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SRI LANKA
ENGINEERING NEWS
The Newspaper of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka Vol. 47, No 08, August 2012
Registered at the GPO as a Newspaper No. QD/86 /NEWS/2011-
INDUCTION & GRADUATION CEREMONY – 2012
The annual Induction and Graduation ceremony of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka was held at the Waters Edge on Saturday, 18 th
August, 2012. Vice Chancellor, University of Ruhuna, Prof. Susirith Mendis, was the Chief Guest while Secretary to the Ministry of Ports
& Highways, Eng. R.W.R. Pemasiri was the Guest of Honour to the event.
This year the IESL awarded
Charter status to 241
engineers inducting them as
Corporate members of the
institution. Meanwhile 18
students who completed
the IESL Engineering
Course received their
graduation certificates and
five winners of the Junior
Inventor of the Year 2012
winners were also awarded
scholarships. For those
receiving Charter status it
was the culmination of a
rigorous process of training
and gaining experience
under the guidance of Senior
Chartered Engineers and
going through Professional
Review exams and
interviews to attain it. In his
welcome speech of the
event the President Elect of
IESL, Eng Tilak De Silva
while congratulating them
on their achievements also
alerted them to the
challenges that awaits them
in their new role. He
stressed the importance of
remembering engineering
fundamentals and
continues updating of
knowledge as key to
becoming accomplished
engineering professionals
and contributing adequately
to the country's
development as almost all
gigantic projects are being
designed and developed by
foreigners.
Speaking at the occasion,
Prof. Susirith Mendis, who
belongs to the medical
profession, said “ Being at a
ceremony for inducting
engineers to the Charter I feel
like the fish out of the water.
Nevertheless the message I
would like to convey is the
same that I have been saying
on many other occasions
which is that values should be
up held by practitioners
belonging to any profession
whether it be doctors,
engineers or lawyers.”
Describing current times as
trying to professionals
belonging to all professions he
said “ It has become very
difficult for professionals to
maintain standards and
conduct expected of them.”
He said that he is happy that
IESL has a Code of Conduct
for its professionals and
implored that it should be of
meaning to those who took
oaths and not forgotten by
tomorrow as is the reality
today. Referring to its parallel
in the medical profession,
the Hippocratic Oath ( which
he said doctors passing out
are not taking today) and the
new code of ethics that he
had introduced sometime ago
he said that he is not happy
with the results today. He
said that the crème of GCE
Advanced Level students are
in medicine and engineering
and that humanities would
add quality to them although
some people may ask what
has arts, dancing and
literature to do with medicine
and engineering. He said that
he had tried to include
humanities in the curriculum
of the medical education but
have met with resistance, the
usual argument being that the
medical curriculum is already
over loaded. He said that he
would introduce humanities
such as arts, dancing,
literature etc. to the
engineering curriculum of the
Ruhunu University as being
done in Britain. Pointing out
that the best medical schools
in the world are now actively
introducing humanities to
their curriculum he said that
he would do the same to
medical curriculum of the
Ruhunu University.
Touching on another aspect
of professionalism, perhaps
in response to a reference
that the President of the IESL,
Eng. (Dr.) Ananda
Ranasinghe made earlier in
his speech, Prof. Susirith
Mendis said “ To err is
human, but how many
professionals would admit
their mistakes ?” Citing an
example of a professional
being true to the Code of
Ethics, Prof. Susirith Mendis
pointed out that his
Professor and teacher Prof.
Carlo Fonseka has once
admitted his six fatal
mistake in an article that he
published in the British
Medical Journal. “ He is
perhaps the only
professional that I ever knew
who admitted his mistakes
in that manner” he said.
Unlike other professionals
the victims of whose
mistakes are individuals the
Engineers mistakes could
take its toll in hundreds and
thousands as in the case of
the collapse of a condomium
complex in the US that
collapsed and was later
revealed to be as a result of
the use of substandard
material in its construction,
for which the Site Engineers
were blamed.
Contd. on page 6...
The Institution of Engineers
Sri Lanka
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Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.
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In this Issue
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President Reports on his
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IESL NEWS
106 th ANNUAL SESSIONS
Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
The ceremonial inauguration of the 106 th Annual Sessions of the Institution will take place on Friday-October 19, 2012 at 9.00 a.m. at the
SBMEC Auditorium of the BMICH, Colombo. Honourable Palitha Fernando, the Attorney General of Sri Lanka will grace the occasion as
the Chief Guest and His Excellency Ashok K Kantha, the High Commissioner for India in Sri Lanka is expected to be the Guest of Honour.
Eng.(Prof.) Amal Kumarage, Professor in Transportation Engineering, University of Moratuwa will deliver the keynote address.
A Seminar on the theme ‘Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry in Sri Lanka’ will be held at Hotel Galadari on Saturday – October 20,
2012 commencing at 9.00 a.m. The registration fee will be Rs.3000/- for members and Rs.4000/- for non-members.
This year’s annual field visit on Sunday – October 21, 2012 will be to the Deduru Oya Reservoir Project Site. Transport for the field visit will be
arranged by the Institution leaving the Institution’s premises at 120/15, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07 at 6.00 a.m. on October 21, 2012 to
return the same day. The participation fee will be Rs.1000/- for Student Members and Rs.2000/- for others. Due to space constraints places
will be reserved on a first come first served basis.
The presentation of Technical Papers in connection with the Annual Sessions will commence at 9.00 a.m. on Monday – October 22, 2012 at the
Institution’s Headquarters and may continue till 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday – October 24, 2012.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Wimalasurendra Auditorium of the Institution on Saturday – October 27, 2012 commencing
at 9.00 a.m. All Corporate members are requested to attend the AGM.
If you wish to attend any of the events indicated above, please inform us in advance by duly filling up the form attached herewith and
returning same to us before September 30, 2012 preferably via email to iesl@slt.lk.
You may also contact Deepthini on 2698426 – Ext. 205 regarding your participation at the inauguration of the Annual Sessions /AGM/ Visit /
Seminar. Please contact Praneeth on 2698426 - Ext. 220 regarding the participation fee for seminar / field visit and furnish your contact
telephone numbers along with the National Identity Card Number when paying the registration fee.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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IESL - 2012
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The attention of the prospective candidates of the
Professional Review is drawn specifically to the
following sections of the current Professional Review
Rules:
1. Clause 5.1.7 which provides for the
candidates to undergo training and gain experience
under the supervision of a Mentor if their places of
work are not recognized by the Institution as having
facilities for provision of such training. The list of
organizations that are already registered with the
Institution is available at http://www.iesl.lk/
iesl_member_area_RecogTraining.html.
(Arrangements could be made to get the
organizations that are already not registered with
the Institution by contacting the Director (Education,
Examinations and Training) on 0112698426 - Ext.
