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Channa de Silva receiving the recognition as an Internet
Pioneer from the Chief Guest Chairperson, ICT Agency of Sri
Lanka, Mrs. Chitrangani Mubarak. |
Internet Society honours SL's technology pioneers
Thakral One (Pte) Ltd, Singapore recently commended the Sri Lanka
chapter of the Internet Society for recognising the technology pioneers
who were instrumental in connecting Sri Lanka to the Internet backbone
20 years ago. The Internet Society or ISOC was founded in 1992 by
internet pioneers as an International Non-Profit Organisation. It has
over a 100 organisational members and many thousands of individual
members with over 85 local chapters worldwide. It has regional bureaus
in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America and South Asia
and South East Asia.
Some of the distinguished names recognised at the event for their
pioneering contributions to technology adoption in Sri Lanka were
Professor Abhaya Induruwa, Vidya Jyothi Professor K.K.Y.W. Perera, Vidya
Jyothi Prof. V.K. Samaranayake, Dr. R B Ekanayake and former Secretary
to the President Lalith Weeratunge.
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