1-2 page - Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka
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1-2 page - Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka
Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka Volume 26-No.01 Since 1990 September 2015 ISSN 2279-2376 His Excellency President. Speaking at the 37th annual sessions of the Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka, held on 26th July 2015 at Sri Lanka Foundation, Colombo 7, His Excellency President Maithriepala Sirisena stated that politicians and professionals must work together to develop our country. His Excellency President was the chief guest of the annual sessions of the Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka. Vidya Jyothi Prof. D.S.Wijeyesekera, Chancellor UNIVOTEC, Former Chairman TVEC & Vice Patron of IIESL graced the occasion as Guest of Honour. Six Fellow members and winners of the Young Innovators Competition received their certificates from His Excellency President. Extract of the speech of His Excellency President is given below. I am very happy to be here at your 37th annual sessions to address the gathering of Incorporated Engineers who are doing a great service in the development of our country. I would like to extend my gratitude to the organizing committee of your institution for inviting me to take part in this important occasion. Engineers play a leading role in the developing work of the world and can be considered as an important segment among professionals. As engineers you perform various kinds of tasks to exist in the competitive world and to become a leading role at your organizations where you work. Because of this competition, you, as engineers have to play a bigger role than other professionals. As a country also we have to face this competition and try our best by planning and implementing various things so that we face challenges varying day by day. As engineers you are doing such an important task for the future of the country. Future of a country depends mainly on engineers. Here, your planning, courage, ability to facing challenges, commitment and attitudes are important factors which have direct impact on the development of the country. The development we have achieved since independence can mainly be considered as a result of engineer’s commitment and hard work. I have lot of experience in working with engineering experts like Dr. Kulasinghe, Dr. Wimalasurendra, Mr. E.D.Perera and several experts in the engineering field. Contd. to page 9 Page No. 02 IIESL News Letter – September 2015 NEW PRESIDENT IIESL Eng. Jagath Arawwawala was inducted as the 25th president of the Institution of Contents Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka (IIESL) at its Annual General Meeting held at the Sri Lanka Foundation recently. He is a product of Royal College and Nalanda College, Colombo. Having concluded his engineering studies in London, he returned to Sri Lanka HE President’s Speech 1 New President, President Elect 2 Editorial 3 after 15 years, in the early 90’s, to join Diesel & Motor Engineering Motor Engineering Co. He then went on to serve as Director/General Manager at Compulerlink Ltd. Subsequently, as GM/CEO at Polycrom Electrical Industries. He is a Production Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the Production engineering field and a Practitioner of Ergonomics in the manufacturing industry. Mr. Arawwawala is a fellow of IIESL and holds Incorporated Engineer has a great role to play 4 memberships with IET, ILM, PMA (UK) Engineers Guild of Sri Lanka and OPA center. He holds an MBA in Strategic Management. Currently attached to ElectroRef Engineers, he is involved in the INCO organizing activities, the Certificate Recipients 5 annual industrial exhibition of IIESL, and is an acclaimed compeer. PRESIDENT ELECT IIESL Eng. Chandrasiri Wanasinghe President Elect is a founder member of All Ceylon Engineering Diplomates Association popularly known as ACEDA which was the base organization of IIESL. He was continuing as Committee member in ACEDA, Council Member of IIEDSL and IIESL from 1977 until 1995. He held the posts of Treasurer and twice as Vice President during that Period. He has completed his National Diploma in Technology from Hardy Senior Technical Institute in 1972/1974. He has 25 years working experience as an Engineering Assistant, Civil Engineer and Manager Training in Gigantic Mahaweli Development Project. He has worked in overseas such as Oman, UAE and Qatar for 16 years from 1998 to 2014. Currently he is working as a Consultant construction projects. in domestic Annual Sessions Photos 6 Annual Sessions Photos 7 Donations for Building Project 8 President’s Speech contd. Key Note Address Advertisement Page Toastmasters Club Inco Award Winners Next News Letter will be published in December 2015. Send your Articles, Write-ups by 30th November 2015 to:Editor, IIESL Head Office, 27B, Udumulla Road, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka or e-mail to ; [email protected] 9 10 11 12 Page No. 03 IIESL News Letter – September 2015 Head Office EDITORIAL Trying