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RCSS gets new Executive Director
View(s):The Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), a Colombo-based leading regional think tank in South Asian strategic affairs, has appointed Prof. Gamini Keerawella as its new Executive Director. He assumed duties on November 16, 2017.
An Emeritus Professor of the University of Peradeniya, he succeeds Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed. Before assuming duties as RCSS Executive Director, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission and later the Charge d’Affaires of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC, USA.
A professor in Modern History, he was the Head of the History Department at the University of Peradeniya. He worked as the Secretary to the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration and Mineral Resources Development (2001-2002). He was the Founder Director of the National Integration Unit (1997-2000).
RCSS AGM
The Regional Centre for Strategic Studies held its annual general meeting on December 14 at the RCSS premises, No. 20/73, Fairfield Gardens, Colombo 8.
Executive Director Prof. Gamini Keerawella tabled RCSS’ plans for 2018. Dr. Ranee Jayamaha, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and Prof. Amal Jayawardane, Senior Professor, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University were appointed as new directors to the board.