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Eng. B. R. O. Fernando

Candidate profile for the 2016 Board of Governors election. Historical record.

Historical record · 2016. The positions, nominations and event information below relate to that period.

Brief Resume of Eng. B.R.O.Fernando,

He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and a Fellow Member of both the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka and the Institution of Electrical Engineers London and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (UK)

He obtained his Graduate ship in Electrical Engineering from Faraday House Engineering College London and was awarded the Diploma Faraday House in Electrical Engineering.

He joined STC (MT) in 1949 and left in 1959. He was President of the Sinhalese Literary Society and won the Bishop’s Senior Divinity Prize and the DeWinton Memorial Prize for Liturgy in 1957and 1958.

He joined the OBA in 1968, and served on the Executive Committee for a number of years in the 1970s

Jointly with his brother the late Prof.J.N.O.Fernando donated a Special Prize at the Annual Prize Giving since 1972 for the ‘Best Sinhala Debater’.

A Member of the STC Centenary Group, where he was on the Executive Committee and held the office of Vice President.

  • He received employment at the Ceylon Electricity Board where he served as an Electrical Engineer for 22 years at Hydro and Thermal Power Stations, Rural Electrification Branch and as an Area Engineer.
  • From 1978 to 1980 was employed on contract at Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd Zambia, as an Engineer Underground Mines and Sectional Engineer Electrical Open Pits.
  • On his return to CEB, was appointed as Divisional Manager Southern Division, and in 1983 was seconded to work with the International Consultants of CEB at Brighton England for a period of one year on contract administration and certification of electrical working drawings sent by the Alsthom Atlantique France, for the 50MW Sapugaskanda Diesel Power Station Project and assumed duties as the First Station Manager of the Sapugaskanda Diesel Power Station. In 1986 he was appointed Project Manager Kelanitissa Steam Plant 50 MW Rehabilitation Project.
  • He resigned from CEB in March 1990, and received employment on contract as the Principal Generation Engineer Power at Fiji Electricity Authority and was later promoted as Assistant General Manager Engineering
  • On his return to Sri Lanka in 1997, was appointed the Principal Power Sector Advisor to the Bureau of Infrastructure Investment of the B.O.I
  • During 1999, was appointed as the National Y2K Coordinator and Member of the National Y2K Task Force by the Council for Information Technology. (CINTEC).
  • From 2001 to 2012, was a Consulting Engineer appointed by the DFCC Vardana Bank on a World Bank Project, on village micro hydroelectric schemes under the Energy Services Delivery Project and for Alternate Energy Schemes under the Renewable Energy Economic Development Project RERED)
  • At the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)
  • He was a Council Member for a number of years and Chairman Techno Engineering Exhibition held at BMICH for three years in succession.(1999 to 2001)
  • Elected President IESL for the 2001/2002 Session.
  • Elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Benevolent Fund from 2012 to 2014
  • Presently serves in the Standing Committees of Finance and Procurement, Professional Standards and Management and Bi Laws Revision Committees.
  • Involvement in other Professional and Scientific Bodies :
  • Life Member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. And secretary Section C from 1986 to 1987.
  • Life Member of the Organization of Professional Associations in Sri Lanka. And was an Executive Committee Member and Forum Member from 2001 to 2005.
  • Life Member of the British Scholars Association of Sri Lanka.
  • Member of the Standing Committee of Engineering and Architecture at the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka from 2001 to 2002
  • Member of the Board of Management of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka and Member of the Governing Council of the Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technical Education from 2002 to 2004.
  • Executive Committee Member of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FIESCA) from 2001 to 2002.
  • Member of the Engineering and Environment Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Institutions(WFEO) from 2001 to 2002
  • International Steering Committee Member of the World Renewable Energy Council (WREC) and Network (WREN) from 2001 to date
  • During 2005 was appointed Vice Chairman of CEB by the Minister of Power and Energy and was appointed the Chairman of the CEB Tender Board.
  • Involvement at Holy Emmanuel Church Moratuwa.
  • From 1976 to 2010 he was an Elected Warden and a Nominated Bishop’s Warden during four different periods. He was a Diocesan Councilor and represented the parish.
  • Elected Warden and Warden Secretary from 2008 to 2010
  • 27th December in 1985 and 2010 were the 125th and 150th Anniversaries respectively of the Consecration of the Church and he was the Chairman of the Board of Compilers for the Anniversary Souvenirs published in English and Sinhalese.

At the IESL 2015 Awards Ceremony held at Waters Edge on 26th January 2016, Eng. B.R.O.Fernando received the EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING Life Time Award for EXCELLENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, AFTER SERVING THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS.

Since I have now retired from active service, and if elected as a Member of the Board of Governors I will contribute to the best of my ability for the benefit of the College and the OBA.

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