209 or via email at deetiesl@sltnet.lk) .
2. Annex F which provides for candidates to
seek exemption from the B Paper by taking part in
activities of the Institution.
3. Clause A 2.1.4 which provides for the Civil
Engineering graduates who are unable to do their
designs in a Design Office recognized by the
Institution to do a Comprehensive Design Project
under a Chartered Engineer approved by the
Institution.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
NOTICE
Effective 1st September, 2012,
the IESL Library will be closed
on every Sunday of the week for
a period of one month.
Executive Secretary

Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN'S PROFILES
ENG. RANJITH GANGANATH
RUBASINGHE
CHAIRMAN, ELECTRICAL
& ELECTRONIC SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
Currently the Chief
Executive Officer –
Sri Lanka Telecom
Manpower Solutions Eng.
Ranjith G. Rubasinghe
graduated in 1998 from the
University of Peradeniya with
a BSc, Electrical and
Electronics (Specializing in
Computer sciences and Data
Structures) degree in
Engineering. He obtained a
Postgraduate Diploma
(PGDip.) in Engineering
(Telecommunications &
Electronics)) in 2002 from the
University of Moratuwa. In
2007 he obtained the Master
of Business Administration
from the University of
Colombo. He became a
Chartered Engineer and a
Member of the Institution of
Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)
in 2003 and a Fellow of IESL
in 2010. He also holds
CMSLIM, Associate
Member, the Institute of
Personnel Management Sri
Lanka INC (IPM),
Eng. Rubasinghe
commenced his career in
1998 as a Systems
Engineer at the Fentons
Computers Ltd. There he
functioned as the head of the
Unix Systems, which
enjoyed a majority share in
both the private and public
sector. He went on to join Sri
Lanka Rupavahini
Corporation as an
Information Systems
Engineer in 1999 and was
able to Implement the first
ever animated crawling
system in Sri Lanka for
Rupavahini. The same year,
he joined as a Service Desk
Engineer/Network Engineer
at Sri Lankan Airlines Ltd
where he had the chance of
expanding his scope to nonengineering
fields as a
Founder member of the IT
Service Desk
implementation team of
Sri Lankan Airlines. In the
year 2001, he joined Sri
Lanka’s premier
telecommunications and
business Services
Company, Sri Lanka
Telecom as an Engineer and
was placed in the Directory
Services where he was
responsible for Database
management in Directory
Section of Sri Lanka
Telecom including
Designing, Developing and
maintaining databases
needed for Directory
Publishing. In 2006 he was
promoted as the Head of
RAINBOW PAGES which
operated as the separate
business unit (SBU) of the
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and
there he showed his
managerial skills by
pioneering the local
brand “RAINBOW
PAGES” resulting in
replacing international brand
Yellow Pages in Sri Lankan
market within 3 years of
inception of the SBU. During
his time at RAINBOW
PAGES, the first ever
trilingual directory was
introduced in Sri Lanka
considering the
requirements of National
integrity and the first ever full
colour directory of the
country was also
introduced. He developed
the SBU up to the level of
self sustainability where Sri
Lanka Telecom decided to
spin off RAINBOW PAGES
as the first subsidiary of
such a kind.
He is currently working as
the Chief Executive Officer of
Sri Lanka Telecom
Manpower Solutions (Pvt)
Ltd, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Sri Lanka
Telecom PLC. In 2010, He
was privileged to be awarded
with the ‘HR LEADERSHIP
AWARD’ which is one of the
most prestigious awards that
compliments an individual for
his or her contribution to the
field of Human Resource
Management at the Global
HR Excellence Awards
2010 in Asia Pacific HRM
Congress, Bangalore, India.
The winner of the Chartered
Engineer Award in the
Field of IT &
Communication at IESL
Engineering Excellence
Awards 2011, Eng.
Rubasinghe has been
Contd. on page 11....
Hailing from a family in
Nugawela, Eng
Sumanarathna had
his primary and secondary
education at Dharmaraja
College, Kandy. He
graduated from the University
of Peradeniya in 1983. Soon
after his graduation he joined
the Central Engineering
Consultancy Bureau (CECB)
as a junior engineer and
worked at mega projects
such as Victoria,
Randenigala and Canyon
hydro power projects. At the
ENG. ASANTHA SUMANARATHNA
CHAIRMAN,
IESL NEWS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
time he left CECB he was
holding the post of Deputy
Section Engineer.
Upon completion of 6 years
of service at the CECB, he
joined the industrial
Development Board( IDB) as
the Resident Director of
Appropriate Technology
Research and Development
Centre (ATRDC) at Pannala
becoming the youngest
director to be appointed to
head the ATRDC. During this
time, he proceeded to
Australia to do his post
graduate studies at The
University of Melbourne in
1992. After successful
completion of his Masters
Degree in engineering he
returned to Sri Lanka in 1994
and was appointed as the
Acting Chief Engineer to
head the Engineering
Division of the IDB.
After 7 years of service at
IDB he joined the Private
sector as the Senior
Operations Manager of
Madanayaka Group of
Companies, Paliyagoda.
Subsequently he joined the
Salmi (UK) Ltd. as the
Factory Manager, during
which tenure he was working
in Finland and Poland for
short periods.
After completion of his
assignment to set up a
zipper plant, he returned to
Sri Lanka and joined the
State Engineering
Contd. on page 11...
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Lakshitha Weerasinghe, Editor
lakshitha@ieee.org
Sri Lanka
Engineering News
Era of Intangible
Assets.
Microsoft and Apple are two of the world’s
most valuable companies. In the
Financial Times “Global 500” list, Apple
Inc. is presently ranked as the world’s Number 1
company with Microsoft ranked as Number 4.
Apple has a market capitalization of U$ 546 billion
while that of Microsoft is U$ 257 billion. Though
market capitalization is based on the trading
value of a share, it nevertheless gives an
indication of the perception of investors as to the
true value of acompany. However, if we really try
to make an inventory of all the physical “Assets”
owned by Apple and Microsoft and try to value
them, we are sure to be really surprised by the
results we get. The list of “physical”, “tangible”
assets owned by Apple or Microsoft may consist
of all the Real Estate, Buildings, computers and
associated hardware, office equipment and
some liquid assets such as bonds and cash, the
combined value of which may not be even a fifth
of the market capitalization. From where does
the balance “apparent” value of Apple or
Microsoft come from? It is the “intangible” assets
that have made up the balance. It is now believed
that traditional accounting techniques can
capture only one fourth of the real value of the
corporate sector. Welcome to the era of
intangible assets!
This example is applicable even to a country. If
we compare a well-managed country like
Singapore that has no natural resources with an
asset rich middle eastern nation, it is evidently
clear that, Singapore can create value more than
the latter. The reason being the intangible assets
such as proper systems, disciplined people,
trained workforce, the image and trust it had
built for itself over the years, the work attitudes,
culture, law and order that it possesses, all of
which are assets though are intangible.
