Sri Lanka Pugwash Group

About Us

The Sri Lanka Pugwash group was set up on 29 April 1981 at a meeting in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, called by newspaper advertisement in the Daily News, by D L O Mendis, Convenor.

Over the years a few workshops have been held in the country- at least one emphasizing the contemporary value of a heritage of environmentally sensitive irrigation systems.

Since that time, Sri Lanka has seen violence of various kinds- hopefully ending in May 2009.

The Sri Lanka Pugwash Group has remained an informal organisation from the time of its inauguration.

Currently a Sri Lankan -former Ambassador and Under Secretary General of the UN, Jayantha Dhanapala is the President of Pugwash International

A workshop on ‘Power options for developing countries’ is to be held in the first week of September.

For more information contact the national Chairman Prof Arjuna Aluwihare: aluwihare@pdn.ac.lk