It is with great pleasure that we announce our distinguished old boy Major General Samantha Silva of Sri Lanka Army has been recently appointed as the Quarter Master General.

SSCOBA takes this opportunity to congratulate Major General Samantha Silva on his new appointment and wish him all the very best in his future endeavors.

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation gave publicity to the recent equipment donations by Sri Sumangala College Old Boys’ Association to Kethumathi Maternity Hospital and Base Hospital – Panadura to support their battle with COVID-19 through the Rupavahini news telecast on 21st July 2021.

Complying with its social responsibility, SSCOBA, under the leadership of the current President Mr. Mahesh Fonseka supported the community by implementing many projects during the pandemic.

We would like to thank all the stakeholders of SSCOBA for the support and the encouragement given.

Old Boys’ Association of Sri Sumangala College (SSCOBA) donated a Multi-Parameter Patient Monitor to Panadura Base Hospital to support their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. We take this opportunity to thank Dr. Indrani Godakanda, Medical Superintendent of the Panadura Base Hospital, and Dr. Wasantha Malalasekara for providing guidance to SSCOCBA.

SSCOBA Treasurer Mr. Dinesh Ketiparachchi and the Exco Member Mr. Rajeev Fernando handed over the Multi-Parameter Patient Monitor to the Panadura Base Hospital.

Complying with its social responsibility, SSCOBA, under the leadership of the current President Mr. Mahesh Fonseka supported the community by implementing many projects during the pandemic.

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Ministry of Justice’s Lawnet website published the ordinance issued on 08th, December, 1945 to incorporate a Board of Management of the Sri Sumangala College and Schools, Panadura. The detailed information about the said ordinance can be viewed by clicking the following link: https://www.lawnet.gov.lk/sri-sumangala-schools-3/.

According to the ordinance, the composition of the Board comprised of 07 life members and 24 other members.

Life Members,

1. Mrs. Angela Ellen Dias.
2. Mrs. Dovisina Leanora Dias.
3. Mr. Ponnahennedige Alfred Lewis Dias.
4. Mr. Walter Salgado.
5. Mr. Arthur Vincent Dias.
6. Mr. Neville Spencer Cornelius Perera.
7. Mr. Cyril Thomas Rodrigo.

Other Members,

1. Mr. Richard Salgado.
2. Mr. Susanta de Fonseka.
3. Mr. Ponnahennedige Robert Dias.
4. Dr. Theobold Henry Dias.
5. Mr. Charles Victor Dias.
6. Mr. Neil Quintus Dias.
7. Mr. Charles Martin Dias.
8. Mrs. Lilian Perera.
9. Mrs. Cecily Violet Dias.
10. Mr. David Solomon Fernando.
11. Mr. Percy Reginald Rodrigo.
12. Mr. Dickman Harold Dias.
13. Mr. Thomas Edwin Gooneratne.
14. Mr. Warusahennedige Leo Fernando.
15. Mr. Wilmot Rodrigo.
16. Mr. Leslie Simon Bernard Perera.
17. Mr. Patrick de Silva Kularatne.
18. Mrs. Eileen Rachel Amarasuriya.
19. Mr. Lionel Cyril de Mel.
20. Mr. Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Soysa.
21. Mr. Arthur Edwin Dias.
22. Mr. Mututantirige William Peter Cooray.
23. Mr. Mututantirige Albert Cooray.
24. Mr. Bensiri Senarath Dias.

The establishment of the Board of Management in 1945 with eminent personalities was a beginning of a new chapter in the history of our Alma Mater. We Sumangalians should always be proud of the legacy of the mother Sumangala.

99th Annual General Meeting of SSCOBA has been postponed considering the pandemic conditions due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The date of the AGM will be informed to all the members at the earliest, once the authorities switch on the green light to hold such an event. We have emailed all our members the annual audited financial statement of SSCOBA as of 31/12/2020.