We have to clearly understand the dominance of
Intangible Assets in the modern era if we are to
create value to our shareholders or the public in
our work. As engineers, we channel in to the
organizations we serve a considerable
component of intangible assets in the form of our
knowledge and experience.We also have to
make sure that we put enough emphasis to train
our fellow engineers, introduce new systems and
work practices, ethics in to our work places to
enhance the intangible asset base as we live in
the era of Intangible Assets!
Unless we put an effort in doing that, we can soon
be a tangible liability to our bosses!
Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
Letters to the Editor
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PHOTO MEMBERSHIP CARD
It has been decided to issue all Corporate Members and Associate Members
with photo membership cards which will include their national identity card numbers
as well.
Interested members are requested to fill in the form given below and return it to
reach the Director (Membership) on or before September 30, 2012 accompanied
by 2 passport size photographs of the member with the membership number
indicated on the reverse side of the photograph.
NAME IN FULL
Name with initials as it should
appear on the card
PHOTO MEMBERSHIP CARD
MEMBERSHIP NUMBER
(Ex: M-6153, F-072, AM-13467, HLM-1823, HLF-268 etc.
NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD NUMBER
I have attached 2 passport size photographs of mine with the membership number
marked on the reverse side.
Signature Date
Year Month Date
Director (Membership)
The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
120/15, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo07.
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Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
President Reports on his Visit to
NSW Chapter Conference
At the invitation of the IESL NSW Chapter the President made a short visit to Sydney
to attend their Annual Conference and get together which was held on 20 th July 2012.
The Annual Conference was held at the auditorium of the Australian Institution of Engineers,
Sydney Office at Chatswood NSW, and many papers were presented by engineering
practitioners in Sydney. Among them were Prof. Buddhima Indraratne, Dr. Jayantha
Ameratunga, Prof. Karu P. Esselle, Eng. Nadeesha Dharmasiri and Dr. Prathapa Ravindra.
The presentations made by these professionals were of a very high standard and they would
be quite beneficial for engineering practitioners in Australia as well as in Sri Lanka. With the
video conferencing facilities that the IESL intends to install in the near future, most of these
presentations could be viewed live by our members here in Sri Lanka.
It was very noteworthy that the Sri Lankan engineers were doing extremely well in Australia
in the different fields of engineering. Prof. Indraratna and Dr. Ameratunga jointly presented a
paper entitled: “Performance and Prediction of Vacuum Combined Surcharge
Consolidation at Port of Brisbane” with the following outcome:
“In order to meet the increasing demand at the Port of Brisbane, new port facilities are being
constructed adjacent to the existing ports through land reclamation. A vacuum-assisted
surcharge load and conventional surcharge scheme in conjunction with prefabricated vertical
drains was selected to improve the soil properties and minimise long term settlements. An
analytical solution for radial consolidation considering both time-dependent surcharge and
vacuum pressure is proposed to predict the short and long term settlements, lateral instability
and associated excess water pressures in the reclaimed ground and the deeper marine clay.
Field monitoring data was found to be in excellent agreement with novel analytical solutions
developed by the Authors and the benefits of using vacuum combined surcharge loading
system over the standard surcharge fill are vividly demonstrated. The method applied in this
Port of Brisbane project have since then been adopted in other land and offshore reclamation
projects in Australia”.
The following is the outcome of Prof. Karu Esselle’s paper on “Prediction of the notch
frequency of slot loaded printed UWB antennas”:
“Interference between existing wireless systems and UWB communication systems has
been a concern since the Federal Communication Commission of USA allowed 3.1-10.6GHz
unlicensed band for low power ultrawideband (UWB) Communication. It is possible to prevent
this interference without additional filters (that would occupy additional space in a device and
add to the cost) by integrating the filtering action with the antenna. Slots are introduced to
printed UWB antennas for the purpose of “creating notches” or stopbands within the passband.
In this paper, we present a method to calculate, very accurately and efficiently, the notch
frequencies of such antennas”.
The following is the outcome of PhD. Research student Eng. Ms. Nadeesha Dharmasiri’s
paper on “Momentum Balance Method (MBM) and Estimation of Boundary Shear
Stress Distribution”:
“Flow resistance in river flow is a fundamental problem for hydraulic engineers. The underlying
mechanism persistent to flow resistance is still under investigation by several researchers.
In this meticulous effort in finding a solution to this fundamental problem it is important to
scrutinise the factors, which will contribute immensely in predicting flow resistance. One of
these factors being the determination of boundary shear stress, which is an important and
difficult topic in hydraulic engineering. This is due to the fact that obtaining reliable
measurements in the boundary region involves a high degree of scrutiny. With the advent of
new equipment like Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profilers (ADVP) etc., the velocity profiles in
the main flow region can be accurately measured, although there is a need to develop a
method to estimate the boundary shear stress for instruments like ADVP. This paper
presents a method that can evaluate the boundary shear stress, i.e., shear stress on the
bed and sidewall using the main flow data based on Momentum Balance Method.”
The following is the outcome of the paper entitled “Shakedown analysis of road pavements
– application to project level and network level scenarios” by Dr. P. S. Ravindra who
graduated from University of Peradeniya in 1978 in BSc in Civil Engineering and obtained his
Master of Engineering Science in Applied Hydrology from the University of Moratuwa:
“Most pavements in service continue to operate with permanent plastic deformations.
Depending on whether the plastic strain is accumulating or self-cancelling pavement failure
could occur due to excessive rutting or low cycle fatigue. Also it may so happen that after
some initial cycles of plastic deformation pavement structure behaviour eventually becomes
elastic. Such stabilisation is called “shakedown” of the pavement. An analysis which
incorporates the substantial strength existing prior to the point of static collapse has been
suggested by Sharp and Booker (1984) when they pioneered the application of Melan’s
(1936) Shakedown Theory to model “shakedown” behaviour of road pavements. In this
paper, it is intended to discuss the application of shakedown theory to predict the pavement
performance at project level case study in the National Highway No. 5 (Delhi to Kolkata) in
India and a road network level case study in NSW Australia. Generalized application scenarios
have been provided to depict Sri Lankan road conditions”
On the following day of the Conference there was a gala get-together of Sri Lankan engineers
attended by more than 400 guests among whom were at least 250 engineers employed in
Australia.
This event was sponsored by the NSW Government Public Works, PT. CG Power Systems
Indonesia, Abigroup, Extra Dimension Solutions P/L, Inventech, SMEC, Photonix
Communications, Dulux and the NSW Government Roads & Maritime Services. It was also
graced by the attendance of many very high ranking Government officials from Australia.
