Prof Neluka Silva elected President, Oxford Society Alumni
View(s):Professor of English- University of Colombo (UoC), Prof Neluka Silva was elected President of The Oxford Society Alumni (OUA), at its AGM held recently..
In 2018, the Society was linked to the global network of the OUA.
The OUA network across South and Central Asia is located in 7 countries. There are over 2,000 OUAs in the Indian subcontinent. There are joint Oxford & Cambridge Societies in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan and an OUA in Sri Lanka, and an area contact in Kazakhstan.
The following were elected office bearers in Colombo for 2018:
- President: Prof Neluka Silva (UoC)
- Vice President: Lilith Rodrigo
- Joint Secretaries: Shavindra Fernando & Rishan de Silva
- Joint Treasurers: Simon Harris & Hiran Embuldeniya
- Committee:
Ashok Mudalnayake
Ravana Wijeyeratne
Charmalee Jayasinghe
Arosha Gunasekera
David Swannell
Prof Shavindra Dias (University of Peradeniya)