SLBC chairman to be felicitated

Hudson Samarasinghe

Winds of Changes ComFest 11 which is presented by ABCI has decided to bring to gather visionaries and professionals from management, advertising and journalism, communication and CSR to stage a confluence of people who are in the news and who disseminates news and those who make news in the first place - all under one group.

The case studies and live experiences will provide an inside view some of our professions' most celebrated success stories.

Under this programme, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Chairman Hudson Samarasinghe will be felicitated by the above organization at a grand ceremony organized in Mumbai on November 10 and 11, 2011.

The organizers of this function said, Hudson Samarasinghe is the man behind the transformation of the legendary but ailing Radio Ceylon into a vibrant organization in the form of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). It was indeed a daunting task, to revive the fortunes of radio broadcasts as an influential public medium.

But Samarasinghe went about his mission with grit to script a fascinating turnaround story. Listen to this change maker from the Sri Lankan media sector share his pioneering thoughts.

Hudson Samarasinghe who joined the SLBC in 1969 as contract producer gradually scaled the ladder and finally rose to the position of chairman/director general of SLBC.

He said that dedication and the ability to administer any organization is the key to success.He is also a graduate of the Kelaniya University.