Book donation by Dr. M.U.A. Tennakoon

Dr. M.U.A.Tennakoon, formerly an Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Director General, Mahaweli Authority and Executive Director, South Asia Partnership – is an internationally as well as locally well- known social scientist who has conducted extensive field research pertaining to dry zone development issues over the past 50 years. This award winning research writer was and is the forerunner of ellanga-based irrigation agriculture in the dry zone with several development models constructed by him to guide future researchers. He has written 18 books along with an array of research documents and quality research papers published here and abroad.

Dr. Tennakoon donated his entire private library, comprising 650 items, to the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI), with instructions to hold them in a separate section to facilitate present and future researchers in dry zone development. Interested readers are welcome to contact HARTI librarian (Lasanthika Herarth, 0717014116, librarian@harti.gov.lk) for more details.