IESL NEWS
Get To Know the IESL
Provincial Chairmen
The IESL has a membership exceeding 15,000 dispersed all
over the island. The IESL Provincial Centres which carry out
many member services in the provinces provide the much
needed connectivity to its members in the provinces by
organizing courses, seminars, workshops, field visits etc. for
their continues professional development.They also organize
community programmes such as infrastructure improvements
to least developed schools in the provinces, relief work in
case of disasters etc.for interaction of its members with the
public.These programmes are initiatives of the Executive
Committees headed by the Chairman of each Provincial
Centre. The May and July 2012 issues of your newsletter
introduced the Chairmen, IESL Provincial Centres who are at
the helm of four of the centres in Central, Northern, Eastern
and North Central Provinces. In this issue we introduce the
Chairman, IESL UVA Provincial Centre.
Eng. Nelson P. Jayatilaka
Chairman, IESL UVA Centre
Eng. Jayatilaka is a
graduate of university of
Peradeniya with a B. Sc.
Eng. Degree in civil
Engineering in 1992. He
obtained his masters in
Water Resources
Management in 2011 from
UNESCO IHE Institution in
the Netherlands. He is a
member of Institution of
Engineers Sri Lanka since
1999. After graduation in 1992 he Joined SEC and served as
Site Engineer in PGIA worksite at Peradeniya. After that he
joined Walkers Piling Ltd. as a Project Engineer and served
two years in piling sector. After that he joined Sri Lanka
Engineering Service (SLES) in 1995 and was attached to the
Irrigation Department. He worked as an Irrigation Engineer at
Moneragala, Wellawaya, Kantale, Pollonaruwa and
Kandeketiya. He worked as a Chief Irrigation Engineer at
Irrigation Department, Moneragala. After completing M.Sc.
(Water Management) in UNESCO IHE the Netherlands, he
was attached to Uma Oya downstream project as a Deputy
Project Director. Later he was nominated as Project Director
at Proposed Morane Reservoir Project at Mahiyangana from
January 2012. He was the Treasurer to IESL Uva Centre in
2006.
He is an Executive Committee Member in the Association of
Public Service Engineers (APSE). The center has organized
several activities technical seminars and get-together for their
members. Presently the center is engaged with JIY
competition 2012.
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INDUCTION & ....
The President of IESL, Eng. (Dr.)
Ananda Ranasinghe in his
speech stressed the importance
of Continues Professional
Development in the making of
an accomplished engineering
professional. He said that a
newly graduated engineer might
find himself in a less rewarding
situation compared to
experienced practitioners
belonging to academically
lesser professions and it’s with
Continues Professional
Development that engineers
attain their full potential and due
place and role in the
development of the country. He
said that the work of an engineer
is open to see by everyone and
they can’t hide easily as can be
done by practitioners of other
professions such as the
medical, law, architecture or
politics. “Once the Engineer
makes a mistake he is damned”
he said.
The Guest of Honour, Secretary
to the Ministry of Ports and
Highways, Eng. R.W.R
Pemaratne, in his speech laid
out the extensive development
efforts that are taking place in
the country and the tremendous
contributions that engineers
could make, He said that he is
certain that the newly inducted
chartered engineers will fill the
vacuum of professional
engineers in the country to a
great extent and that the
engineers graduating today will
gain the necessary experience
and join the resources base of
the country.
Eng. Wimalasena Gamage
proposed the Vote of Thanks
bringing the event to an end..
.
1 Eng. M H P Ranmuthugala M-5987
2 Eng. L D C Dharmadasa M-5988
3 Eng. K P U Nandadasa M-5989
4 Eng.(Ms.) M P Bamunawita M-5990
5 Eng. S Jayanthan M-5991
6 Eng. R Sundareswaran M-5992
7 Eng. Y P S R Piyasena M-5993
8 Eng. S A S B Samarasinghe M-5994
9 Eng.(Dr.) G H A C Silva M-5995
10 Eng. J K Pathirana M-5996
11 Eng. I IIInan M-5997
12 Eng. L Dadallage M-5998
13 Eng. D S Ratiyala M-5999
14 Eng. M P PNawarathna M-6000
15 Eng. H J K G Sandaruwan M-6001
16 Eng. A P Rubasinghe M-6002
17 Eng. H C J Thilakarathne M-6003
18 Eng. T H S Priyantha M-6004
19 Eng.(Ms.) H M R S Dilrukshi M-6005
20 Eng.(Ms.) T M C H Menike M-6006
21 Eng.(Ms) N Hewavitharana M-6007
22 Eng. C H Mahagamage M-6008
23 Eng.(Ms.) Y L Mahagamage M-6009
24 Eng.(Ms.) P A Siriwardhana M-6010
25 Eng.(Ms.) M L Wijesinghe M-6011
26 Eng. B H A D Ruwan M-6012
27 Eng. A H Dissanayake M-6013
28 Eng. N D N Pushpakumara M-6014
29 Eng. M W D C Gunaratne M-6015
30 Eng. K D Priyanga M-6016
31 Eng. K S Pieris M-6017
32 Eng. D Sarathchandra M-6018
33 Eng. T G D H Wijesinghe M-6019
34 Eng.(Ms.) K W C Senani M-6020
35 Eng. K A Weerarathne M-6021
36 Eng. G T D Methsiri Kumara M-6022
37 Eng. K P W AsiriIndika M-6023
38 Eng. H P Niroshan M-6024
39 Eng.(Ms.) P G A Perera M-6025
JUNIOR INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
– 2011
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
1.Master Nipuna Kaviska Silva,De Mazenod College, Kandana.
2.Master Mahenthiraraja Dirasanath, Konalingam Maha
Vidyalaya, Trincomalee.
3.Master Thaweswaran Mithurshan,St. Michaels National
College, Batticaloa.
4.Master G.C.K.B.Ganepitiya,Mayurapada Central College,
Mawanella.
