ECONOMIC CRISIS : WHERE ARE WE, AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ?

17th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration

The 17th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration will be delivered at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, 29 November at the BMICH by Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Deshamanaya Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy on the topic “Economic Crisis : Where are we, and where do we go from here ?”

The Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration, being a premier annual event of the University of Colombo is hosted for the 17th consecutive year by the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo, in memory of its illustrious Past President the late Mrs. Sujata Jayawardena who rendered immense service to the University of Colombo.

University of Colombo Alumni President Mr. Rajeev Amarasuriya speaking about the upcoming Oration said “Many thought the Pandemic was the worst that could have happened, and then we were struck by the Economic Crisis and the light at the end of the tunnel is still defying us. It is all the more important therefore to get back to basics, objectively assess where we are, and chart a course to where we go from here, and there is no better person to speak on this topic than Deshamanaya Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy who we warmly welcome from London to deliver this Oration”.

Past Orators have been Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala, H.E. Robert O. Blake Jr., Judge C.G. Weeramantry, Vidyajothi Prof. Arjuna Aluwihare, Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Dr. P.B. Jayasundara, Prof. Sudarshan Seneviratne, Emeritus Prof. Carlo Fonseka, H.E. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chinese Ambassador H.E. Yi Xianliang, Indian High Commissioner H.E. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Mr. Tony Weerasinghe and Prof. Neelika Malavige.

This Oration is organised with the support of the Alumni Corporate Partners LOLC Group and Akbar Brothers Group.

All those interested in participating at this year’s Oration are requested to connect with the Alumni Association by calling :- 071-9273115 / 071-7289014 or Emailing sjoration2022@gmail.com