Prof. H.A. de S. Gunasekera Memorial Oration on July 12
View(s):The Prof. H.A. de S. Gunasekera Memorial Oration 2013 will be held on July 12tht 4.00 p.m. at the Senate Room, University of Peradeniya and delivered by Prof. Prema-chandra Athukorala, rofessor of Economics, Australian ational University.
He will speak on the topic, “Sri Lanka’s Post-Conflict evelopment Challenge: Learning from the Past”. Prof. Gunasekara was Professor of Economics and Head of the Dept of Economics and Political Science of the then University of Ceylon. He succeeded Prof. Das Gupta to become the second occupant of the Chair (and the first Sri Lankan) in the Department in 1961 and served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Peradeniya (1963-1969). Later on he became the Secretary, Ministry of Planning (1970-1977) under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and was a much respected academic and public servant.
Prof. Athukorala is also a University, Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. During his career, he has served as consultant to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, ILO, UNDP, UNIDO, ESCAP and AUSAID.
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