5.Master J.M.K.N.H. Bandara,Anurudda Kumara National
School
Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
RECIPIENTS OF CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATES
August / September 2011 & February / March 2012 (In the order of entry into membership)
40 Eng. S A P Senanayake M-6026
41 Eng.(Ms.) M S K Doolwela M-6027
42 Eng. J M Samankumara M-6028
43 Eng. M A S Kumara M-6029
44 Eng. S SGunawardana M-6030
45 Eng. P W M W Senaratne M-6031
46 Eng. D N Angunawala M-6032
47 Eng. S H Ediriweera M-6033
48 Eng. S D S Wijewardhana M-6034
49 Eng. D A N Lakmal M-6035
50 Eng.(Ms.) E D T M N D Menike M-6036
51 Eng. E M M B Yatiyana M-6037
52 Eng. R S Karunarathne M-6038
53 Eng. H C Vidanapathirana M-6039
54 Eng.(Ms.) C L Kariyawasam M-6040
55 Eng. A H G R Fernando M-6041
56 Eng. N D Amarasinghe M-6042
57 Eng. K R A S Rajapaksha M-6043
58 Eng. S K S Pushpakumara M-6044
59 Eng. N T P G K S Nanayakkara M-6045
60 Eng. A U S Ranatunga M-6046
61 Eng.(Dr.) A S Dharmasiri M-6047
62 Eng. H K D W T Gajanayake M-6048
63 Eng. J A R L De Saram M-6049
64 Eng. W M C Wijayatunga M-6050
65 Eng.(Prof.) (Ms.) R Shanthini M-6051
66 Eng. K D M A Chandrasekara M-6052
67 Eng. H M Dharmaratne M-6053
68 Eng. H D Jayantha M-6054
69 Eng. K K E Wijesooriya M-6055
70 Eng. S D N Hendry M-6056
71 Eng. S T S Kariyawasam M-6057
72 Eng. W B Fernando M-6058
73 Eng. V P S D S Vitharana M-6059
74 Eng. W D C Bandara M-6060
75 Eng. D K Jayawardene M-6061
76 Eng.(Ms.) A K Manori M-6062
77 Eng. U L Aluthapala M-6063
78 Eng. R M N Tennakoon M-6064
79 Eng.(Ms.) K W U Munasinghe M-6065
80 Eng. W S J D G C L Nawarathna M-6066
81 Eng. K I Surendra M-6067
82 Eng.(Ms.) B S C K Munasinghe M-6068
83 Eng. S A T D Samarasinghe M-6069
84 Eng. N P N P Ranasinghe M-6070
85 Eng. W W C N Kumara M-6071
86 Eng. S B A D Semasinghe M-6072
87 Eng.(Ms.) S Malathy M-6073
88 Eng. M T A Fowmy M-6074
89 Eng. P M Sirithunga M-6075
90 Eng. R M Kularathna M-6076
91 Eng. W P M KasunDasantha M-6077
92 Eng. N W P W Nanayakkara M-6078
93 Eng. D B D G N P Ranasinghe M-6079
94 Eng. R J Abeysiriwardena M-6080
95 Eng. J Joachimthasan M-6081
96 Eng. P D Y Gunatilaka M-6082
97 Eng. B M S Banagala M-6083
98 Eng. H M R Bandara M-6084
99 Eng. S SRanwatta M-6085
100 Eng. L A L Liyanarachchi M-6086
101 Eng. I L Hyder Ali M-6087
102 Eng. U A Padukka M-6088
103 Eng. M A D S Premadasa M-6089
104 Eng. S T K D Hemachandra M-6090
105 Eng. M W I J Kumara M-6091
106 Eng.(Dr.) N H Priyankara M-6092
107 Eng. R MAYOORAN M-6093
108 Eng. H P R K Rupasinghe M-6094
109 Eng. C A Sandagiri M-6095
110 Eng. S Vidyapan M-6096
111 Eng. P A N Shantha M-6097
112 Eng. M D Kularatnasiri M-6098
113 Eng. I S Felician M-6099
114 Eng. B C P Sunil M-6100
115 Eng. A I Kaluarachchi M-6101
116 Eng. K M D Seneviratne M-6102
117 Eng. H A S C Wijenayake M-6103
118 Eng. M V S Fernando M-6104
119 Eng. D S K S Jayalath M-6105
120 Eng. M T U N Perera M-6106
121 Eng. J P S Weerasinghe M-6107
122 Eng. B M U S Banneheka M-6108
123 Eng. A R C CAthapattu M-6109
124 Eng. Y Goguladas M-6110
125 Eng. P H B Samarawickrema M-6111
126 Eng. S Mageswaran M-6112
127 Eng. U Weerasinghe M-6113
128 Eng. R N Perera M-6114
129 Eng. M H P Mendis M-6115
130 Eng. (Ms.) W M Y A Wijesinghe M-6116
131 Eng. K Navarathnarajah M-6117
132 Eng. E R K S Wimalarathna M-6118
133 Eng. M M J K Marasingha M-6119
134 Eng.(Ms.) M K J Prabodini M-6120
135 Eng.(Ms.) S P N D Senarath M-6121
136 Eng.(Ms.) M D Balasuriya M-6122
137 Eng.(Ms.) I Yogarani M-6123
138 Eng. S Jeevasangar M-6124
139 Eng. K N S Senadeera M-6125
140 Eng. (Ms.) S Dharmasinghe M-6126
141 Eng. T U Amarasuriya M-6127
142 Eng.(Ms.) A U P W Ariyadasa M-6128
143 Eng. W A Premaratne M-6129
144 Eng.(Ms.) N A A S Nissanka M-6130
145 Eng.(Ms.) A I Samarawickrama M-6131
146 Eng.(Ms.) F N M Siddick M-6132
147 Eng. U K M K Kularathna M-6133
148 Eng. (Ms.) C K Weerakkodi M-6134
149 Eng. M A A M Ananda M-6135
150 Eng. K K P PRanaweera M-6136
151 Eng. T J B Fernando M-6137
152 Eng.(Ms.) A M D M Attanayaka M-6138
153 Eng. R W L Chandrasiri M-6139
Contd. on page 11....

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IESL NEWS
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IESL NEWS
‘It’s a matter of improving your other
skills ….. if you wish to lead.’"
IESL President tells Engineers.
A
course on ‘Management Development for Engineers’ organized by the CPD Committee
of the IESL as part of its Continues Professional Development Programme
commenced on Saturday, 25th August 2012 at the IESL headquarters. The course will
be conducted over 7 consecutive Saturdays. Eng.W.J.L.S Fernando, Chairman – CPD
Committee and Vice President, IESL conducted the inaugural lecture on ‘Role of Engineer in
the Society’. The Course Coordinator is Eng. Bernard Perera. 30 students are currently following
the course.The full text of the speech by the President, IESL, Eng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe
delivered at its inauguration is carried below for its relevance to the engineer readership of
the SLEN.
"Firstly I am thankful to the
Continuous Professional
Development (CPD)
Committee for organizing this
seminar to run spanning for 7
consecutive Saturdays. The
Chairman, Eng. Shavi
Fernando, has taken the
responsibility of delivering the
first lecture on ‘The Role of an
Engineer in Society’.
CPD has become very
important for all professionals
including engineers to
enhance their careers. The
CPD system commenced
about 10 years ago and the
IESL also has adopted this
scheme for professional
engineers. Internationally it
has been identified that
professionals who are
practicing in various fields
should enhance their
knowledge during their career
in order to serve the general
public in a better way.
CPD is also beneficial to the
individual professional as, if
one does not continue with
studies or reading other
relevant materials which are
being practiced today, such
person or professional will be
left far behind the others. For
e.g. when we graduated from
Universities more than 35
years ago we were taught
certain subjects which may
not be applicable in the field
of industry today. Apart from
this, certain subjects are
being developed to an extent
we would not have imagined
possible while practicing
engineering today had we not
obtained such experience and
academic qualifications.
