Background
Wirasinha, Rohan Mahendra was born on October 25, 1946 in Gampola, Sri Lanka. Son of Alpheus Henry and Olive Gladys (Gooneratne) Wirasinha. arrived in Australia, 1990.
Electrical engineering consultant
Wirasinha, Rohan Mahendra was born on October 25, 1946 in Gampola, Sri Lanka. Son of Alpheus Henry and Olive Gladys (Gooneratne) Wirasinha. arrived in Australia, 1990.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1969. Master of Science, University Manchester, England, 1984.
Field engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1970-1971;
communications engineer, Ceylon Electricity Board, Colombo, 1971-1972;
rural electrification engineer, Ceylon Electricity Board, Colombo, 1975-1982;
chief engineer, Ceylon Electricity Board, Colombo, 1984-1989;
deputy general manager, Ceylon Electricity Board, Colombo, 1989-1990;
senior engineer power system development, Hydro Electric Corporation, Hobart, Tasmania., Australia, since 1991. Project manager rural electrification Ceylon Electricity Board, Colombo, 1978-1982. Consultant, project director, Ceylon Electricity Board, Lahmeyer GmbH, Colombo, 1984-1989.
Consultant, distribution planner UNCDF, Da Nang, Vietnam, 1993. Team leader, consultant World Bank, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1996-1997.
Secretary Havelock Sports Club, Colombo, 1987-1988. Co-organizer Regional Symposium on Power Systems Planning, Colombo, 1989. Senior vice president Ethnic Comtys.
Council of Tasmania, Hobart, 1996. Fellow Institute Electrical Engineers United Kingdom. Member Institute Engineers Australia, Cigre Australian Panel 33, member St. George Lodge 217OEC (West master 1989).
Married Charmanie Shiranika Gunaratne, September 21, 1971 (divorced 1978). Married Maesri Collette Gooneratne, September 28, 1984. Children: Chanaka, Shavindra.