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At the recently held Annual General Meeting of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL), a new Executive Council was elected. Yasas Vishuddhi Abeywickrama was elected President of the CSSL for year 2017.
Abeywickrama, a known industry activist has been with CSSL Executive Council for five years before becoming the President. He also has held leadership roles with the Australian Computer Society (ACS), and is the first ever Sri Lankan to be elected to the largest international federation in the Information Technology (IT) industry, called IFIP – International Federation for Information Processing.
The council elected at the AGM is as follows:
President
Yasas Vishuddhi Abeywickrama
Vice President
W.K. Prabath Samindra
Secretary
Damith Hettihewa
Treasurer
Dr. AjanthaAthukorala
Asst. Secretary
Dr. Malitha Wijesundara
Asst. Treasurer
Parakum Amaranga Pathirana
Student Counselor
Dr. T.A. Samantha Thelijjagoda
Publication Secretary
Enosh Praveen
Council Member
Dr. Dayan Rajapakse
Council Member
Heshan Karunaratne
Council Member
Buddhika Senasekara
Council Member
Sajith Sameera
New President thanked outgoing President Dr. Dayan Rajapakse for his successful two year term as President, where he guided the society strategically to a new level.
Abeywickrama presented his vision under five broad thrust areas. They are Engaging and Representative, Active, Thought Leader and Knowledge Platform, Recognition and Vocal, Present and Communicate. The new council will focus strategically on these five areas by implementing various events, activities, projects and initiatives.