Computer Society AGM

The 22nd Annual General Meeting of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka was held on December 10 at Colombo's Galadari Hotel. The new Council for 2011 was elected at this meeting.

The President for 2011 Chrisantha Silva said that 2011 will be another year of many successful events for the Computer Society of Sri Lanka with wide range of projects planned for the year. Some of these projects such as the annual National IT Conference and the National Schools Software Competition are of national interest.

The Computer Society plays a vital role in promoting professionalism among the IT professionals in Sri Lanka. It conducts various programs and events for the benefit of professionals to develop their skills that are much needed in the industry and to get technical knowledge in their profession.

Among the projects are Special Interest Groups, Professional Development programs, Research Opportunities, ICT for Rural Areas, ICT Community Service, IT Mastermind Quiz program and Job and Consultancy Portal.

These projects will benefit both CSSL members and the ICT community of Sri Lanka.

When ICT is playing a major role in all development activities of this country, minimizing the digital divide is becoming critical.

The following officials were elected for the Council for the year 2011. President Chrisantha Silva, Vice President Mahesh Perera, Secretary T. Asitha Peiris, Asst. Secretary Ajith Salgado, Treasurer M M Lakshman Perera,Asst.

Treasurer D Thushara F Suraweera, Student Counsellor Dissanayake Bandara, Publication Secretary Chandra Bernard Pathberiya. Council Members are Dr Prasanna Lokuge, Dr K L Jayaratne, Dr Dayan Rajapakse and Damitha Jayawardana.

The Computer Society of Sri Lanka was inaugurated in 1976. Since then it has been playing a major role in promoting Information Technology and professionalism among those engaged in the ICT field in the country for the past 34 years.