our committee
Jinendra Bandara
President
Graduated in 2008 from the Faculty of Medicine, working as a GP since 2014.
Kapila Katulanda
Vice President
Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture in 1992, serving the community since 2016.
Gayan Weerasooriya
Secretary
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering in 2005. Committee member since 2021. Passionate about giving back to the University that we all love.
Parasanna Hetti Arachchige
Treasurer
Committee member since 2019. Passionate about giving back to the University that we all love.
Nilanthi Jayasundera
Committee Member
Veterinarian worked for the Department of Animal Production and Health Sri Lanka, Researcher in the USA University of Tennessee,College of Veterinary and Comparative Medicine.
Sunil Samaraweera
committee member
Senika Goonawardene
Graduated from the Faculty of Science in 1993. Member of UPAAWA since 2010, serving as a committee member since 2016.
Manjula Nanayakkara
Committee Member
Committee member since 2023. Passionate about giving back to the University that we all love.
Ajith Pandithasekara
Immediate past president
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering in 1994. Member of UPAAWA since 2017, serving the committee since 2020.
Dushantha Dissanayake
Committee member
I am a graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture. My sole intention is to be of service and to pay back in some way to the place that I gained the most!
Hafeel Kalideen
It just feels good to serve my university in smallest possible ways – in the process, I meet my fellow alumni and live the dream I lived in my university.
Tharindu Weerasinghe
editor and web master
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering in 2007. Committee member since 2021. Passionate about giving back to the University that we all love.
Palitha Jayasekara
Graduated from the Faculty of Science in 1993. Committee member since 2026. Passionate about giving back to the University that we all love.
Sampath Priyashantha
Committee member since 2025. Passionate about giving back to the University that we all love.
Niranjani Wickramasinghe
Committee member since 2026. Passionate about giving back to the University that we all love.