Jagath Alwis conferred honorary doctorate

The Chairman of CEG Education Holdings and Director Technical of Ceylinco Insurance Company, Jagath Alwis was conferred a honorary doctorate by Middlesex University during the Middlesex University graduation ceremony in Colombo recently. Jagath Alwis is the first Sri Lankan to be conferred with an honorary degree from the Middlesex University, UK.

Jagath Alwis, a graduate in Mathematics and Physics, from the Kelaniya University, joined the National Insurance Corporation in 1982 as a trainee to rise to become a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, London, a Fellow of the Indian Insurance Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, UK. He pioneered setting up of the ICBT Campus in 1999.