Sarath Abayawardana

Eng Dr Sarath Abayawardana
Born	Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Nalanda College Colombo
Occupation	Engineer
Known for	Director and chief executive officer of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Sri Lanka
Religion	Buddhist

Eng Dr Sarath Abayawardana is a former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Sri Lanka.

Biography

Early life and education

After being a brilliant student at Nalanda College Colombo he entered University of Ceylon and passed out as a Mechanical Engineer with a BSc First Class Honours pass and becoming first in the entire engineering batch. He pursued further studies and obtained a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of London. He is a Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers, London and Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka.

Career

He also had held the positions of Technical Director at Unilevers Sri Lanka Ltd, International Researcher and Head of Sri Lanka Programme for International Water Management Institute till 2007.

Honors

He was awarded the Engineering Excellence Award 2011

General References

"Excellence in Engineering awards for individuals Dr s.A.K Abayawardana". NSF Sri Lanka. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

"Intel promotes global competition through ISEF". Sunday Times. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

"Titanium reserves in Sri Lanka ranked ninth largest in the world". The Island. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

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