Home - Centre for Social Reconciliation (CSR)
Welcome to the Centre for Social Reconciliation (CSR) The Centre for Social Reconciliation (CSR) at Eastern University, Sri Lanka (EUSL), is established as a proactive response to the national need for social reconciliation and harmony within the university community and the wider society. Sri Lanka’s post-conflict context necessitates that higher education institutions play a transformative role in fostering a "Sri Lankan spirit" that transcends parochial identities. EUSL is uniquely positioned within a multicultural and multi-religious setting to advance national reconciliation process through intellectual and cultural engagement.
The CSR serves as a platform to:
- Promote a shared national identity where "Sri Lankans live in unity in diversity".
- Encourage critical dialogue to remove ingrained prejudices, suspicions, and mistrust.
- Facilitate multidisciplinary research and the dissemination of knowledge in all three national languages.
- Build bridges between the university and wider communities
- Strengthen youth leadership by empowering students as architects of a peaceful future.
Director /Centre for Social Reconciliation (CSR)

Prof. N. Pushparajah, PhD, LL.M
Professor in Political Science
Department of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Culture, EUSL
Mobile: 0757439006
Email: director_csr@esn.ac.lk / pushparajahn@esn.ac.lk
Research Interest: International Politics, Sri Lankan Politics, Constitutional Studies, Human Rights, Transitional Justice and reconciliation, International Humanitarian Law, Public International Law