Governing Council

The Governing Council of Sri Lanka Accreditation Board is the main policy making body. It consists of thirteen Members appointed by the Minister who are specialized in the areas of Science, Technology, Education, Trade, Industry, or Administration or other relevant fields.

Governing Council Members of SLAB

  1. Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Prasanna Ranasinghe– Chairman and Member [Act 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (e)- Representative of the Ministry of Trade, Appointed by the Minister of Trade]
  2. Ms. Nimodhi Wickramasinghe- Member [Act No 32 of 2005, Section 5(1)(a) – appointed by the Minister]
  3. Mr. Tharaka Mahabage- Member [Act No 32 of 2005, Section 5(1)(a) – appointed by the Minister]
  4. Dr. (Ms.) Siddhika Senaratne- Member Director General – SLSI. [Act No 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (b) – Rep. of the SLSI]
  5. Mr. A Lakkadas- Member Additional Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology [Act No 32 of 2005 Section 5(1) (c) – Rep. of the M/ Science and Technology and the departments and statutory bodies under that Ministry]
  6. Ms. S. S. Gunasekara- Member Deputy Director, Department of External Resources of Ministry of Finance planning and economic Development. [Act No 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (d) – Rep. of the Gen. Treasury]
  7. Ms. U S N Fernando- Member Additional Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development [Act No 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (e) – Rep. of the M/ of Internal Trade, Food security and consumer welfare and the departments and statutory bodies under that Ministry]
  8. Mr. T. W. Gayan- Member Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneur Development [Act 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (f) – Rep. of the M/ Industrial Development and the departments and statutory bodies under that Ministry]
  9. Mr. C. H. Gamage- Member Additional Secretary (Admin -II), Ministry of Health and Mass Media [Act 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (g) – Rep. of the M/Health and statutory bodies under that Ministry]
  10. Mr. S. N. Akuranthilake- Member Director -MUSSD [Act No 32 of 2005 Section 5(1) (h) – Rep. of the Department of Measurement Units, Standards and Services]
  11. Mr. J.A Thusitha Nandana- Member Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation [Act 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (i) [Rep. of the M/ Ministry of Agriculture and statutory bodies under that Ministry]
  12. A. M. Mubarak- Member [Act 32 of 2005, Section 5(1) (j) – Rep. of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)]