananda Thero is a young scholar who was graduated at University of Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka with a first-class honour in Buddhist Philosophy. Afterwards, he had completed his Master of Social Work degree at University of Bangalore, India with 1st Class. Ven Omalpe Somananda Thero was awarded many times in his student carrier and also obtained the Diploma in Social Work at National Institute of Social Development- Sri Lanka. His discipline encompasses English language, Buddhist Social Work, Buddhist literature, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Psychology, Early Buddhism, Buddhist Social and Ethical Philosophy, Buddhist Epistemology, Buddhist Psychiatry & Counselling, Buddhist Mediation and research related to Buddhist Social Work, in addition, he has written and published several books such as Approaches through Buddhism for Social Work, Experience in Social Work Research, Buddhist Approach for Social Development Practice(සමාජ සංවර්ධන පරිචය සඳහා බෞද්ධ ප්‍රවේශයක් ) and Experience in Social Work in Sri Lanka, articles and research papers for the upliftment of Buddhist Philosophy. At present he serves as a Senior Lecture at the Department of Buddhist Culture, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Similarly, He is at present on study leave and working as a Visiting Researcher at Asia Research Institution for International Social Work, leading to Ph.D on Buddhist Social Work.