Indrajit C to deliver 17th Sujata

Jayawardena Memorial Oration

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

This annual 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.Speaking on the Oration, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo Senior Professor H.D. Karunaratne said “Crisis is a soul of capitalism: visionary leadership and art of policy making can create it to be a golden opportunity; Listening to economists is the only way of coming out from an economic crisis. The University of Colombo looks forward to the 17th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration on this very apt topic by Dr Coomaraswamy, a most eminent and reputed expert in this area”.

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 Dr. 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, President 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