Talk:Saman Kelegama

Please stop removing the autobiography tag
User:Saman Kelegama has played a dominant and on-going role in the deleopment of the article Saman Kelegama; the use of Template:Autobiography is clearly appropiate. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:03, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Re-edition needed by neutral editors
I have moved the following which may be promotional, from the article page.

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Academia
He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in Sri Lanka (elected in 2006) and a Salzburg Fellow (1997).

He is a member of the governing boards of the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS, Kathmandu, Nepal, since 2001). and Post-Graduate Institute of Management – University of Sri Jayawardenapura(since 2012).

While being the founding editor of the South Asia Economic Journal, he is also a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Routledge); Migration and Development (Routledge); and Sri Lankan Journal of Management (Postgraduate Institute of Management).

He is also a member of the editorial advisory board of the Asia-Pacific Development Journal (UNESCAP).

Kelegama is a visiting lecturer at the Post Graduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka as well as a Research Associate at the Centre for Migration and Development Studies, Department of Economics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

He held visiting positions in the following institutions: Senior Visiting Fellow, Australia-South Asia Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (February–March 1998)

Distinguished Visitor Programme, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, India (January 1998);

International Visitor Programme, United States Information Service, USA (June 1993);

Visiting Fellow, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands (January–February 1993);

Lecturer: Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute, Colombo (1994-2004).

He has also been a visiting lecturer in the Departments of Economics in various universities in Sri Lanka from time to time.

Kelegama has also held the following positions: President, Sri Lanka Economic Association (April 1999 – May 2003); Executive Council Member of the Sri Lanka Economic Association (1992 - 1998);

Member of the Executive Council of the Organization of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (June 2000 – June 2002);

Council Member of the Coalition for Action for South Asian Cooperation (CASAC- Sri Lanka Chapter) (November 2000- July 2003); and Centre for Regulation and Competition, University of Manchester, UK (2002-2005).

His non-academic career encompasses both the government and the private sector spheres in Sri Lanka.

Government
While working at the IPS, he serves in a number of Sri Lankan government boards/committees viz., Industrial Development Board (2013-) and the National Enterprise Development Authority (2014-). He served in the following Government bodies: Presidential Taxation Commission (2009-2010); Committee on Development and Management of Estates Leased out to Regional Plantation Companies (2007-2008); National Economic Council under the President of Sri Lanka (2006-2009); National Enterprise Development Authority (2006-2009)

National Development Trust Fund (2004-2005);

Committee on Regional Trade Agreements of Sri Lanka (2004-2006); Joint Study Group: India-Sri Lanka Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (April 2003-October 2003); Independent South Asia Commission on Poverty Alleviation (2002-2004); Fair Trading Commission (1995-2002); Industrial Task Force (1995-2000); Industrialization Commission (1997-1999); Human Resources Development Council (1995-1997); Public Enterprise Reform Commission (1995); and Board of Investment (1994-1995).

Kelegama was also appointed as the Chairperson by the Government of Sri Lanka in a number of Boards/Committees, such as: Technical Negotiation Committee on Trade in Services: India-Sri Lanka Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (2005-2008); Technical Negotiating Committee on Economic Cooperation: India-Sri Lanka Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (2005-2008); Regaining Sri Lanka Policy Development Committees on Land Transport and Infrastructure Development (2002-2004); Small and Medium Industrial Task Force to prepare the White Paper (2001-2002); SAARC Research Network (1998-2001); and Indian Ocean Rim Academic Group (1997–present).

He was appointed as the Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Industrial Development (2002-2004) and was a member of the Sri Lankan official delegation to: ESCAP Annual Sessions, 1999 and 2000, Bangkok, Thailand; WTO Ministerial Summit in Singapore, 1996 and Hong Kong, 2005; 12th SAARC Summit, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004; UNCTAD XI, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2004; Doha Trade Forum, Qatar, 2006 among others.

