IEEE Sri Lanka Section History

IEEE Sri Lanka Section History
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Sri Lanka Early Years

Late Sir. Arthur C. Clarke, ex-chancellor, University of Moratuwa and the first non-citizen in Sri Lanka to be granted "Resident Guest" status in 1975 received the 1984 IEEE Centennial Medal.

Mr. Mohamed A. Haleem received the Certificate of Merit in IEEE Postgraduate Student Paper Contest conducted by the IEEE Hong Kong section in 1994.

Prof. S.Ratnajeevan H. Hoole was awarded an IEEE Fellow in 1995. He was the Vice Chancellor of University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka while seconded from his position as Senior Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Mr. N.Rajkumar was the Power Engineering Chapter Chair for the Singapore Section in 1996/1997.

Prof. Wamadeva Balachandran was the recipient of the IEEE John Melcher best paper award in 2000.

Sri Lanka Section

Dr. Sanath Alahakoon of the University of Peradeniya initiated a petition to start the IEEE Sri Lanka Section, with the IEEE Sri Lanka Section being formed 14th November 2003. The boundaries of the Section are the country of Sri Lanka. A tsunami hit Sri Lanka on 26 December 2004. The IPDPS flagship activity of the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Parallel Processing sadly lost Mrs. Isabelle Attali in the Tsunami - she served as the Industrial Chair travelling to the University of Ruhuna on the southern coast.

IEEE RAB Approved the formation of the IEEE Sri Lanka Central Region Subsection of the Sri Lanka Section on 12 Nov 2005.

Chapters

In May 2005, the Sri Lanka Computer Chapter was started (C16). Mr. K.P.Hewagamage is the first Chapter Chair.

In November 2010, the Sri Lanka Microwave Theory & Techniques chapter was started.

Section Officers

Sri Lanka Section Officers

Year	Chair	Vice chair	Secretary	Treasurer
Year	Chair	Vice-Chair	Sectretary	Treasurer
2003	Dr Sanath Alahakoon	-	-	-
2004	Dr Sanath Alahakoon	Dr D N Ranasinghe	Dileeka Dias	Dr G. N. Wikramanayake
2005	Dr Sanath Alahakoon	Dr D N Ranasinghe	Pubudu P Warusamanna	Dr G. N. Wikramanayake
2006	Dr Chandima Ekanayake	Dr G. D. S. P. Wimalaratne	Dr Thrishantha Nanayakkara	Atputharajah Arulampalam / Dr. Kasun De Zoysa
2007	Dr Chandima Ekanayake	Dr G. D. S. P. Wimalaratne	Biswajith A Dissanayake	Dr Thrishantha Nanayakkara
2008	Dr Sisil Kumarawadu	Prasad Jayaweera	Gihan Seneviratne	Atputharajah Arulampalam
2009	Gihan Seneviratne	Sudath Munasinghe	Gihan Seneviratne	Lilantha Samaranayake
2010	Lilantha Samaranayake	Disala Uduwawala / Vijitha Herath	Chandima Pathiranage	Anuja Dharmaratne
2011	Sudath Munasinghe	A M Harsha S Abeykoon	Mahen Jayawardena	Ruwan Ranaweera
2012	Kithangodage Jayaratne	Mahen Jayawardena	Ruwan Ranaweera / Maheshi Dissanayake	Jayathu Samarawickrama
2013	Janaka Ekanayake		Maheshi Dissanayake / A M Harsha S Abeykoon	Amithalal Caldera
2014	Jayathu Samarawickrama		Sarath Sisira Kumara Jangu Ralalage	Buddhika Anandasetti
2015	Ruwan Ranaweera		P.A.G.S Abeynayake / Ruwan Gopura	Maheshi Dissanayake
2016	Sanjeeva Witharana		Saranga Abeygunawardane / P.A.G.S Abeynayake	Sarath Sisira Kumara Jangu Ralalage
2017	Thantirige Jayawardana		Dr. Mrs. Buddhima Subasinghe / Katudampe Vithanage Chathuranga	Rasara Samarasinghe
2018	Kithsiri Liyanage		Dilrukshi Gamage	Thilina Lalitharatne / Katudampe Vithanage Chathuranga
2019	Chandimal Jayawardena		Jeevani Jayasinghe	Manjula Udayanga Hemapala
2020	Ruwan Gopura		Windhya Rankothge	Tharaka Samarasinghe
2021	Maheshi Dissanayake		Subodha Charles	Uditha Navaratne

Student Branches

Student Branchs

Year	University	Councilor
2007	UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA STB18711 THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING BRANCH CHAIR: SINNATHAMBY SUTHARMAN	S R H HOOLE Branch Councilor Ph: +1 215 895 2414
2008

IEEE University of Moratuwa Student Branch, Sri Lanka

The IEEE University of Moratuwa Student Branch was established in September 2008 with the aim of developing the professional skills of undergraduates in the disciplines of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering at the university. The university being the largest gathering of students in the disciplines of engineering related to Information Communication Technology in the country, the establishment of the IEEE Student Branch at the institution surely seems the fulfilment of a necessity.

With intentions of developing the skills of budding engineers of tomorrow the Student Branch has come up with many programs within the first six months. The first event was a visit to an MDF Board Manufacturer, the only fully automated factory in the country, where the participants were given a guided tour of the factory and manufacturing processes.

The delegation from the University of Moratuwa constituted of members of IEEE University of Moratuwa Student Branch, Dr Sisil Kumarawadu, Eng Bernad Perera, Mr. Senevirathne and Mr Rupasinhe. Dr Atputharajah and the students from University of Peradeniya joined the team.

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