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SLAAS Council of 2026<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n

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Office Bearers of the Council<\/h2>\n

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General President<\/h4>\n

Dr. Parakrama Weligamage<\/h5>\n

Faculty of Agriculture
\nUniversity of Peradeniya
\nemail: parakw@pdn.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

President-Elect<\/h4>\n

Prof. R. M. Dharmadasa<\/h5>\n

Herbal Technology Section
\nIndustrial Technology Institute
\nemail: dharma@iti.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Immediate Past General President<\/h4>\n

Prof. Udeni P. Nawagamuwa<\/h5>\n

Dept. of Civil Engineering
\nUniversity of Moratuwa
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Joint General Secretary<\/h5>\n
Dr. Iresha Atthanayake<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
\nThe Open University of Sri Lanka
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Joint General Secretary<\/h5>\n
Dr. Sameera Samarasekara<\/h6>\n

Faculty of Engineering
\nUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
\nemail: samarasekara@sjp.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Treasurer<\/h5>\n
Prof. Chamari Hettiarachchi<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Chemistry
\nUniversity of Colombo
\nemail: chamarih@chem.cmb.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Asst. Treasurer<\/h5>\n
Dr. Menaka Ranasinghe<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng.
\nThe Open University of Sri Lanka
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Editor<\/h5>\n
Dr. H. A. Kumudu Sumedha<\/h6>\n

Department of Sociology
\nUniversity of Kelaniya
\nemail: sumedha@kln.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/12″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Asst. Editor<\/h5>\n
Dr. Vindya Kulasena<\/h6>\n

Dept of Zoology and Env. Sciences
\nUniversity of Colombo
\nemail: vindhya@zoology.cmb.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/12″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Secretary, Int. Relations<\/h5>\n
Prof. Susima Weligamage<\/span><\/h6>\n

Dept. of Finance
\nUniversity of Kelaniya
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Elected Members<\/h2>\n

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Prof. Banduni Atapattu<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Civil Engineering
\nOpen University of Sri Lanka
\nemail: bcliy@ou.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Prof. Supunmali Ahangama<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Information Technology
\nUniversity of Moratuwa
\nemail: supunmali@uom.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Dr. R.D. Guneratne<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Chemistry (retired)
\nUniversity of Colombo
\nemail: rdguneratne@gmail.com[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Prof. K.P.S.C. Jayaratne<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Physics
\nUniversity of Colombo
\nemail: chandana@phys.cmb.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Prof. M N Kaumal<\/h6>\n

Department of Chemistry
\nUniversity of Colombo
\nemail: mnkaumal@sci.cmb.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Prof. Theshini Perera<\/h6>\n

Department of Chemistry
\nUniversity of Sri Jayawardenapura
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Prof. Aashani Tillekaratne<\/h6>\n

Department of Chemistry
\nUniversity of Colombo
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Prof. Lakmal Weerawarne<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Physics
\nUniversity of Colombo
\nemail: dweerawa@phys.cmb.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Prof. Dilrukshi Wijayarathna<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Chemistry
\nUniversity of Colombo
\nemail: dilruksh@chem.cmb.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Chairpersons<\/h2>\n

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Chairperson \u2013 BOT<\/h6>\n
Dr. Azeez M Mubarak<\/h6>\n

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Chairperson \u2013 GRC<\/h6>\n
Dr. N. D. Kodithuwakku<\/h6>\n

Faculty of Indigenous Medicine
\nUniversity of Colombo
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Chairperson \u2013 EC<\/h6>\n
Dr. Lochandaka Ranathunga<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Information Technology
\nUniversity of Moratuwa
\nemail: lochandaka@itfac.mrt.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\"\"<\/p>\n

Chairperson \u2013 CPS<\/h6>\n
Prof. T. C. Jayaruk<\/h6>\n

Dept. of Applied Sciences
\nSri Lanka Inst. of Info. Tech. (SLIIT)
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Sectional Presidents<\/h2>\n

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President \u2013 Section A
\nDr. Chamari Kannangara<\/h6>\n

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President \u2013 Section B
\nDr. Madhusha Ishanthi Sudasinghe<\/h6>\n

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President \u2013 Section C
\nEng. (Dr) D. H. R. J. Wimalasiri<\/h6>\n

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President \u2013 Section D
\nProf. Uthpala Jayawardena<\/h6>\n

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President \u2013 Section E1
\nDr. W. A. M. Madhavi<\/h6>\n

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President \u2013 Section E2
\nDr. C. C. Kadigamuwa<\/h6>\n

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President \u2013 Section E3
\nProf. N. Kodagoda<\/h6>\n

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President \u2013 Section F
\nProf. G. C. Lakmini Gamage<\/h6>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””] SLAAS Council of 2026 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=””] Office Bearers of the Council [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””] General President Dr. Parakrama Weligamage Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya email: parakw@pdn.ac.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””] President-Elect Prof. R. M. Dharmadasa Herbal Technology Section Industrial Technology Institute email: dharma@iti.lk[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””] Immediate Past General President Prof. Udeni P. Nawagamuwa Dept. of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1718\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slaas.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}