2020-10-11 | 11:00:00
Jaffna Engineering Faculty Alumni Association (JEFAA) & Engineering Students' Union of Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna collaboratively organized the 3rd "OUT THERE JEFAA" Seminar as a guest talk by Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya. Brief profile of keynote speaker: Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya graduated from University of Moratuwa in 1982 and earned his PhD from University of Cambridge, UK, in 1988. After ten years of work with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Saudi Electric Company (SEC) as the head of the Generation Planning Team, he established a consulting partnership. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Moratuwa and at other universities from time to time. He chaired the investigating committee on the 2009 blackout. He worked in government committees to establish the pricing policy for renewable energy (2006), net metering (2008) and national energy policy (2019). Brief profile of keynote speaker: Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya graduated from University of Moratuwa in 1982 and earned his PhD from University of Cambridge, UK, in 1988. After ten years of work with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Saudi Electric Company (SEC) as the head of the Generation Planning Team, he established a consulting partnership. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Moratuwa and at other universities from time to time. He chaired the investigating committee on the 2009 blackout. He worked in government committees to establish the pricing policy for renewable energy (2006), net metering (2008) and national energy policy (2019).