Private sector
He has worked for the private sector by serving in a number of boards/committees and panel of judges for the evaluation of winners for awards. He serves in the Boards of the Singer (Sri Lanka) Company (since 2006); Regnis Lanka (subsidiary of Singer[Sri Lanka]) (since 2008); Singer Finance (subsidiary of Singer [Sri Lanka]) (since 2008); and SC Securities (since 2010); and served in the Boards of the Colombo Stock Exchange (2010 – 2013); Sampath Bank (1998-2011); and the Centre for Private Sector Development (1994 - 2002); and as a member of the Five Year Apparel Sector Strategy Task Force (2002). He was appointed as the chairman of Singer Finance in 2013. He also served as Chairperson of the Evaluation Committee on “Best Corporate Citizen Award ”, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, 2004 to 2013; Head - Panel of Judges, for the years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, and 2008 for  “Exporter of the Year Award”, and Member of the Panel of Judges for “Exporter of the Year Award” in 2000, National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka; Head - Panel of Judges, “Sri Lanka -- Entrepreneur of the Year Award 1996”, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka; Member of the Panel of Judges for the Selection of the Best Corporate Annual Report, Chartered Institute of Accountants of Sri Lanka, 2002.

Publications
He has to his credit a number of publications both as an author and editor on South Asian as well as on Sri Lankan economic issues.

South Asia

 * Regional Economic Integration: Challenges for South Asia During Turbulent Times(joint editor), Published by South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) and South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), Kathmandu, 2012.
 * Foreign Aid in South Asia: The Emerging Scenario (editor), Sage Publications, India, 2012
 * Trade Liberalization and Poverty in South Asia (joint editor),Routledge Publications, UK, 2011
 * Migration, Remittances and Development in South Asia (editor), Sage Publications, India, 2011
 * Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia - Beyond SAFTA (joint editor), Sage Publications, India, 2010
 * Trade in Services in South Asia (editor), Sage Publications, India, 2009
 * South Asia Year Book of Trade and Development on Harnessing Gains from Trade: Domestic Challenges and Beyond (joint editor), Academic Foundation, India for Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD, 2008
 *  South Asia in the WTO (editor), Sage Publications, India, 2007
 *  South Asian Yearbook of Trade and Development 2006 - Multilateralism at Cross-Roads: Reaffirming Development Priorities    (joint editor), Wiley Publications, India, 2007
 * South Asia after the Quota System: Impact of the MFA Phase-Out (editor), IPS/FES, 2005
 * Impediments to Regional Economic Cooperation in South Asia (editor), joint publication of the Coalition for Action for South Asian Cooperation and IPS, 2001

Sri Lankan economy

 * Economic and Social Development under a Market Economy Regime in Sri Lanka, Buddhadasa Hewavitharana Felicitation Volume 2, February, 2012(joint editor).


 * Economic and Social Development under a Market Economy Regime in Sri Lanka, Buddhadasa Hewavitharana Felicitation Volume I, October, 2011 (joint editor).


 * Development under Stress: Sri Lankan Economy in Transition    Sage Publications, India, 2006.
 * Contemporary Economic Issues: Sri Lanka in the Global Context   Sri Lanka Economic Association, 2006.
 * Ready-Made Garment Industry in Sri Lanka: Facing the Global Challenge   (editor) IPS, 2004.
 * Economic Policy in Sri Lanka: Issues and Debates  (editor), Sage Publications, India, 2004.


 *  Study on the Impact of Labour Legislation on Labour Demand in Sri Lanka   (joint author), Department of National Planning, Ministry of Finance and Planning, 1997.
 * Privatization in Sri Lanka: The Experience During the Early Years of Implementation   Sri Lanka Economic Association-USAID joint publication, Colombo, 1993.

I have moved the above which may be promotional, from the article page.Eesan1969 (talk) 08:46, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Autobiography?
Almost all of the early edits to the article were by an account with the same name as the subject. Also, recently IPs (probably one person with a changing address) are slowly developing this page over months. I'm pretty new (but not as new as my history implies) but this looks like the editting pattern of someone here to promote. 165.214.12.70 (talk) 16:15, 30 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I retired from Wikipedia sometime back, but do edits without commitment. I found this page and did my best. If you feel that is promotional, please restructure the content rather than expecting someone else to do it.61.245.172.54 (talk) 01:52, 31 May 2014 (UTC)