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INDU ABEYRATNE - SRI LANKAN
Indu Abeyratne (Sri Lankan, Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioner)

Indu Abeyratne is a Sri Lankan professional who's working in the development field for last thirteen years in Sri Lanka and the South Asian region. He was born in Matale, a Central part of the country and studied in Kandy, one of the most beautiful and sacred city in the globe in the central hills of Sri Lanka.

Indu is an extraordinary character in many fields; in education, in sports, in humanity and also in development planning especially in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction. Indu was a very bright chap in the school, both in education and sports and also a proud Old Hosteler in the school from 1988 to 1995. Indu was a very good football and hockey player in his Alma Mater brought many achievements during 1988 to 1996.

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Early Life


Indu was born in January 1977 to Abeyratne family in a hilly village called "Ihala Harasgama" just north end of Matale town adjoining to famous Wheel-Chair mountain. His farther, Mr D M Abeyratne, was a renowned Economic Studies teacher subsequently moved to Sri Lanka Ports Authority as the Senior Manager in the Mahapola Training Division and Mother, Mrs Anula Kumarihamy was a primary school teacher who were his inspiring characters in his life. Indu was grown up in Kandy city hills in the face of famous Kandy lake, closer to Temple of the tooth relic, which is named as a world heritage city by UNESCO.

School Life
Indu was to entered Christ Church College, Matale in 1982 for primary grades and sat for most important benchmark in 1987 for the Grade 5 government scholarship and became the 1st in Matale, enabling him to be entered to Dharmaraja College Kandy. Dharmaraja College is a Island renowned school earlier called as the "Kandy Buddhist High School" which was established in 1887 by Col Henry Steel Olcott. Indu was admitted to College hostel which could be the most important asset, a student could have in his early education life, developing a overall characteristic of a student in a school; in sports, culture, leadership and challenges. He left the college in 1996 after passing the Advance Level with a good aggregate by opening the gates of the university as a Science student.

Indu was a extraordinary pupil in the school, performing both in education and extra curricular activities. He was a team member of school football and hockey teams from under 13 to under 19 and was captained in both games. He has represented the school in both games in All Island school national games and also many other tournaments from 1988 to 1995. He was a three times school colors winner for Hockey and represented Kandy District Hockey Team in 1994 and 1995.

University Life
Indu was entered to University of Peradeniya as a Science undergraduate in 1998 and passed out in 2001. Peradeniya era was his brightest time period in his education and made him as a strong character to contribute to the development of the country. He was a famous characte in the University and was a member of University Hockey team and Captained the team in year 2000. He won University colors for Hockey in 1998 and 1999 and toured India to participate a International Inter-University hockey games in 1999.

Indu was a member of the University Sports Council in 2000. Soon after his graduation at the beginning of his career at Ceylinco, he was entered to University of Colombo, School of Computing for his post graduation studies in Information Technology.

Professional Career
Indu has undergone several professional streams; International Relations, Computer System Design, Disaster Management etc whilst having considerable exposure in IT industry.

Indu has started his career with Ceylinco Group as a IT Administrator in 2001, and then joined with World Health Organization in Sri Lanka as a IT Specialist in December 2003. Indu has completed Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certifications whilst working as a Systems Administrator in a larger business company. Completing around 4 years of Hospital based work he has joined with World Largest Humanitarian organization, Red Cross Movement in 2007.

Indu joined as a Assistant Programme Officer for the Disaster Management (DM) unit of the Sri Lanka Red cross Society, embarking a blissful career in the field of DRR in May 2007. From there onward he was a charisma in the Disaster Management arena in Sri Lanka and has represented the country in many international forums. Indu is one of the most senior chap to be in the inauguration of the National Disaster Management Coordination Committee, which was established to monitor the DM activities in the country under Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), endorsed at the second World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) in Hyogo, Japan in 2005.



Indu has contributed many development initiatives in the field of DRR. Indu was a key member of SAARC DM working group to finalize the South Asia road map on Community Based Disaster Risk Management in 2007 in Dhaka, and also a key contributor to produce Community Based Early Warning Global Guidelines for IFRC in 2011. Further Indu was a key contributor to develop the National Disaster management Plan and National Emergency Operation Plan for Sri Lanka together with Disaster Management Center.

Indu has undergone many training in the field of DRM during last ten years, nationally and internationally. Indu is well conversant with Disaster Risk Reduction approaches, Early Warning Systems, Emergency Management modalities, Climate Risk Reduction and in addition to that; International Relations, Computer Systems, GIS Systems etc. Indu is a Master trainer on Disaster Management approaches and advanced facilitator for any occasion. He was trained in Community Based Disaster Risk reduction, Disaster Recovery Programming, Climate Risk Management, GIS in Disaster Management, Vulnerability Capacity Assessment, Community Based Early Warning Systems and other development sectors.

Indu was felicitated by the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society for his tireless efforts in developing its five year development plan (2009-2013) which was launched in Kuala Lumpur in 2009 with the participation of 20 RC Partner National Societies, IFRC and the ICRC. Further he was the Mastro in developing the Society's Strategic Plan 2015-2017 which was commended by many professional in the RC movement.

Testimonies
"Indu is well conversant on strategic planning approaches and integrated development planning modalities", John Gwynn, Organization Development Coordinator, IFRC, Asia Pacific Region.

"Indu is an outstanding employee who on a daily basis goes “above and beyond” in his technical capacities as well as strong development planning knowledge"; Surein Peiris, former Deputy Director General, Sri Lanka Red Cross and Senior Officer - Humanitarian Diplomacy, IFRC Geneva

"Indu has demonstrated the ability to tackle any challenge with minimal supervision, public relation skills he posses, IT knowledge he applied for and strong inborn negotiation talent for last few years"; John Halder, former Disaster Management Coordinator, IFRC Sri Lanka