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දැනට රටතුල පවතින නීතිමය තත්වය හමුවේ අප සංගමයේ 99වන වාර්ෂික මහා සභාව පැවැත්වීමට නොහැකි බව පසුගිය කාරක සභා රැස්වීමේදී තීරණය කල අතර, වාර්ෂික මහා සභාව පවත්වන දිනය දැනුම් දෙන තුරු ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමයේ 31/12/2020 දිනට විගණනය කල ගිණුම් වාර්තාව සාමාජිකයන්හට විද්‍යුත් තැපෑල මඟින් යොමුකර ඇති බව මෙයින් දන්වා සිටිමු.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to distinguished Sumangalian, Past President of SSCOBA, Present Advisor of SSCOBA, Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Chairman of Anunine Holdings & KSPA Packaging (Pvt) Ltd, and one of the highly reputed gentlemen in Panadura, Mr. Anurath Abeyratne for donating a PCR Machine to Panadura Base Hospital.

On behalf of the Sumangalians and people in Panadura, SSCOBA would like to thank again Mr. Abeyratne for extending his support & blessings for the people in Panadura, our city.

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Photo courtesy: Sumangalian, Chairman of Panadura Urban Council, Nandana Gunathilake

SSCOBA is pleased to announce that we have been touched by the “Sri Sumangala College Group of 2007”. We are very fortunate to facilitate a generous donation of Rs.120,000/- from the 2007 group to enable the mission of upgrading Cochlear Processing Units of our old boy & Exco member Mr. Dhanushka Sanjaya Fernando’s daughter and son.

SSC Group of 2007 are the Sumangalians who did their Grade 5 Scholarship in 1998, O/Ls in 2004 & A/Ls in 2007.

All of us at SSCOBA are grateful for this donation and we thank the SSC Group of 2007 for doing their part to enhance the lives of these 02 innocent children.

Thank you again!

Dear Sumangalians & well-wishers,

Please find the updated details of the Sri Sumangala College Old Boys’ Association, Executive Committee of 2020/2021 as of June 09, 2021.

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Hon. Rev. Patron,
Mahanayake of Amarapura Chapter, Chief incumbent of Rankoth Viharaya – Panadura, Professor Kahapola Sugatharathana Nayaka Thero

Patrons,

• Lt. Colonel L.G.P.B Liyangaskumbura (The Principal)
• Prof. Kapila Perera
• Dr. Neville Fernando (Deceased on February 04, 2021)
• Lion Rohantha de Fonseka
• Mr. Anupa Pasqual
• Mr. Sarath Alwis
• Mr. Thilak Rohitha Silva
• Mr. Jagath Angage

Advisors,

• Mr. Winson Kahandagamage
• Mr. Aravinda Perera
• Mr. Anurath Abeyratne
• Mr. Vijith Salgado
• Mr. Sanath de Silva

President,
Mr. Mahesh Fonseka

Joint Secretaries,

• Mr. Amila Nawalage
• Mr. Dhanuka Kottahachchi

Treasurer,
Mr. Dinesh Katipearachchi

Vice Treasurer,
Mr. Sumedha Perera

Secretary of Social Affairs,
Mr. Channa Dhammika

Editor,
Mr. Vishva Jayathunga

Legal Advisor,
Mr. Sudesh Chathura

Vice Presidents,

• Mr. Chamath Dias
• Mr. Kumarasiri Bodaragamage
• Mr. Nimesha Nawalage
• Mr. Padmal Gunarathna
• Captain Kasun Hewage
• Mr. Chamara Peiris
• Mr. Nuwan Ranamaura
• Mr. Jagath Pushpakumara
• Mr. Madusanka Namasena
• Mr. Dushantha Chanaka
• Mr. Sampath Perera (Resigned on May 26, 2021)

Executive Members,

• Prof. Jagath Wansapala
• Mr. Shiran Senanayake
• Mr. Roshan Senarathna
• Mr. Bandu Laksiri
• Mr. Niluka Fernando
• Mr. Danushka Sanjeewa
• Mr. Amaralanka Fernando
• Mr. Prabath Tharaka
• Mr. Sashika Prabath
• Mr. Rajeew Fernando
• Mr. Janaka Sudhara
• Mr. Dinesh Abeypala
• Mr. Manjula Wijewardhana
• Mr. Charitha Gunathilaka
• Mr. Geeth Nadeesha
• Mr. Indika Wijenayake
• Mr. Sanjaya Amarasekara
• Mr. Madura Perera
• Mr. Nilanga Vishwanath
• Mr. Yasitha Samantha Fernando
• Mr. Bashitha Weerathunga
• Mr. Dileeka Maduranga
• Mr. Rasika Prabashana
• Mr. Aruna Perera
• Mr. Nishantha Senevirathna
• Mr. Nafli Nazeer
• Mr. Neil Sunetralal
• Mr. Sameera Gunathilake
• Mr. Janaka Chithrananda
• Mr. Ajith Wijesekara
• Mr. Gayan Kaveendra Wijesundara
• Mr. Buddhika Dinesh
• Mr. Kapila Kumara
• Mr. Hasela Peiris
• Mr. Mohan Sameera Silva
• Mr. Ruwan Chamara
• Mr. Manjula Jayasinghe
• Mr. Gayan Prabhath
• Mr. Keneth Weerasinghe
• Mr. Madushan Asanka
• Mr. Asantha Thalis
• Mr. Asanka Ranga Perera

