Bhashwara Gunarathna new chairman SLTDA
Bhashwara Senanka Gunarathna, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion
Bureau was appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism
Development Authority (SLTDA) with immediate effect. Bashwara Gunarathna
will also remain as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion
Bureau (SLTPB).At present he is also working as a Director General,
Development Forum Office of The Ministry of Economic Development.
He is an Charted Architecture and also a Chartered Member of the
Royal Institute of British Architects.
Since 2010 he is a Board member of Sri Lanka Tourism Development
Authority, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Convention
Bureau and Sri Lanka Tourism and Hotel Management Institution. In
addition he is also a board member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Nano
Technology (SLINTEC).
He previously served as the Chairman and Director General of National
Youth Services Council during 2005-2010 periods where he was able to
rejuvenate the Youth Council with new programs as well as resuming all
abandoned major youth development programs. Bhashwara Gunarathna was the
former Director of the National Zoological Gardens. He has also covered
duties as the Director of National Folk Art Centre under the Ministry of
Cultural Affairs and National Heritage.
In addition he rendered a valuable service as the president Sri Lanka
Federation of Youth Clubs, National Youth Services Cooperative Society
and Youth Services Company Limited. He was a Vice President of Sri Lanka
Volleyball Federation and a Board Member of Sugathadasa National Sports
Complex Authority. |