The founder of the SANASA Movement, Dr. P. A. Kiriwandeniya has been appointed as the Chancellor of Wayamba University.
According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the appointment has been made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Dr. P. A. Kiriwandeniya has been appointed as the Chancellor of Wayamba University for a period of five years with immediate effect.
He began his professional career as a teacher after having obtained a Social Science Degree from Vidyodaya University and subsequently worked as the Director of Education at Sarvodaya Movement and Deputy Director of the National Heritage Programme.
He is a renowned professional who held several key positions as the Chairman of the Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU), Vice Chair of the Asia and Oceania Association (AOA) of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation, Director of People’s Bank, Regional Development Bank, Sri Lanka and President of the National Institute of Cooperative Management and National Cooperative Council of Sri Lanka. (NewsWire)