Distinguished Professor Buddhima Indraratna, AM – By Pauline Gunewardene Distinguished Professor Buddhima Indraratna, AM PhD, FTSE, FIEAust, FASCE, FGS, FAusIMM, FIESL, DIC, CEng, CPEng, NER. Member of Order of Australia. Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, Director, Transport Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), NSW 2007, Australia Honorary Professor, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India Beijing Jiaotong (Transport) University, Beijing, China Chair, 5th Int. Conf. on Transportation Geotechnics, Sydney, 20-22 Nov. 2024 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/ The Ceylon Society of Australia has had the news of yet another prestigious accolade awarded to Distinguished Professor Buddhima Indraratna, who the CSA was privileged to host as the most interesting speaker at our General Meeting on 2 June. The Engineers Australia Awards and Gala Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney was held on 19 September, and Professor Buddhima ...
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Dr Siri Kannangara in Sydney: A Man for All Seasons Source:Thuppahis Pauline Gunewardene has led and marshalled the Ceylon Society of Australia in its Sydney base and HQ for several years with verve and determination. When she presents a TRIBUTE, as she does on this occasion for Dr Siri Kannangara, it is a Vale of A Tribute indeed. Vale Dr Siri Kannangara, AM. Truly a giant among men in his life of service. Truly a man to be mourned by all, as we do as an entire community, joined together in grieving for the passing of this man of boundless compassion for everyone, giving so generously of his services without limits, in the true spirit of helping his fellow humans on this path of life. May you attain the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana. ………… “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” Ralph ...
Vale Dr Siri Kannangara, AM – By Pauline Gunewardene Vale Dr Siri Kannangara, AM. Truly a giant among men in his life of service. Truly a man to be mourned by all, as we do as an entire community, joined together in grieving for the passing of this man of boundless compassion for everyone, giving so generously of his services without limits, in the true spirit of helping his fellow humans on this path of life. May you attain the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana. “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Pauline Gunewardene ...
The Ceylon Society of Australia 25th Anniversary Celebrations – by Adam Raffel (Photos thanks to Senanie De Silva, Earlson Forbes and Nihal Dias) The Ceylon Society of Australia (CSA) held its 25th Anniversary celebrations on 28 August 2022 at the Pennant Hills Community Centre. The hall was decorated with balloons and banners celebrating 25 years of the CSA. All this was the tireless handiwork of Pauline Gunewardene, the President of the CSA, with the able assistance of all members of the CSA Committee. There were approximately 80 people in attendance. Pauline presided over the formal proceedings. She highlighted the achievements of the CSA during its 25-year existence, acknowledging the contributions of all former CSA Presidents. A special mention was made of dearly departed CSA Past Presidents Tony Peiris and Sunil de Silva, who served the Society with distinction and affectionately remembered by all attendees. Pauline, then, outlined the program for ...
The Ceylon Society of Australia AGM and Social 2019 – By Sunil de Silva (Photos thanks to Mahal Selvadurai) 30 November 2019 saw an exceptional event – the Social following the Annual General Meeting of the Ceylon Society of Australia. The venue was the meeting hall at the Pennant Hills Community Centre, a hall converted beyond recognition, the handiwork of Pauline Gunewardene, the President of the CSA, with the assistance of several members of the Committee. The record attendance of 168 was comfortably accommodated at twenty tables festooned in eye catching décor in a thematic red pattern and set with wine glasses and ready for the entree of patties and cutlets ‘dished out’ by Manjula of Dish Catering. A fitting prelude to a mouth watering buffet dinner and dessert. Pauline clearly was the Queen of the Evening. First deftly steering the AGM which preceded the Social by half an hour ...
