Janaprith Fernando

Janaprith Salinda Fernando (Sinhala: ජනප්‍රිත් සාලින්ද ප්‍රනාන්දු; ஜனப்ரித் சாலிந்த பெர்னான்டோ 23 September 1967 in Ratmalana) of Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Colombo Law Society President, serves as the Chief Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association and an elected volunteer member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) from 2012 to 2018.He is currently serving in the World Scout Committee, the World Organisation of the Scout Movement's highest governing body. Fernando was elected to this body in August 2017 by the 41st World Scout Conference, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Fernando graduated from S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, studied at Sri Lanka Law College where he was the President of the Law Students' Union in 1990, and is practicing as an attorney.

Scouting life
He was the Scout Leader of 39th Colombo Scout Troop for over 10 years until taking up leadership roles in the Colombo District in 1994. Thereafter, he was elected to the World Scout Committee on the 17th of August 2017 in which he will serve till 2020.