Uthum Herat
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Dr. Amal Uthum Herat |
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| Deputy Governor Central Bank of Sri Lanka | |
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In office 27 May 2009 – 23 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ranee Jayamaha |
| Succeeded by | Priyantha Fernando |
| Alternate Executive Director International Monetary Fund | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 September 1957 |
| Died | October 23, 2009 |
| Alma mater | S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Kollupitiya, S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Purdue University |
| Profession | Economist |
Dr. Amal Uthum Herat (born 15 September 1957), in Colombo, Sri Lanka was Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Uthum Herat received his early education at St.Thomas' Preparatory School in Kollupitiya and St Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia. He was a school prefect a member of the English Debating and Drama Societies, (with Chanaka Amaratunga, RD Gunaratne and Richard de Zoysa), a member of the Classical Quiz competition team which won the National competition (with Rohan Edirisinghe, Richard de Zoysa, RD Gunaratne, Chanaka Amaratunga and Devaka Fernando) a member of the Science Quiz team which reached the semi finals of the national competition (with RD Gunaratne Professor Chandu de Silva and Devaka Fernando). He was a committee member of the English Drama Society, represented the college in Chess, was secretary of the Chess Club and was awarded colours in Chess in 1975. other classmates included Russell de Mel and Duleep Goonewardena . His teachers included D.S. Jayasekera, ECK Abayasekera and Duleep De Chickera. Ivan Corea recollects Hearts contributions as a member of the Student Christian Movement. Herat was awarded the Bishop's Senior Divinity Prize and the HL Wendt Memorial Scholarship and served as Secretary of the Student Christian Movement.
Herat entered the university of Jaffna but transferred to the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and was awarded a BSc degree with first class honours by the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. He was later awarded MSc and PhD from Purdue University in the United States.
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