to Make Things Perfect. You will find throughout your professional and personal life that some people simply don't "try hard enough" to be rigorous and complete. They rush to get a thing done but don't have the energy, focus, or time to really make it "perfect." Of course, nothing is ever perfect and everyone makes mistakes. But if you don't focus and try to pay attention to detail, your mistakes will define you. And that is a reputation you don't want in your life. Remember that when you make mistakes or don't dig deep you don't only harm your own reputation; you waste the time of others. And in some cases, you could cost your institution a lot of money. Fearful people will cause you serious amounts of trouble at work. If they’re scared of getting fired, they will find a way to point a finger at you. If their project is failing, they will suggest your role was to blame. Drowning people will grab whatever they can to keep their head above water. Don’t stand too close and become that object. What you actually do matters much more than what you say you’re going to do. Anyone can talk a big game or over-promise, but the actual follow-through is what creates lasting success. Following through is much harder than it might seem, and that’s why people often fall short. Never agree to or promise anything unless you are 100% sure you can do it Saying “yes” is a contract. From telling someone you’ll call them for lunch next week to saying you’ll have a project finished in 3 days, anytime you agree to something, you’re asking someone to trust that you’ll do it. Say “yes” only to things you are sure about — sure that you’ll make them happen and sure that it’s something you want to do. Half-assign something or not finishing a task is far worse than saying “no” upfront. Commit with complete conviction or don’t commit at all. Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka No. 27/B, Udumulla Road, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka Tel : +11 2887734 Tel/Fax:+94 112887737 Email : [email protected] Web.www.iie.lk City Office Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka No. 490, 6th Floor, Galle Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka Tel : +94 11 473 6708 Fax : +94 11 473 4298 Overseas Branches Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka UAE Branch C/O Consulate General of Sri Lanka P.O. Box 51528, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel : +971507169700 Email : [email protected] Web : www.iiesluae.org Qatar Branch Tel : +97433971238 Email : [email protected] Local Branches Institution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka Central Province Branch 115, D.S.S. Senanayake Veediya, Kandy. Tel : +94 81 2234129 Fax : +94 81 2236938 Local Associations No. 6, Isuru Place, Malkaduwawa, Kurunegala. Tel :+94 37 222 4800 Southern Province Engineering Diplomate’s Association No. 87/2, Kumbalwella Road, Bataganwila, Gelle. Tel :+94 71 456 2410 Rajarata Engineering Diplomate’s Association Dilani Pharmacy, Eppawala. Tel :+94 25 224 9317 Siyane Engineering Diplomate’s Organization No. 38/2, Minuwangoda Road, Gampaha. Tel :+94 77 982 1286 Editorial Board Eng. W.D. Fonseka Eng. Jagath Arawwawala Eng. H.B. Dayaratne Eng. D.S. Senarath Eng. Sunil Jayasuriya Be a member of IIESL Toastmasters Club and improve your Communication and Leadership skills. Call: President – 0777 661215, VP Education – 075 9443445 Editor President Secretary Past President Member IIESL News Letter – September 2015 Page No. 04 Incorporated Engineer has a great role to play VidyaJyothi Prof. D.S.Wijeyesekera, Chancellor UNIVOTEC, Former Chairman TVEC, Vice Patron of IIESL, Former Vice Chancellor of University of Moratuwa and Open University of Sri Lanka speaking at the Annual Sessions as Guest of Honor mentioned that as a result of education in Sri Lanka is compartmentalized there is no coordination of all levels of education. Further he said the IIESL has done a great thing by bringing all diploma holders together. Extract of Prof. Wijesekera’s speech is given below. I am very pleased to be here at this 37th Annual session of your Institution which was established in 1977 and thereafter incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1992. This may be my 35th annual session. In Sri Lanka there are many ministries in charge of education. Our neighbour country India has only one ministry, Ministry of Human Recourse Development and there are several subsection. In many countries like UK, Singapore, Australia they refer it as Ministry of Education. This enables the coordination of all levels and sub sections of education and also promote carrierguidance. I am glad that your members who are here selected the technical and vocational education routes. But there are many others who do not aware of the potential in this route. It is not their fault. It is because education is compartmentalized such as general education, higher education, technical & vocational education.If they all are under one ministry with several sub sections or deputies there can be interaction, there can be coordination and there can be carrier