Education

University of Ceylon, Colombo, 1939-1943, Bachelor of Arts Economy. Spoken languages: Tamil, Sinhalese, English.

Career

Representative of United Nations Development Program, Romania since 1973. Acting Director for Technical Cooperation, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 1972-1973. Inter Regional Adviser, Export Promotion, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 1970-1972.

Senior Area Officer, Asia Division, United Nations Development Program, New York, 1968-1970. Economic Adviser, United Nations Trusteeship Mission to Micronesia, 1967. Chief, Section(s) for Asia & Far East, United Nations Development Program, New York, 1967-1968.

Project(s) Officer, United Nations Special Fund, 1963-1967. Salt Commissioner of Sri Lanka, Chairman, National Salt Corporation & Chairman, Paranthan Chemicals Corporation, Colombo, 6163. Government Agent, 1959-1961.

Commissioner for Development of Marketing, Colombo, 1958-1959. Assistant Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Colombo, 1952-1953. Ministry of Commerce & Trade, Colombo, 1947-1950.

Membership

Diplomatic Club, Bucharest.

Interests

• Economics developement, tech cooperation.