Homi Billimoria

Homi Framjee Billimoria OBE, was a Ceylonese architect of Parsee origin. He was the first Ceylonese to graduate from Liverpool University and be elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1938 Billimoria joined the Government service as the country's first town planner. He served as the chief architect of the Public Works Department from 1953 to 1956. In 1948 he was appointed a Member of the British Empire, in 1953 he was conferred with a Coronation Medal and in 1954, he received a Officer (Civil Division) Order of the British Empire. Billimoria was a founding member of the Ceylon Institute of Architects (CIA) and was later elected as a fellow of the Institute.