Asoka Abeygunawardana | |
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Chairman / CEO Strategic Enterprise Management Agency (SEMA) | |
Executive Director of the Energy Forum of Sri Lanka | |
Consultant to the Ministry of Power and Energy | |
Consultant to the Ministry of Research and Technology | |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 December 1963 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Spouse | Wijayanthi |
Children | Amaya (daughter) |
Parent(s) | Henry Dias (father) Lakshmi Rani (mother) |
Education |
St. Aloysius' College Galle Rahula College Matara D. S. Senanayake College, University of Moratuwa |
Asoka Nalanda Abeygunawardana (born 12 December 1963) (known as Asoka Abeygunawardana) is a Sri Lankan electrical engineer, environmentalist, social activist and the current Chairman / CEO of the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency at Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka [1] [2]
He was born on 12 December 1963 in to a Sri Lankan political family. Asoka was the eldest son of Henry Dias Abeygunawardana (the first member of parliament Matara electorate in 1948) [3] and his mother was Lakshmi Rani. He has two sisters Deepika & Renuka.[ citation needed]
Abeygunawardana completed his primary and secondary education at St. Aloysius' College Galle, Rahula College Matara and D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo. He then pursued further studies at the University of Moratuwa, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.[ citation needed]
He had also served as the Adviser to the Minister of Technology and Research and Adviser to the Minister of Power and Energy, Director Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, Director Sri Lanka Energies, Executive Director Energy Forum (Guarantee) Limited. [4] [5] [6] [7]
He is married to Wijayanthi Abeygunawardana and have one daughter Amaya.