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Dr Sashi Tharoor
By: Dr Sashi Tharoor
The 18th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration will be delivered at 5.30 pm on Tuesday, October 31 at the BMICH by Dr Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, India, bestselling author of 24 books, former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Minister of State for Human Resource Development and for External Affairs in the Government of India, on the topic “Is expansion of BRICS the beginning of a new world order?”
The Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration, a University of Colombo event is hosted for the 18th consecutive year by the Alumni Association of the University, in memory of its illustrious Past President the late Mrs Sujata Jayawardena who rendered immense service to the University.
Vice Chancellor Senior Professor H D Karunaratne said, “We look forward to the 18th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration to be delivered by world-renowned Dr Tharoor on a topic of great interest during these times.”
Mrs Sujata Jayawardena
Alumni President J M S Bandara said that the Association was honoured to have Dr Tharoor speak on a topic pertinent to the region and Sri Lanka given its geographical setting.
This oration is organised with the support of the Alumni Corporate Partners LOLC Group and Akbar Brothers Group, and event sponsors Multiform Chemicals (Pvt) Ltd and the Marlbo Trading Company.
Those interested in participating at this year’s oration are requested to connect with the Alumni Association by e-mailing sjoration2023@gmail.com no later than October 20.
Only a limited number of invitations are available, and therefore registrations will be on a first come first served basis. If it is an alumni requesting invitations, do indicate the same in your request. All alumni of the University of Colombo are Associate Members of the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo.