Dr. Dayan Rajapakse appointed as the President of SEARCC
Thursday, 12 February 2015 00:00
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Dr. Dayan Rajapakse, President of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka, has been appointed as the President of South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC).
The South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC) is a forum of national Information Technology professional societies in the Asia Pacific region. The concept of a regional computer confederation grew out of the first regional computer conference held in Singapore in September 1976 under the auspices of the International Federation for Information Processing and implemented by the Singapore Computer Society.
The Charter and Constitution of SEARCC were signed in Singapore on the 28 February 1978. Six national societies from the region, the Hong Kong Computer Society, Indonesian Computer Society, Malaysian National Computer Confederation, Philippines Computer Society, Singapore Computer Society and Computer Association of Thailand were the founding signatories.
Australian Computer Society (ACS), Computer Society of Republic of China (CSROC), Computer Society of India (CSI), South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS), Malaysian National Computer Confederation (MNCC), Papua New Guinea are also among the SEARCC members.
The Computer Society of Sri Lanka represents Sri Lanka in the SEARCC. SEARCC strategy seeks to achieve its vision to be the key collaborative body for National ICT professional associations in the Asia Pacific region, helping our members to prosper and grow.
Dr. Dayan Rajapakse is the founder of ESOFT Computer Studies Ltd. and now he is the Chairman and Managing Director of the ESOFT Group. After completing the BCS professional examination in 1993 he started his IT career as a part time lecturer and became a sought after lecturer for BCS and ACS professional examinations. Later he graduated from the Colombo University with MBBS but gave up his medical career to continue his passion towards IT and the training industry.
He has been instrumental in uplifting the standard of IT in Sri Lanka by taking IT training to the rural areas of Sri Lanka via the expansion of ESOFT resulting in new branches being established around the country including the north and the east.
He served in the executive council of CSSL in the capacity of Council Member/Student Counsellor and Secretary. While he was the student counselor he started the IT Mastermind inter-school IT quiz competition with the view to uplift the standard and popularity of ICT among the school children.
