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Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala is an officer of Sri Lanka Administrative Service since 2000 and currently serving as the Senior Assistant Secretary (ICT for Development) in the Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment. He served in several national committees including the ICT Industry Skills Council, National Broadband Committee and the Steering Committee of the Knowledge Hub Initiative, and currently coordinates several policy initiatives and national projects on digitization of economy. Among other responsibilities, he was recently designated as one of Sri Lanka’s alternate representatives to the ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC). He is also in charge of the ICT commitments of Sri Lanka's National Action Plan of Open Government Partnership (OGP).

 

Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala is an officer of Sri Lanka Administrative Service since 2000 and currently serving as the Senior Assistant Secretary (ICT for Development) in the Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment. He served in the Presidential Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Environment in various capacities.

 

He represented several national committees including the ICT Industry Skills Council, National Broadband Committee, National Administrative Reforms Council and the Steering Committee of the Knowledge Hub Initiative of Sri Lanka. He currently coordinates several policy initiatives and national projects on digitization of economy. Among other responsibilities, he was recently designated as one of Sri Lanka’s alternate representatives to the ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC). He is also in charge of the ICT commitments of Sri Lanka's National Action Plan of Open Government Partnership (OGP).

Mr. Dhanapala served as the Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York from 2012 to 2014. During this diplomatic posting, the UN General Assembly elected him as Vice Chair of the Second Committee (Economic and Finance) for its 68th Session, representing the Asia Pacific Group. He was responsible for several key Resolutions, including ICT for Development, Science and Technology for Development, South-South Cooperation, Globalization and Interdependence.  

Mr. Dhanapala served as the Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York from 2012 to 2014. During this diplomatic posting, the UN General Assembly elected him as Vice Chair of the Second Committee (Economic and Finance) for its 68th Session, representing the Asia Pacific Group. He was responsible for several key Resolutions, including ICT for Development, Science and Technology for Development, South-South Cooperation, Globalization and Interdependence.