Kulasinghe Memorial Lecture on ‘Sri Lanka’s path to a Petroleum Economy’
View(s):The A.N.S. Kulasinghe Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Saliya Wickramasuriya, Director General, Sri Lanka Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat, on ‘Monetization of Reserves – the Path to a Petroleum Economy’ on October 25th at the Wimalasurendra Auditorium of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7.
Dr. Kulasinghe was born on October 26, 1919, to a middle-class family in rural Sri Lanka. He was not merely an engineer par excellence but also a scientist, technologist, teacher and mentor to many a Sri Lankan.
His engineering career and service to the nation spanned over 65 years and he has held many positions like Founder Chairman and General Manager of the State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka (SEC) (1962-1971), Chairman of the National Science Council 1968), General Research and Committee of Sri Lanka (1969), National Engineering Research and Development Centre (1978), Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB) (1978), and Bureau of Standards (1978).
Among his contributions to Sri Lanka in the sphere of Engineering, has been his active engagement and service in the Wimalasurendra Power Station, the accelerated Mahaweli Project as the Chairman of the CECB, the Planetarium, the Kalutara Chaithyaya, the Port Chaithyaya, the Kotmale Seya, the SEC Head Office, the Labour Secretariat, the Cement Corporation, the Steel Corporation and in many other complexes.
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