Eng. Priyamal B Samaratunga

Bio-Data as submitted & certified by the candidate

Priyamal B Samaratunga Graduated from “Kotelawala Defence University” with 2^nd Class Upper Division in 2006. He obtained his Post Graduate qualification in “Industrial Automation” from “University of Moratuwa” in 2013 and completed his MBA at NIBM in year 2016. He achieved his 3^rd postgraduate qualification in 2022 by completing “Master of Energy Management” from Open University of Sri Lanka.   He Joined IESL in 2011 and became a corporate member in 2018.

Priyamal is an Electrical Engineering Expert having over 19 years of experience with more than 2 years of Overseas Exposure in the field. The key area of his industrial Experiences is in “LV/MV Switch Boards and Switchgears” where he is working for the last 10 years”. He is competent in the field of “Electrical Installation”, “HVAC Systems” and designing of “Motor Control Centers”, “Capacitor Banks” ,”Auto Transfer Switching Systems” etc.

As a fresh Engineering graduate and Commissioned Officer in Sri Lanka Army, he had  his first experience in the “Battle Field” as an Officer Commanding  the Filed Workshop- 56 Division in Omanthei during the ongoing war in 2006. He sacrificed several years of his life to the motherland and led his troops by giving Engineering support to the battle till the end of the war in the Country. Then he resigned from SL army and went abroad and gain very good experience in Electrical Installation and Maintenance in the Gulf for 2 years till he come back to Sri Lanka and continue his carrier.

As an experienced practicing electrical Engineer, he has contributed himself for so many leading projects both Local and overseas. As an example, ‘Air Port Expansion Project-Katunayake’ , Defence Headquarters Project-Akuregoda’ , ‘ Southern Highway / Katunayake Expressway’ ,’ Army Hospital-Narahenpita’, ‘162 MW- HFO Power plant, Manikanj (Bangladesh) ,100 MW-HFO Power Plant, Jhuldha (Bangladesh), RIU Hotel Resort-Maldives are  few of them.

Eng.Priyamal is a very active member in IESL. He served as a Secretary of “Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Sectional committee in the session of 2019/2020 and was a Member of “By Law Committee” of the Institution elected at the last AGM.He is a member of “Professional Standards Management Committee (PSMC) and engage in “B Paper” exam duty since 2019. As a long term member of “Techno” committee” he initiated the “Defense Pavilion “in Techno 2017 which attracts large crowd at Techno since then. He is serving the “Panel of Judges” for “Techno Awards” since 2017.  Being a member of “Council Professional Affairs committee” he played a leading role by organizing “Ingineru Horawa” Radio Programme. His contribution as a member of “Infrastructure Development Committee” of IESL and Electrical Consultancy for new office building project of the institution.

Election Statement as submitted & certified by the candidate

1. Enhance the recognition towards Engineers in the society.
   
   When compared with the other parallel professions in the country, I feel that the Engineers are lagging behind with regard to the recognition in the society. This is mainly due to our lack of interest to gain the due respect and poor interaction with the community. We have to accept this and only we ourselves can make the difference have a keen interest to work on that and we should be committed to show the value of Engineers in the society.
2. Act against any agreement which can be harmful to Engineering profession in the Country.
   We IESL is the leading professional body in the country who represent the Engineering profession in Sri Lanka. Hence I believe that we have a right and responsibility to present ourselves at every forum and engage in the discussions going on in any agreement the country going to sign. We should not allow any non-engineering personnel to take decision on engineering matters in this country.
   
   By becoming a Council member of IESL I believe that I will get a good opportunity to raise the voice of young members of the IESL work on the above.