Past Presidents & Secretaries

We proudly acknowledge the Past Presidents and Secretaries of CSSL for their leadership, commitment, and service to the organization.

#	Presidential Year	President	Secretary
1	1971 – 1973	Dr P R Anthonis (Founder President)	Dr A D Soysa
2	1974 – 1975	Dr R C J Rustomjee	Dr A D Soysa
3	1976 – 1977	Dr S A Cabraal	Dr A D Soysa
4	1978 – 1979	Dr S E Wijetilleke	Dr J T Fernando
5	1980 – 1981	Dr S Rajanayagam	Dr G W Karunaratne
6	1982 – 1983	Dr A D Soysa	Dr S J Stephen
7	1984 – 1985	Dr P M Jayawardene	Dr G W Karunaratne
8	1986 – 1987	Dr A Gabriel	Dr S Y D C Wickramasinghe
9	1988 – 1989	Dr S J Stephen	Dr S Y D C Wickramasinghe
10	1990 – 1991	Dr L S Attygalle	Dr Colvin Samarasinghe
11	1992 – 1993	Dr G W Karunaratne	Dr Colvin Samarasinghe
12	1994	Professor C Canagaretna	Dr Gamini Goonetilleke
13	1995	Dr S Y D C Wickramasinghe	Dr Gamini Goonetilleke
14	1996	Professor A P Aluwihare	Dr S P Welgama
15	1997	Dr Stanmore de Alwis	Dr S P Welgama
16	1998	Professor Dayasiri Fernando	Professor Mohan de Silva
17	1999	Dr D W Weerasooriya	Dr N Ganeshananthan
18	2000	Professor A H Sheriffdeen	Professor D N Samarasekera
19	2001	Dr Gamini Goonetilleke	Professor Mohan de Silva
20	2002	Dr N Ganeshananthan	Professor Mandika Wijeratne
21	2003	Professor P C A Ratnatunga	Professor M D Lamawansa
22	2004	Professor Mohan de Silva	Professor Aloka Pathirana
23	2005	Dr Indranee Amarasinghe	Dr Naomal Perera
24	2006	Dr Upali Banagala	Professor Ishan De Zoysa
25	2007	Dr M Ganesaratnam	Professor S Chandrasekera
26	2008	Dr D S Liyanarachchi	Dr Malik Samarasinghe
27	2009	Dr Narendra Pinto	Dr Satish K Goonesinghe
28	2010	Dr Ranjith Ellawala	Professor Ajith Malalasekera
29	2011	Dr K L Fernando	Professor Bawantha Gamage
30	2012	Professor Neville D Perera	Dr Rezni Cassim
31	2013	Professor Ranil Fernando	Dr Chandika Liyanage
32	2014	Professor Mandika Wijeratne	Dr Nalaka Gunawansa
33	2015	Professor K I Deen	Professor Rohan Siriwardana
34	2016	Dr Ranjan Dias	Dr S Sivaganesh
35	2017	Professor M D Lamawansa	Dr Rasika Kotakadeniya
36	2018	Dr Mahanama Gunasekara	Dr Samira Jayasinghe
37	2019	Dr Nissanka Jayawardhana	Dr Amila Jayasekera
38	2020	Dr Jayaindra Fernando	Dr Gayan Ekanayake
39	2021	Professor S Chandrasekera	Dr Ranga Wickramarachchi
40	2022	Dr Satish K Goonesinghe	Dr Kavinda Rajapakse
41	2023	Professor D N Samarasekera	Professor Sanjeewa Seneviratne

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