Mr. Daneshan Casie Chetty Ambassador Danesh Casie Chetty is a Career Diplomat who has been in Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service for a period of over 36 years. Having served in the Sri Lankan Embassies in Tokyo, Belgrade, and Moscow as a fresher, he was then attached to the Non-Aligned Conference Division of the Foreign Ministry …
Ms. Selyna Peiris Selyna Peiris (Attorney-at-Law) is the Director-Business Development at “Selyn”, Sri Lanka’s only fair-trade handloom company and one of the country’s largest social enterprises. She is also co-founder and lead consultant at Positive Impact Consultancies, an organisation seeking to promote and integrate ethical and sustainable business practices into mainstream business. She was previously …
Mr. Javid Yusuf Ahmad Javid Yusuf is an Attorney at Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka whose legal practice extends to various fields of law including Civil, Criminal and Commercial Law as well as Constitutional, Administrative and Human Rights Law both in Sri Lanka and abroad. He has also worked as a State Counsel …
Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, an economist, was the fourteenth Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, from 2016 to 2019. Dr. Coomaraswamy completed his university education with a BA (Hons.) Degree from the University of Cambridge and went on to obtain his PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex. He joined …
Dr Shahid Kardar Shahid Hafiz Kardar is presentlythe ViceChancellor of Beaconhouse National University, a Member of the High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achievingthe SDGs 2030 Agenda, appointed by The Presidents of the UN General Assembly and ECOSOC, and the Life-long Treasurer of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Trust. He …
Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne joined the Sri Lankan Bar in 1977 and was appointed President’s Counsel in 2001. The principal area of his practice is public law. He obtained a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura with a merit pass, specialising in …
Dr. Kamal Hossain Dr. Kamal Hossain is former Vice-Chairman of the Executive Council of the International Law Association. Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh, he joined the legal profession in 1959, after obtaining an Honours degree in Jurisprudence, BCL and doctorate in International Law, from the University of Oxford. Dr. Hossain taught International …
Prof. Gamini Keerawella Professor Emeritus Gamini Keerawella is an internationally renowned research scholar, the former Head,Department of History, the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Prof. Keerawella earned his Ph.D.in Historyfrom the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canadaand his doctoral dissertation was onThe Growth of Superpower Naval Rivalry in the Indian Ocean andSri Lankan Response andM.A. degree …
Lord MeghnadJagdishchandra Desai Lord MeghnadDesai is a British economist and former member of the BritishLabourParty, having served asthe Chairman of the Islington South and Finsbury Constituency Labour Party between 1986 and 1992. He is Professor Emeritus of the London School of Economics. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in …
Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Chair, South Asia Policy & Research Institute (SAPRI) Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was the fourth Executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, from 1994 to 2005. In a political career spanning over three decades, she was elected, Chief Minister of the Western Province in 1993 in …