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= Nalanda College Communication Unit =

Nalanda College Communication Unit (Sinhala: නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලයීය ජනසන්නිවේදන ඒකකය), also known as The Communication Unit of Nalanda College or NCCU Studios, is the official school communication society of Nalanda College, Colombo. Established in 1986, Nalanda College Communication Unit has been working as an outstanding school communication society in Sri Lanka up to the present.

History
Nalanda College begins her ascension to media supremacy on 24th May 1926, by launching a school newspaper "Nalanda Pravurthi" (Sinhala: නාලන්දා ප්‍රවෘත්ති, lit: Nalanda News) in accordance to the  Nalanda Kusum Dina  Campaign by Prof. Gunapala Malalasekara, principal at that time. In 1927, a school magazine "Nalanda Sangarawa" (Sinhala: නාලන්දා සඟරාව, lit: Nalanda Magazine) is launched.

The formation of an organized school communication network in Nalanda College, Colombo, takes place in 1986 and is established under the name "Nalanda College Communication Unit" with the motto "Muhukura Nagena Janasanniwedanaye Abhimanaya" (Sinhala: මුහුකුරා නැගෙන ජනසන්නිවේදනයේ අභිමානය, lit: The Pride of Emerging Mass Communication.) There begins the story of Nalanda College Communication Unit - a pioneer in school communication.

Evolution
In the journey from the very beginning, Nalanda College Communication Unit has evolved into an organized institution. The unit's membership extends to the students of Nalanda College from Grade 6 to Advanced Levels.

The communication unit continues its legacy through hosting Sri Lanka's well-known school Television/Radio Broadcasts, All-Island Media Day Competitions and is stepping into a new chapter of communication via online platforms such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music.

Achievements


==== Television Broadcasts ====
 * 2005 - Nalanda TV (Sri Lanka's first ever school TV broadcast)


 * 2008 - Nalanda TV (Sri Lanka’s first-ever school TV broadcast using Chroma Technology)
 * 2009 - Nalanda TV
 * 2012 - Nalanda TV (Sri Lanka’s first-ever school TV broadcast using IPTV Technology)
 * 2013 - Nalanda TV
 * 2019 - NTV

==== Radio Stations ====
 * 1996 – Ecstasy of Nalanda
 * 1997 – Nalandasara
 * 1998 – Nalandasara
 * 1999 – Nalandasara
 * 1999 – Broadcasting of a radio channel parallel to the 75th anniversary of Nalanda College
 * 2001 – Ecstasy of Nalanda
 * 2005 – Nalandasara
 * 2006 – Nalandasara
 * 2007 – Nalandasara (Sri Lanka’s first-ever school Web Radio broadcast)
 * 2008 – Nalandasara
 * 2010 – Nalandasara
 * 2011 – Nalandasara
 * 2012 – Nalandasara

==== All-island Bilingual Announcing Competitions and Media Days ====


 * 2004 - Sambhasha
 * 2005 - Sambhasha
 * 2006 - Sambhasha
 * 2007 - Sambhasha
 * 2008 - Sambhasha
 * 2009 - Sambhasha
 * 2010 - Sambhasha
 * 2011 - Sambhasha
 * 2012 - Sambhasha Twenty'12
 * 2013 - Sambhasha
 * 2014 - Sambhasha
 * 2015 - Sambhasha
 * 2016 - Sambhasha
 * 2017 - Sambhasha



Other Achievements

 * 2002 & 2004 – Videography & live telecast of Ananda - Nalanda Cricket Encounter “Battle of the Maroons”
 * 2006 - Sri Lanka's first-ever School Technical Workshop with well-known media personalities in Sri Lanka.

Magazine
'Nalanda' magazine started as a bimonthly magazine to bring forth the language skills of the outstanding Nalanda young journalists, presumably with the foundation introduced with 'Nalanda Pravurthi' and 'Nalanda Sangarawa' in the early days of Nalanda College. The magazine continued until its final issue in 1978. It started again as a newspaper in 1998 June following the guidance of the principal at that time: Mr. Edward Ranasinghe. Under the motto 'Sin: විමර්ශනාත්මක මනසකින් යුතු මාධ්‍යවේදීන් බිහි වේවා.' (Let journalists with an investigative mind be born) this newspaper captured peer fame as writers from surrounding schools were also encouraged to write articles for the magazine.

In October 2012, the first issue of 'Livseriya' (Sihhala: ලිව්සැරිය): a trimonthly newspaper, was published by Nalanda College Communication Unit under the directions of the principal Mr. J. H. M. W. Ranjith Jayasundara, only to be canceled after the first issue.

Despite the previous setbacks, Nalanda College Communication Unit relaunched the 'Nalanda' trimonthly magazine in 2018, this time with a steady foundation to ensure a continuous publication. The magazine continues to publish until the present while enabling to enforce the linguistic magnificence of students, teachers, and past pupils of Nalanda College.

Board of Officials
The Board of Officials is responsible for the administration of the Nalanda College Communication Unit. Each year the old batch resigns after nourishing their successors with the customs and traditions of the supremacy since 1986.

==== Presidents ====

==== 2020/2021 - Board of Officials ====

Old Nalandians' Communication Unit
Nalanda College has gifted the world with many gifted alumni. Among them, there are many people associated with the industry of communication.