Saman Kelegama
| Dr. Saman Kelegama | |
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Saman Kelegama
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 April 1959 Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
| Died | 23 June 2017 (aged 58) Bangkok, Thailand |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Spouse(s) | Sirimavo Kelegama (née Ratwatte) |
| Children | Chandana, Jayathri |
| Parents |
Dr. Jayantha Kelegama (father) Padma Kelegama (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India |
| Profession | Economist |
Saman Kelegama (6 April 1959 – 23 June 2017) was a Sri Lankan economist, author and the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies(Sri Lanka) (IPS).
He was born and grew up in Colombo under the influence of his father, Deshamanya Dr. Jayantha Kelegama, who was both an academic and civil servant.
He received his secondary and primary education in Sri Lanka at Royal College, Colombo and St. Thomas' Preparatory School respectively. Subsequently, after completing his master's degree (1983) in Mathematics (Five year integrated programme) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),Kanpur, India, he completed his M.Sc (1985) and D.Phil (1990) in Economics at St Catherine's College, Oxford University, UK.
He joined the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) in 1990 and served as a Research Fellow until 1994, and was appointed Executive Director in 1995.
He had been engaged in fund raising and networking activities for the IPS for the last two decades. The development of the IPS Endowment Fund and the new Head Office have been a couple of his many achievements in fund raising at the IPS. The initiation of the South Asia Economic Journal and the South Asia Economic Summit are two noteworthy achievements in regional networking. While working at the IPS he had been closely associated with many academic institutions, the government and the private sector of Sri Lanka.
He was a member of the governing boards of the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), Kathmandu, Nepal (since 2001), Postgraduate Institute of Management – University of Sri Jayawardenapura (since 2012), Social Policy Analysis and Research Center(SPARC),(since 2005), Gamani Corea Foundation (since 2012).
He was a member of the editorial boards of various journals including the South Asia Economic Journal (founding editor), the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Routledge), Asia Pacific Development Journal (UNESCAP), Trade Insight (SWTEE), and the Sri Lankan Journal of Management. Kelegama was the President of the Sri Lanka Economic Association from April 1999 to May 2003. He was instrumental in the merger of the Sri Lanka Association of Economists with the Sri Lanka Economic Association in the year 2000. He was also instrumental in merging Upanathi with the Sri Lanka Economic Journal and bringing out a new series. He was an Honorary Fellow of the Sri Lanka Economic Association.
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