evidence: The Centre for Distance and Continuing Education of the University of Peradeniya organized a certificate awarding ceremony for the candidates who competed two academic programmes on Advanced Certificate Course in Laboratory Handling and the Diploma in Management and Development respectively on 6th August 2023 at the Statistical and Computer Science’s Auditorium of the Faculty of Science. This event was graced by the Vice-Chancellor, The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Dean Faculty of Management, the Dean Faculty of Science, the Director of the CDCE and the Chairpersons, the Resources Persons of the said academic programmes and the Staff Members of the CDCE. [...] The Centre for Distance and Continuing Education of the University of Peradeniya, Conducted a Diploma and Certificate awarding Ceremony for Diploma in Management and Development and Advanced Certificate Course in Laboratory Handling on 3 rd November 2022 at the Centre for Distance and Continuing Education. The Centre awarded Diploma and Certificate to 66 students who completed the respective academic programmes. [...] The University of Peradeniya appointed Dr. Rathnayake M. Abeyrathne the new Director of the Centre for Distance and Continuing Education. While adhering to Covid 19 health guidelines, he assumed duties in his post on the 4th of August 2021. He is a Senior Lecturer and a Medical Anthropologist and former Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya. At the brief meeting, he mentioned that the vision for the Center during his tenure is to develop it as one of the Centers of excellence in Distance and Continuous Education in the country.