Background
Vimaladharma, Kapila Pathirana was born on August 10, 1936 in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
Vimaladharma, Kapila Pathirana was born on August 10, 1936 in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
Bachelor in Sociology, University Ceylon, Peradeniya, 1959. Postgraduate diploma in land settlement, University Sri Lanka, Colombo, 1976. Master of Philosophy in Agriculture, University Peradeniya, 1989.
Officer administrative service, Government of Sri Lanka, Colombo and Galle, Jaffera, 1960-1970;
government agent, Government of Sri Lanka, Kegalle District, 1972-1975;
deputy general manager/addit. General Motors, Mahawdi Development Board, Colombo, 1971, 79;
director agricultural diversification project, UNDD/Sri Lanka Government, Peradeniya, 1975-1978;
commissioner, Land Settlement Department, Colombo, 1980-1982;
advisor, United Nations Development Programme/Lands Ministry, Colombo, 1982-1987;
project coordinator, Agroswiss Cons., CH, Kandy, 1987-1994. Consultant sociologist various organizations, 1980-1994.
Director Sri Lanka Institute Development Administration, PSTI, Colombo, 1990-1992.
Chairman/leader Sri Lanka Praja Parshadaya (non-governmental organization), Kandy, 1989-1994. Second lieutenant CNG, 1963-1965. Member Agricultural Engineering Society Sri Lanka.
Parents: M.K.P. Dingiappuhamy and V.P. Cornelia Hamine Pathiraua. Married Sita Ekanayake Pathirana. Children: Kanishka, Himadri, Asuini, Sanjiva, Varuni.