Edwin Ariyadasa
| Edwin Ariyadasa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 December 1920 Unawatuna, Sri Lanka |
| Residence |
 Sri Lanka
|
| Nationality |
Sri Lankan
|
| Education |
Mahinda College, Galle University of Colombo |
| Website | http://edwinariyadasa.org |
Kala Keerthi Wijetunga Karunaratne Edwin Ariyadasa (known as Edwin Ariyadasa) (Sinhalese: එඩ්වින් ආරියදාස) (born 3 December 1920) is a veteran journalist in Sri Lanka, who is also a media consultant, newspaper editor and an author.
Ariyadasa was born on 3 December 1922 in Unawatuna, Southern Sri Lanka. His father was V. K. Abraham Appuhamy, mother was Sisiliana Hamine. He had three elder brothers and two elder sisters. He had his primary education at Buddhist Mixed School in Unawatuna and received his secondary education at Mahinda College, Galle.
He entered the University of Colombo in 1945 and passed out with a Bachelor's degree in Sinhala and English languages. He taught at Mahinda College for some time. And then he returned to Colombo and started his career as the Secretary of the General Insurance Company. on 3 March 1949, he joined Lake House.
At the Lake House, he was a member of the Editorial Staff of most of the Lake House Publications. He was on the Editorial Staff of Divaina, Daily News, Sunday Observer, Silumina, Janatha and was the Editor – in – Chief of "Navanugaya".
He initiated the study of Mass Communication at the Higher Education in Sri Lanka. He formulated the first syllabus to teach mass communications at the University of Kelaniya. Also, he was associated with the introduction of media studies at the Open University of Sri Lanka. He was highly influential in the inauguration of the Diploma of Mass Communications at the University of Colombo.
Edwin Ariyadasa is appraised for introducing new Sinhala terms for English terms such as Antarjalaya' (Internet), `Madya Rupa' (media images) and `Sajivikaranaya' (Animation).
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