Career
He is a famous commercial program announcer of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and former Director Editorial of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. He was the Media Secretary to Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2005-2010) and Mahinda Rajapaksa former Opposition Leader of Sri Lanka (2002-2004). He had served as a "Language Expert" and "Advisory Broadcaster" at the Sinhala Service of China Radio International during 2003-2005) in Beijing China.
Prior to that he had served as the Media Adviser at Mahaweli Center of Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority (1987-1999).
Before moving in to Mahaweli Center he began his career as a teacher and had served in many remote areas of the country. He was a relief broadcaster at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and had done a number of famous commercial programs such as "Dasa Pibidena Gayaka Parapura", "Guruge Menik Wasana Udawa", "Jayanithyakalyani Vinoda Mela", "Ov Ne Be", "Winadiyak Pamanai", "Mahaweliyen Deyata Pidena Mal", "Helence Mangala Seenu", "Tea Shakthi" et cetera
Apart from that he had acted in various radio-dramas such as "Kele Mal", "Muwanpelessa" et cetera "Api Dennai Palu Lowai" the famous radio detective series in the 80s was written and acted by him.
He had also done several famous television programs as well such as "Shanida Ayubowan", "Shanida Wasanawa Ganitha Getaluwa" et cetera
He is very famous for his ability to do public announcing in all three official languages of Sri Lanka. He is fluent in Sinhala, Tamil and English. He had a rare opportunity to teach Tamil language to very famous Sri Lankan politicians such as Gamini Dissanayake, Anuruddha Ratwatte, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Namal Rajapaksa while he was working with them time to time.
In November 2013, Sri Lankan expatriate association in Melbourne Australia "Mihindu Lama Padanama" felicitated Mr.
Senarath for the lifetime contribution he made for the media industry in Sri Lanka. In April 2014, he represented Sri Lanka at the Heads of Media Institutions Roundtable of Boao Forum for Asia.