අප ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය කේ. ධනුෂ්ක සංජය ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා වර්තමානයේ අප සංගමයේ විධායක සභිකයෙකු ලෙස කටයුතු කරනු ලබයි. එසේම ඔහු පාසලේ බාලදක්ෂ කණ්ඩායමේ ස්වේච්ඡා ගුරුවරයෙකු ලෙස සහ ශිෂ්‍ය භට කණ්ඩායමේ ස්වේච්ඡා පුහුණුකරුවෙකු ලෙසද කටයුතු කරයි.

ඔහුගේ දරුවන් තිදෙනාගෙන් බාල දරුවන් දෙදෙනා උත්පත්තියෙන් උග්‍ර ශ්‍රවණාබාධයක් සහිත දරුවන් දෙදෙනෙකු වන අතර ඔවුන් දැනට භාවිතා කරන ශ්‍රවණාධාර උපකරණ නිෂ්පාදනය නවත්වා ඇති බැවින් ඔවුන්ට ඉතා ඉක්මණින් නව යන්ත්‍ර ලබා ගත යුතු බවට වික්‍රමාරච්චි ආයතනය පවසා ඇත. එක් දරුවෙකුගේ යන්ත්‍රයක් සඳහා රුපියල් ලක්ෂ විසි හතරක් (ලක්ෂ 24) වැය වන අතර දරුවන් දෙදෙනාම සඳහා ලක්ෂ 48ක් බව එම ආයතනය ලිපියක් මගින් සඳහන් කර ඇත.

මෙම විශාල මුදල සොයා ගැනීම සඳහා ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමයේ සහයෝගය ඉල්ලා ලිපියක් ඔහු ඉදිරිපත් කල අතර විධායක සභාවේ අනුමැතිය මත එම ලිපිය සහ අදාල ලියකියවිලි මෙසේ අප ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නෙමු.

දරුවන් දෙදෙනා වෙනුවෙන් මෙම ශ්‍රවණාධාර යන්ත්‍ර මිලදී ගැනීමට ඔබ සැමගේ සහයෝගය ඔහු විසින් බලාපොරොත්තු වන අතර මේ සඳහා ලැබෙන ආධාර මුදල් ඔහුගේ ගිණුමට හෝ වික්‍රමාරච්චි ආයතනයේ දරුවන්ගේ නමින් සෘජුව තැන්පත් කර එම ලදු පත ඔහු හට ලැබෙන්නට සලස්වන වන මෙන් ඔහු ඉල්ලා සිටිනු ලැබේ.

මේ සඳහා උදව් උපකාර කරන ලෙස ආදී ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය ලෙස අපි ඔබ සැමගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටිමු.

වැඩි විස්තර සඳහා 070 251 0510 හරහා ධනුෂ්ක සංජය ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා අමතන්න.

Old Boys’ Association of Sri Sumangala College (SSCOBA) donated two Patient Transfer Trolleys to Panadura Base Hospital to support their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. We take this opportunity to thank Dr. Indrani Godakanka, Medical Superintendent of the Panadura Base Hospital, and Dr. Wasantha Malalasekara for providing guidance.

SSCOBA President Mr. Mahesh Fonseka and Treasurer Mr. Dinesh Ketiparachchi handed over the two trolleys to the Panadura Base Hospital.

Complying with its social responsibility, SSCOBA, under the leadership of the current President Mr. Mahesh Fonseka supported the community by implementing many projects during the pandemic and SSCOBA has already committed to make some more equipment donations to Panadura Base Hospital within the next few days.