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Priyadarshani Talgaswatte has recently been awarded a degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) by the prestigious Institute of Centre D’ etudes Diplomatiques Et Strategiques (Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies) in Paris, France under the auspices of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Internationales (School for Higher Studies on International Relations) for her doctoral thesis ‘Impact of ISO 9000 Certification on Internal Improvements and External Benefits to the Sri Lankan Industry’. Ecole Des Hautes Etudes Internationales is a member of the Academic Council of the United Nations Systems. The Ph.D has been awarded to her with a Magna cum laude (Special mention by the Jury for excellence).

This is the first time that a research work has been carried out pertaining to ISO 9000 certification in Sri Lanka.

Dr. Talgaswatte holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Science and two Masters Degrees in Biology and Management respectively from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. She has also attended several training programmes locally, as well as overseas, such as in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, UK, Hong Kong, Iran and in India in the field of Total Quality Management.

She is a certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems, of the International Registry of Certified Auditors in United Kingdom (IRCA-UK), a Lead Auditor for ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems, and also an Auditor for ISO 14000 Environmental Management Systems. Dr. Talgaswatte has been attached to the Sri Lanka Standards Institution over the last 25 years and currently holds the position of Director (Training). She is an old girl of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo.

Yvonne Ridley, internationally-famed BBC and CNN journalist, who was held hostage by the Taleban in Afghanistan on the eve of a military strike on that country by the United States in 2001, will be in Sri Lanka on a lecture tour from August 28 to September 3. Sponsored by the Centre for Islamic Studies in Colombo, her first lecture will be held on August 28 at the BMICH at 7 p.m. followed by another on September 3 at 4 p.m.