Sarath Abayawardana

Eng Dr Sarath Abayawardana
Born Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lankan
Education Nalanda College Colombo
Occupation Engineer
Known for Director and chief executive officer of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Sri Lanka
Religion Buddhist

Eng Dr Sarath Abayawardana is a former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Sri Lanka.

Biography

Early life and education

After being a brilliant student at Nalanda College Colombo he entered University of Ceylon and passed out as a Mechanical Engineer with a BSc First Class Honours pass and becoming first in the entire engineering batch. He pursued further studies and obtained a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of London. He is a Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers, London and Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka.

Career

He also had held the positions of Technical Director at Unilevers Sri Lanka Ltd, International Researcher and Head of Sri Lanka Programme for International Water Management Institute till 2007.

Honors

He was awarded the Engineering Excellence Award 2011

General References


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