Surveying is a typical
example where we have used
normal theodolite, levels etc.
in order to take
measurements and
elevations. However, now it
has been completely changed
whereas our engineers are
now using Total Workstation
which may be very convenient
to use, but one must have
some understanding about
such equipment and
methods.
Apart from these
technological improvements
unlike previously, the engineer
is more responsible with
regard to safety of worksites.
Workmen’s rights have been
improved over a period of time
and for every accident that is
happening at the site, the
engineer is answerable and he
cannot evade from his
responsibilities by merely
paying compensation. In some
countries a criminal
responsibility would lie upon
the engineer. One cannot send
a person to work at heights
without having proper safety
equipment. Even if a worker
falls from an elevation due to
his own mistake, the engineer
should be able to justify that
he has introduced a workable
system which every workman
is expected to follow. Mere
negligence of the worker
cannot be claimed to relieve
the engineer’s responsibilities.
Engineers are also responsible
for the cost of the project. The
investor may not have a
bottomless bucket to spend
money without limit in any
project. During the
development of construction
the contractor has made huge
profits as there was very little
competition among the
contractors. Therefore, when
the engineer does a mistake
you could ask the contractor
to rectify it without causing
additional cost to the employer
as the contractor could absorb
such expenses due to his
large profit margin. However,
this luxury is not available
anymore to the present day
engineer.
The construction industry is
now very competitive and the
contractor will attempt to
extract every penny from the
employer if there is a mistake
on the part of the engineer.
Quite often contractors are
more knowledgeable and
qualified than the engineer
themselves as they are
prepared to hire expensive
lawyers, engineers etc. to
defend their claims. Therefore,
the present day engineer also
should equip himself with
knowledge in order to
safeguard his position. This
knowledge cannot be achieved
merely by reading engineering
text books. One has to have a
general knowledge about law,
quantity surveying,
architecture, economics etc.
like related fields in the
engineering industry.
Project Management is
another field which you
have to be familiar with. The
engineer should also be
able to read a financial
statement as otherwise a
person who does not have
any knowledge in
engineering might tell you
what to do. Engineers are
supposed to have the best
analytical skills and
therefore it is a matter of
improving your other skills
and the jargon the other
professionals are using if
you wish to lead the
construction field.
I am not sure whether you
are aware of the fact that
quantity surveyors are now
claiming that they should
be project managers as
they are aware of the cost
of the project at any given
time. Therefore, they can
provide valuable information
to the employer in respect
of the employer’ financial
commitment. This is the
most important thing in a
project. Therefore, whether
we like it or not, if we are
not acquainted with some
of the subjects which I have
mentioned earlier,
engineers will be pushed
back to play a secondary
role in the construction
industry.
Communication skill is
another important area
which one has to acquire
for himself. This was never
a subject in the universities
in the past. I have never
made a presentation or a
talk in any of the university
functions or seminars.
Now I believe that the final
year students have to make
a presentation about their
projects. These things go
a long way in order to
model your career. The
people who were very
unfortunate not to have
exposure in these
important areas have to
take an interest to develop
these skills at least when
they are practicing in the
industry. That is the very
reason CPD has been
introduced to practicing
professionals.
Contd. on page 11....
Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
EVENT PHOTOS OF THE
EASTERN PROVINCIAL
CENTRE
CPD COURSE ON
'REPORT WRITING
TECHNIQUES'
Resource Person : - Eng. N. Kamaladasa,
C.E.O
Distance Learning Centre Ltd
Venue : - R.D.I. Office, Kallady, Batticaloa.
Date : - 21.07.2012

Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
SERVING ON COMMITTEES
Corporate and Associate Members interested in serving in the following Standing/Sectional
Committees of the Institution during the Session 2012/2013 are kindly requested to furnish
the information requested so that they could be forwarded to the Chairmen of the respective
Committees for appropriate action.
A. Standing Committees
• Continuing Professional Development Committee
Development and Professional Affairs Committee
Education and Training Committee
Finance and Administration Committee
Library, Publications , Publicity and Conferences Committee
Membership Committee
These Standing Committees will be chaired by the President/President-Elect/Vice
President as the case may be.
B. Sectional Committees
• Agricultural and Plantation Engineering Sectional Committee
• Building Services Engineering Sectional Committee
• Civil Engineering Sectional Committee
• Chemical and Process Engineering Sectional Committee
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sectional Committee
• Information Technology and Communication Engineering Sectional
Committee
• Mechanical Engineering Sectional Committee
Please note in case of Sectional Committees the members can opt to serve only in the
Committees pertaining to their respective disciplines.
By serving as a member of any of the above mentioned committees, the members will get
an opportunity to make contributions for the betterment of the Institution in particular and
the engineering profession in general. The Committees generally meet once a month on
a weekday at around 5.15 p.m.
If you wish to be a member of any of these committees please furnish via email to
iesl@slt.lk to us on or before September 30, 2012 the information requested below:
…................................................................................................
NAME WITH INITIALS
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DISCIPLINE
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
MAILING ADDRESS
NAME OF THE COMMITTEEES (PLEASE TICK THE APPROPRIATE CAGE)
Continuing Professional Development Committee
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Building Services Engineering Sectional Committee
Civil Engineering Sectional Committee
Chemical and Process Engineering Sectional Committee
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sectional Committee
Information Technology and Communication Engineering Sectional Committee
Mechanical Engineering Sectional Committee
IESL NEWS
AN APPEAL FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE
BENEVOLENT
FUND
Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday it it it it it was was was was was someone someone someone someone someone
else. else. else. else. else. Today Today Today Today Today also also also also also it it it it it is is is is is
someone someone someone someone someone else else else else else BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT
tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow it it it it it could could could could could be be you
you
or or your your dependents
dependents
dependents.....
The IESL Benevolent Fund provides financial assistance
to members or their dependents in distress whether it is
due to a sickness, a family bereavement or financial
hardship.
Last year the fund provided assistance to the value of
nearly Rs 480,000/= to a total of eight members and to the
wife of one deceased member.
This year we have made a contribution of Rs 60,000/= to
a member whose son had undergone a kidney transplant.
The hospital cost of the patient itself has exceeded Rs
700,000/= and the member concerned has to meet post
operation costs on medication as well.
Out of a total membership of almost 16000, so far only
about 1500 members have contributed to the fund. It is
just about 10% of the total membership. Isn’t it quite
disturbing? The total contributions received was only
about Rs 300,000/=.
As you may know, the Benevolent Fund is maintained
only with your own voluntary contributions. We appeal
to you this time to contribute to the fund when you pay
your subscriptions, by contributing just Rs 200/= or more
and make it richer so that more and more of our own
colleagues in need could be provided with assistance in
their hours of need!
