A.T. Ariyaratne
| Sri Lankabhimanya A.T. Ariyaratne | |
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Dr.A.T. Ariyaratne
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| Born |
Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne 5 November 1931 Unawatuna, Galle |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater |
Mahinda College, Galle Vidyodaya University |
| Known for | Founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement |
Sri Lankabhimanya Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne (Sinhala:අහන්ගමගේ ටියුඩර් ආරියරත්න) is the founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka. He was nominated to the Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka) as a civil representative on 10 September 2015. He received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 1991.
A.T. Ariyaratne was born on 5 November 1931 in Unawatuna village in Galle District of Sri Lanka. He had his school education at Buona Vista College, Unawatuna and Mahinda College, Galle. Then he attended a teachers college, after which he was a high school teacher until 1972 at Nalanda College Colombo. Ariyaratne started his work on Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in 1958. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Vidyodaya University of Sri Lanka and later received an honorary doctorate of D.Litt. from the same university. He also received an honorary doctorate of humanities from Emilio Aguinaldo College in the Philippines. Ariyaratne is a devout Buddhist and continues to be active in Sri Lankan politics and community development.
He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1969, the Gandhi Peace Prize from the government of India in 1996, the Niwano Peace Prize in 1992, the King Beaudoin Award and other international honours for his work in peace making and village development. In 2006, he received the Acharya Sushil Kumar International Peace Award for the year 2005. Other recipients of this award include John Polanyi and then in 2004, the 14th Dalai Lama. In 2007 Ariyaratne received the Sri Lankabhimanya, the highest National Honour of Sri Lanka.
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