guidance. Every student in a school is thinking of getting a bachelor degree. They do not know that becoming diploma holders they can achieve far more remunerations than a degree holder. There are so many degree holders without employment these days. So this is all because of compartmentalization. Having all the diploma holders from various institutes, it is a great achievement of the IIESL. It is a great thing you all have done to bring all diploma holders together. This has to be preserved and strengthened. Strengthening is the most important thing. That means all diploma holders and Incorporated Engineers are together. I am also a diploma holder. I am very proud to say that. I didn’t become a Vice Chancellor or a Chancellor overnight. Everybody of you can achieve greater highs. At a time when we all are glad that IESL has received the full membership of the Washington accord and that is mainly for international recognition purposes. The IIESL also should strive aggressively to obtain Sydney accord. Through the proposed Engineering Council Act I am Contd. to Page No. 9 Page No. 05 IIESL News Letter – September 2015 Fellow Member Certificate Recipients at the Annual Sessions held on July 26, 2015 F - 0097 Eng. W.M.D. Walisundara F - 0098 Eng. Nalin Mendis F - 0100 Eng. Ayathurai Santhan F - 0101 Eng. Lalindra De Silva F - 0099 Eng. Manju Sri Nandana F - 0102 Eng. Hemantha Jayasree List of Corporate Member Recipients at the Annual Sessions - 2015 Ser. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Name Eng. D.N. Marcelinus Eng. M.R.M. Nafeel Eng. S.R.A.M.C.B. Rathnayake Eng. S.D.S.P. Silva Eng. V.K.L. Rajakaruna Eng. B.L.Y.R. Balasuriya Eng. K.R.S.W.W.M.N. Dhanushka Eng. P.H.A. Muthukumarana Eng. H.H.H. Prasanna Eng. R.P.N.N. Rajapaksha Eng. H.T. Pathirathne Eng. A.K.D.S. Kanchana Eng. B.D. Wijesekara Eng. A.P.I. Wickramathilake Eng. K.G.S.N.K. Ranjith Eng. J.M.D.C. Dushantha Eng. P.L. Thirimanne Eng. M.S.K. Kumarawardana Eng. (Mrs). G.S.M. Perera Membership No M 2133 M 2134 M 2135 M 2136 M 2137 M 2138 M 2139 M 2140 M 2141 M 2142 M 2143 M 2144 M 2145 M 2146 M 2147 M 2148 M 2149 M 2150 M 0591 IIESL News Letter – September 2015 Annual Sessions 2015 Page No. 06 IIESL News Letter – September 2015 Annual Sessions 2015 Page No. 07 Page No. 08 IIESL News Letter – September 2015 DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE BUILDING PROJECT Ser. No, 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 M/Ship No. F 0038 F 0034 F 0102 F 0090 F 0044 F 0012 F 0066 F 0085 F 0092 F 0098 M 1955 M 0053 M 0559 M 0245 AM 1126 AM 1053 M 1552 M 1551 M 1550 M 1472 M 2074 M 1549 M 1545 F 0055 F 0057 F 0088 AM 1167 M 2048 M 1539 AM 0976 M 1730 M 0123 M 2073 M 1259 M 0081 AM 0209 AM 1208 M 1729 F 0047 F 0079 M 1579 F 0087 F 0006 F 0099 M 1365 F 0015 Name Eng. Mrs. D.N.Siyambalapitiya Eng. D.S.Senarath Eng. Hemantha Jayasree Eng. N.A.Nandasena Eng. B.K.Ulluwishewa Eng. Asela Gunathilake Eng. P.A.D.R.Chandrasiri Eng. S.J.Hettiarachchi Eng. Mrs. P.R.Jinadasa Eng. B.N.P.Mendis Eng.A.Jatunarachchi Eng. M.C.T.B. Palipane Eng. H.M.G.B.Herath Eng. M.U.Amaratunga Mr. H,L.Wickramasinghe Mr. P.H.H.K.Punchihewa Mr. Hemantha Wickremasooriya Eng. B.J.Katugampola Eng. E.A.Ponnamperuma Eng. M.M.A.D.T. Abayawardena Eng. M.E.N.Peiris Eng. W.R.Pathiratne Eng. R.A.P.Ranasinghe Eng. M.G.K.Chandraratne Eng. Mrs. D.C.R. Boteju Eng. K.Ariyawansa Eng. D.J.Amerakoon Mr. B.M.U.C.Bandaranayake Eng. Kabeer Shiraj Ahamed Eng.W.S.Cyril Mr. A.B.H.Rodrigo Eng. S.G.N.Fernando Eng. R.D.Nimalweera Eng. T.M.I.Abeywickrema Eng. S.P.Fonseka Eng. E.A.K.Indrasiri Mr. W.S.R.De Silva Mr. P.J.A.S.Cooray Mr. S.D.S.P.silva Eng. D.M.Jayasinghe Eng. T.Malawaraarachchi ( TW Associate Pvt. Ltd.,) Eng. P. Lional De Silva Eng. T.S.P.Thalagala Eng. W.D.Fonseka Eng. J.K.Lankathilake Mr. W.A.D.Rajeewa Eng. A.M.Manju Sri Nandana Eng. S.B.G.C.P.S.Bandara ( C.T.M. Industries Company ) Eng. W.A.U.Gunawardena INCO IIESL Dubai Branch TOTAL Amount (Rs.) 100,000.00 100,000.00 200,400.00 152,500.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 5,000.00 100,000.00 50,000.00 80,250.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 2,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 500,000.00 3,000.00 11,500.00 2,000.00 4,000.00 30,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 1,000.00 55,000.00 10,000.00 102,500.00 19,101.00 12,000.00 5,000.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 100,000.00 25,000.00 1,500.00 2,000,000.00 1,000,000.00 4,894,251.00 IIESL Head Quarters Building Fund Send your contributions for the proposed five-storey new building to: IIESL Head Quarters Building Fund, AC No. 1114022520, Commercial Bank IIESL News Letter – September 2015 Page No. 09 From page No. 1 During my political carrier, especially as a minister I have spent a long period dealing with engineers and hence I have a good knowledge, how engineers think and work. At the same time I must mention that there are some obstacles for the smooth flow of development in our country. With my experience I have noticed that the cooperation between professionals and politicians in Sri Lanka is very poor. Sometimes these two