The Board of Management of the Fund has decided to
increase to Rs 300.00 the minimum contribution expected
from members next year. We also wish to appeal to the
members whose annual subscriptions are paid for by the
relevant organizations where they are employed to be
mindful of the Benevolent Fund and make a donation, if
necessary from their own funds, to this social service
carried out by the IESL.
Yes, your contribution may be only a small sum. Yet, when
in distress, even this small sum will mean very much to the
person concerned who can even be you or me and it
will also go quite a long way in relieving him/her somewhat
of his/her distress.
On behalf of the Board of Management of the Benevolent
Fund, let me make this appeal to you to look forward to
the future and contribute to the Benevolent Fund today
itself!
THANK YOU!
ENG. B R O FERNANDO
CHAIRMAN - BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND
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10
IESL NEWS
THE THE INSTITUTION INSTITUTION INSTITUTION OF OF ENGINEERS
ENGINEERS, ENGINEERS , SRI SRI L LLANKA
L ANKA
Seminar
Seminar
on
on
DISPUTE DISPUTE RESOL RESOLUTION RESOL RESOLUTION
UTION IN IN THE THE CONSTR CONSTR CONSTRUCTION
CONSTR UCTION
INDUSTR INDUSTRY INDUSTR INDUSTRY
Y IN IN IN SRI SRI SRI LL
LANKA LL
ANKA ANKA
Date: Saturday – October 20, 2012
Time: 0900 hrs – 1545 hrs
Venue: Bougainvillea Ballroom, Galadari Hotel
Very often projects undertaken in the construction industry lag behind
schedule, and budget overruns occur, incomplete contract documents, changes
in the design due to unforeseen ground conditions, unpredictable weather
conditions, labour shortages material supply delays and defects etc., may all
lead to differences of opinion - and therefore disputes.
With the increase in the number and the scope of construction industry
projects, dispute resolution has become all the more important to practicing
engineers and other stakeholders of the projects concerned.
Topics
• Overview of Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry in Sri
Lanka
• Causes of Disputes generated by the Clients
• Dispute Resolution vis-à-vis Litigation
• Causes of Disputes generated by the Contractors
• Selected Cases Studies on Arbitration in Sri Lanka
• Causes of Disputes generated by the Consultants
Resource Persons
• Mr. Shavindra Fernando - Keynote Speaker
• Eng. (Dr) Ananda Ranasinghe
• Eng. (Dr) Mervyn Gunasekera
• Dr. Harsha Cabraal, PC
• Eng. (Major) Ranjith Gunatilleke
• Mr. Arjuna Obeyesekera
• Eng. B V D N Chandrasiri
Registration
• Strictly by prior registration on a first come first served basis by
furnishing the following information and making the relevant
registration fee.
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MEMBERSHIP NUMBER IF ANY
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
MAILING ADDRESS
I am enclosing herewith the payment of Rs 3,000/- / Rs 4,000/- by cheque
/ cash / money order / credit card / debit card.
Signature:
Date:
• Registration fee: IESL Members - Rs 3,000/-
Others - Rs. 4,000/-
• Deadline for registration and making payments : September 30,
2012
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
FORTHCOMING
ANNUAL EVENTS CALENDAR
- 2012
Event Dates
♦E O E Pereira Memorial Lecture Thursday –
September 13,
2012
♦D J Wimalasurendra Memorial Monday
Lecture September 17,
2012
♦Techno Exhibition Friday–Sunday
October12-14,
2012
♦Inauguration of the Annual Sessions Friday –
October 19,
2012
♦Annual Sessions Seminar Saturday –
October 20,
2012
♦Annual Field Visit Sunday –
October 21,
2012
♦Presentation of Technical papers Monday-
Wednesday
October 22, 23
& 24, 2012
♦Presentation of Technical Papers Thursday -
by Young Members October 25,
2012
♦Dr. A N S Kulasinghe Thursday –
Memorial Lecture October 25,
2012
♦Annual General Meeting Saturday –
October 27,
2012
♦Techno Awards Ceremony Friday –
November 02,
2012
♦Dr. Ray Wijeyewardene Memorial Thursday -
Lecture November 15,
2012
Note:
Associate Members who wish to apply for the
Professional Review, are strongly advised to attend
all Memorial Lectures and keep a record of the
attendance for any future reference.
Member
subscriptions
2012
If you have not paid
your 2012 member
subscription yet, please
pay it now and enable
us to serve you better.
Thanks!.

Sri Lanka Engineering News - August 2012
Contd. from page 6... RECIPIENTS OF CORPORATE ....
154 Eng.(Ms.) I K M C Ilangasinghe M-6140
155 Eng. N H K L Sirisena M-6141
156 Eng.D M C N Dissanayake M-6142
157 Eng. H M G M Herath M-6143
158 Eng. M S A Ahamed M-6144
159 Eng. S U B Angunawela M-6145
160 Eng. S N Udawatte M-6146
161 Eng. P M Gunatilake M-6147
162 Eng. C A Wijesinghe M-6148
163 Eng. A A I Sanjeewa M-6149
164 Eng. N A Wellage M-6150
165 Eng. W M C N Weerasinghe M-6151
166 Eng. B M A T Priyadarshana M-6152
167 Eng. G H P M Indrasiri M-6153
168 Eng. A R K Wickramaarachchi M-6154
169 Eng. M I Mohamed Fasil M-6155
170 Eng. M U Lokumarambage M-6156
171 Eng. P A P M Herath M-6157
172 Eng. K S Senevirathna M-6158
173 Eng. K N Kulasena M-6159
174 Eng. C Wickramasinghe M-6160
175 Eng.(Ms.) J A N N K Jayakody M-6161
176 Eng. K G V K De Silva M-6162
177 Eng. L Dharmathilake M-6163
178 Eng. A A S Amarasekara M-6164
179 Eng. K G C Jayasekera M-6165
180 Eng. K G N Saman Kumara M-6166
181 Eng. G Jayawardena M-6167
182 Eng. K Y C De S Jayasekera M-6168
183 Eng. D M U T Dissanayake M-6169
184 Eng. K G Ranaweera M-6170
185 Eng. K M S L K Jayasekara M-6171
186 Eng. R A S L Ranasinghe M-6172
187 Eng. P Sarathchandra M-6173
188 Eng. S SWickramasinghe M-6174
189 Eng. C P Gunawardane M-6175
190 Eng. A Sureshkumar M-6176
191 Eng. R M B Prasad M-6177
192 Eng. P PVinitha M-6178
193 Eng. V Murugesu M-6179
194 Eng. R M S N Dhanapala M-6180
195 Eng.(Ms.) K Kumuthini M-6181
196 Eng. M Kumarathas M-6182
197 Eng. P L A L Sanjeewa M-6183
198 Eng. R D D S Keshani M-6184
199 Eng. M C R Kumara M-6185
STUDENTS WHO PASSED THE IESL ENGINEERING COURSE
2011/2012
1. Mr. K.M.S.R. Kumara- Civil Engineering
2. Ms. K.K. Amaradivakara- Civil Engineering
3. Ms. J.P.S. Chamila- Civil Engineering
4. Ms. B.H.P.D. Gunarathne- Civil Engineering
5. Mr. P.H.Y.W. Rupananda- Civil Engineering
6. Ms. W.S.M. Perera- Civil Engineering
7. Mr. K. Dineshkumaran- Civil Engineering
8. Ms. K.C.D. L. de Silva- Civil Engineering
9. Mr. G.A.N. Pramal- Civil Engineering
10. Ms.R.P. Chandralatha- Civil Engineering
11. Ms.K.M.P.G.C.U. Dassanayake- Civil Engineering
12. Mr. H.R. M.J.K. Ranasinghe- Civil Engineering
13. Ms. V. Vijayasothy- Electrical Engineering
14. Mr. V.K. Ruchira Sampath- Electronics, Communication & Computer Engineering
15. Mr. M.H.I.M. Aththanayake- Electronics, Communication & Computer Engineering
16. Ms. N.A.A.N. Dilrukshi- Electronics, Communication & Computer Engineering
17. Ms. W.L. Anusha- Electronics, Communication & Computer Engineering
18. Mr. J.H.K.A. Fernando- Electronics, Communication & Computer Engineering
Contd. from page 8... ‘It’s a matter ....
