Harvard Club of Sri Lanka Elects First Executive Board for 2022/2024
View(s):The first Annual General Meeting of the Harvard Club of Sri Lanka was held virtually, electing the first President and Board of Directors for the next three years (2022/2024).
Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) of Harvard University had approved the establishment of Harvard Club of Sri Lanka in 2021 – the official alumni organisation and the representative group for all Harvard University alumni as well as faculty, fellows, researchers, and all other affiliates of Harvard University residing in Sri Lanka.
After experiencing the joys of studying in Cambridge at the prestigious Harvard University, those amazing conversations with classmates and professors, walking along the Charles, around Harvard Yard and Harvard Square, alumni are now back in Sri Lanka. Members of the club can continue to experience those conversations and memories with like-minded Harvard alumni living in Sri Lanka.
The Harvard Club of Sri Lanka is focused on making a difference as a Harvard community for our members, for Sri Lanka, and for Harvard.
Kandeban Balendran, Chairman & CEO of Academics Group was elected as the President and Chair of Board of Directors along with the first executive board and non-executive members. The Harvard Club of Sri Lanka Board of Directors consists of Vice President Aruni Goonetilleke, Secretary Sheran Fernando, Treasurer Niral Kadawatharatchie, Director Hiran Embuldeniya, Director Asanka De Mel, Director Suranga Herath and Non-Executive Members Nadira Karunaweera and Sarani Jayawardena.
Addressing the meeting, Balendran said “With the support of the HAA Office in Cambridge, and a fantastic core-team from our community, we established the ‘Harvard Club’ in Sri Lanka to become the 119th official Harvard Club in the world. For the past two years, we have hosted six successful events, made new connections, helped each other to build our community and initiated #FightCovidSaveLives project to help hospitals in rural villages during the pandemic.
I am humbled to be elected as the Founder President and the Chair of Board of Directors with the responsibility of leading the community and I am excited about our journey together as leaders who makes a difference in the world.
I am also grateful to our amasing core-team, now the Board of Directors for all their efforts and contributions. You are a gift to Harvard.
Especially in turbulent moments like these, I believe it’s essential that all alumni feel included and welcome in the Harvard community. Uniting people to strengthen the alumni community in this time of crisis and historic change is our collective responsibility.
The relationships we make across the Harvard Club of Sri Lanka as we connect across our diverse experiences are phenomenal. The alumni community is here to support you.
If you need help, I guarantee your fellow alumni will be there. I’ve had the privilege of meeting incredible people who are passionate about Harvard.
I’m so grateful for their perspectives as we seek out new opportunities to build and support inclusive community.
Our vision for the year ahead is an extension of our commitment to “One Harvard,” bringing alumni from all of Harvard’s Schools together to play an even more catalysing role in shaping a better world, as well as to connect, support, and learn from one another across perspectives. This is needed more today than at any other point in our lifetimes. The Harvard Club of Sri Lanka is focused on making a difference as a Harvard community for our members, for Sri Lanka, and for Harvard. The Harvard alumni community can give you so much, and not just meaningful intergenerational, global friendships, but also a path to having impact together in a way that is special to Harvard. The values of inclusion, diversity, and dismantling boundaries stretch further back.
We will strive together to promote and strengthen the Harvard Club of Sri Lanka through meaningful programmes.
The Harvard community in our country is made up of over 120 alumni, a diversified group from various Harvard Schools and professions, leading across sectors to take Sri Lanka forward! The establishment of the Harvard Club of Sri Lanka will now create more opportunities for our community to connect with each other, other regions, and the University to learn and share ideas to create more impact! It is our responsibility to help our communities, organisations, and the country to move forward especially in this difficult time.
I request you to be part of this journey and become a member of the Harvard Club of Sri Lanka. If you wish to be added to the Harvard Club of Sri Lanka mailing list to receive our news and be invited to our programmes, please send your name, degree, email, and phone number to kandee@harvardclubsrilanka.com.
Let us connect, learn, share, and create more impact together as “One Harvard”.
We are here to make a difference’’.
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