categories work as strangers. I believe for the development of any country professionals and politicians have to work together. When engineers involve in construction or any other engineering task it is very essential to ensure quality of that task. We have noticed some buildings constructed 10 – 15 years back are collapsing while more than 50 years old buildings are existing. As a result of new technology is introduced all the engineering fields are changing rapidly. So engineers have to concentrate on quality assurance at each and every work they are involved with. Majority of engineers are honest and ethical but a few may deviate from this noble qualities bringing bad name for the engineering profession. This can be seen everywhere in the society. So, when utilizing local and foreign investments in development activities we must be alert to avoid any kind of corruption and waste. What you have done so far as engineers for the development of this country is excellent. You deserve the respect of the nation. I noticed some issues raised by your president. As head of the state I clearly understand that engineers have certain problems connected to their profession, salaries, allowances, privileges etc. I agree that your issues are very reasonable. I hope we will be able to discuss these issues in future and agree to an acceptable solution which will lead to mental satisfaction of you who are a team of professionals contribute tremendously for the development of our country. From Page No. 4 hoping to remind and refresh the mind of the President that he will pledge his support to promote the Engineering Council Act. Last time he was with us. So I am sure he would support in the coming Parliament to get this act through. There are many talks about lack of skills development for the last several years. There have been several ADB projects. Now there is even a World Bank project. But I sincerely hope that all these projects would not just leave to buildings and equipment only but more skilled personnel. Technically qualified personnel such as you all have great role to play to help the President of Sri Lanka for national development as well as skill development. In particular, members of your Institution have much to contribute for the future development and improvement of the technical and vocational training through interaction. I would like to mention at this stage that we all must get together, work together and rally round irrespective of various differences to ensure national development and good governance. Inco launching ceremony will be held in November 2015 IIESL News Letter – September 2015 KEY NOTE ADDRESS ENGINEER’S ROLE IN GOOD GOVERNANCE Eng. K. Ariyawansa, Immediate Past President, IIESL delivering the Key Note Address at the annual sessions of The Instution of Incorporated Engineers, Sri Lanka held on 26th July 2015, mentioned that we all are aware that there have been allegation regarding the quality & cost effectiveness of each & every project done. He also questioned, why as Engineers we allow this type of things to happen. Extract of his address is given below. We as a professional body of Engineers managing and operating Engineering technology has the mandate to inculcate and develop professionalism among our member Engineers. During the rapid development of technology at present we find ourselves challenged more often. It is a well known fact that the Engineers with partnership of other professionals contribute very effectively in rapid development of the country in view of the continuous technological advances. The Engineers & technologist who contribute towards the backbone for development have a major role to play in development projects being done in the country. Page No. 10 Our role on professionalism in achieving the development goals of the government is really impressive. Successful implementation of massive projects undoubtedly requires professionals with high quality professionalism. Professionalism requires an individual to have more than just specialized knowledge & skills. The interest of the profession should be kept a head of our personal interests. Engineering design is a powerful tool used to make changes to environment society & economies. Hence Engineers are expected to have higest ethical and professional conduct and agree to accept responsibility in making decision keeping in line with the safety health and welfare of the public ,and to disclose promptly features that might endanger the public and environment Don’t allow others to raise finger at your work. You must have a backbone to come forward & explain your views in respect of cost and quality. Don’t try to work under obligation. We must be able to tell at any forum that estimated cost is this much and the extra work to be done is this much. If that happens politicians won’t argue on the projects that had been done; even for future projects, planned. Engineers as creators who can change the world have the ethical obligation to strive to comply with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties. 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