200 Eng. P H D S Kulatilake M-6186
201 Eng. R U Ranasinghe M-6187
202 Eng. A D M S Bandara M-6188
203 Eng. W S M C Jayamal M-6189
204 Eng.(Ms.) P A D Wijayasundara M-6190
205 Eng. S W S N Kumara M-6191
206 Eng. A M A K Seneviratne M-6192
207 Eng.O C Jayanandana M-6193
208 Eng. T Amirthalingam M-6194
209 Eng. T Ramachandran M-6195
210 Eng. J Logeswaran M-6196
211 Eng. M M D Munasinghe M-6197
212 Eng. H A W Kamalsiri M-6198
213 Eng. C K Weerawardhana M-6199
214 Eng. K M D P B Kangara M-6200
215 Eng. W M H D K Wickramasinghe M-6201
216 Eng. M MM Mubarak M-6202
217 Eng. S W S A B Bulankulame M-6203
218 Eng. D A M Madurawala M-6204
219 Eng. D Medagama M-6205
220 Eng.(Ms.) R T Edirisinghe M-6206
221 Eng.(Ms.) K A K P Hemachandra M-6207
222 Eng.(Ms.) H A L P Hewage M-6208
223 Eng. K A S Perera M-6209
224 Eng.(Ms.) P Ramachandran M-6210
225 Eng.(Ms.) T R Kothalawala M-6211
226 Eng. M H C Perera M-6212
227 Eng. M H D Wimalaratne M-6213
228 Eng.(Ms.) V Kumuthini M-6214
229 Eng. D L Sooriyamudalige M-6215
230 Eng. J A C Priyal M-6216
231 Eng. M MM C Bandara M-6217
232 Eng. T N Jayasiri M-6218
233 Eng. T P Kodituwakku M-6219
234 Eng. H C S Fernando M-6220
235 Eng.(Ms.) N Athukorala M-6221
236 Eng. R S L Perera M-6222
237 Eng. U K Gunawardane M-6223
238 Eng. S D G S P Gunawardane M-6224
239 Eng.G W R Keerthiwansa M-6225
240 Eng. L N Beruwalage M-6226
241 Eng. U Uthayasunthar M-6227
Therefore, I hope that this programme will be beneficial to all the professionals who are
participating in this course. I can see from the list of people and their subjects that a vast
area will be discussed in this short course. It is a difficult task to teach you everything in
detail in a short course like this which the CPD Committee has introduced. However, this
is a stepping stone for you to improve yourself and therefore I advise you to take this
course seriously and take an interest in improving yourselves in order to have a better
career.
I am also thankful to you for participating in this event and also to the CPD Committee and
its Chairman Eng. Shavi Fernando for organizing this event and also to Mr.
K.D.Dumindusena, Director of Education and Training, for organizing the logistics of the
event with the greatest difficulty as I can see a fair amount of coordination needs to be
carried out due to the large number of resource persons."
Contd. from page 3....
serving as a member of the
Council for five years and
currently serving as the
Chairman, Young Members
Section and Chairman,
Electrical & Electronic
Sectional Committee as well.
He has also served as the
Chairman of Techno
Engineering and technology
exhibition in Year 2007 &
2008 and made it
recognized as the National
Engineering & Technology
Exhibition in the country during
his tenure as the Chairman. He
also serves as a Forum
Member, Organizations of
Professional Associations
(OPA). He was a Council
Member of IPM for year 2011/
20122. Eng. Rubasinghe was
the Deputy Chairman of the
National HR Award Committee
of IPM and as well as a member
of the HR Service Providers’
Exhibition Committee and the
Membership Development
Committee of IPM.
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ENG. ASANTHA SUMANARATHNA..
Corporation (SEC) as the Deputy General Manager of
Mechanical and Electrical division in 2005. He played an active
role in reviving the SEC which was at one time identified for
closure.
Thereafter, he joined the Ministry of Science and Technology
as the Project Director. He was in charge of two projects. One
is to set up a gamma irradiator project and the other one is to
construct a new office complex for relocation of the ITI office.
On the completion of his contract period, he joined the Lanka
Phosphate Ltd. under the Ministry of State Resources as its
CEO/General Manager in 2010.
He became a Corporate Member of IESL in 1991. He has served
in the Council in 1997 and as a sectional committee member in
a couple of sessions. He has been reelected to serve the
engineering community as the Chairman of Mechanical
Engineering Sectional Committee for session 2012 /2013 too.
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Eng. Rubasinghe also
pioneered to start nonprofit
organization, Radapasa ICT
Associates’ Guild
(RICTAG) where many of IT
professionals and
undergraduates are
contributing towards
development of ICT in
southern province of Sri
Lanka with the vision of “To
evolve a knowledge society
in the down south where the
society is rich in information,
empowered by knowledge,
infused with a distinctive
value-system and is selfgoverning”
(www.rictag.lk)
and currently serves as the
Chairman of the Guild.
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Further, he holds
memberships of other two
major professional bodies of
the country; An Associate
Member of the Institute of
Personnel Management Sri
Lanka (IPM) and Certified
Member of The Sri Lanka
Institute of Marketing (SLIM).

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