{"id":5,"date":"2020-01-13T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T11:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demosites.io\/web-agency-gb\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:10:47","slug":"15c42-web-agency-gb-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rafa.jfn.ac.lk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5\" class=\"elementor elementor-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fd2470 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fd2470\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-beeaf6c\" data-id=\"beeaf6c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-7f8d1e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f8d1e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10b986d\" data-id=\"10b986d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ac4e3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5ac4e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"background-color: mediumseagreen;\" align=\"Center\">Vision<\/h2><p align=\"Justify\"><strong>To be a leading center in the field of Aesthetic studies, towards teaching, learning, research, and dissemination of the system.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f655e6c\" data-id=\"f655e6c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae4ee94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae4ee94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"background-color: mediumseagreen;\" align=\"Center\">Mission<\/h2><p><strong>To produce competent graduates with sound knowledge and skills in performing and visual arts and innovation in performing and visual arts with special emphasis on the social and spiritual development based on cultural heritage.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-636c0f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"636c0f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d6441b\" data-id=\"4d6441b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3351ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3351ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"background-color: mediumseagreen;\" align=\"Center\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/h2><p>Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan Faculty of Performing and Visual Arts was inaugurated by the late Mr. S. Nadesapillai in memory of his father-in-law, Sir Ponnampalam Ramanathan on the 6th of October 1960.Ramanathan Music Academy was taken over by the government in April 1974 and renamed as \u201cRamanathan Government Fine Arts College\u201d. Then it was taken over by the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka with effect from 1<sup>st<\/sup> of December 1975 renaming it as \u201cRamanathan Academy of\u00a0 Fine Arts\u201d, as a unit under the Department of Fine Arts until it was upgraded as a separate department of study program namely \u201cPerforming Arts\u201d in the Faculty of Arts in 1992.<\/p><p>The Faculty commenced Degree Programs in Carnatic Music and Bharathanatiyam in 1993. In 1996, the Department of Performing Arts was bifurcated into the Department of Dance and Department of Music. The subject of Art and Design was introduced as a discipline in 1999 at RAFA, it was placed under the Head, Department of Dance.It has been upgraded as \u201d Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan Faculty of Performing and Visual Arts\u201d according to the special gazette notification released on 16<sup>th<\/sup> of August 2022 with six departments namely Music, Instrumental Music, Dance, Painting, Sculpture and Drama &amp;Theatre Arts .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e0a4af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e0a4af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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