Past Pupils Association of Visakha Vidyalaya hold AGM 2018 in UK

LONDON: The 35th annual general meeting of the Past Pupils Association of Visakha Vidyalaya in the UK, was held on  24th March 2018 at the Rising Sun Restaurant in Sudbury Hill, London. The meeting was well attended by a good mix of new and old members, including a founder member of PPAV (UK), Ms. Shahareen Hilmy.

The Joint secretary of the Association, Mala Polpitiye presented a report of the events of last year which was a special year, celebrating the centenary of Visakha Vidyalaya. Treasurer Mithra Gajraj presented the detailed accounts for the year.

The outgoing president Dr. Boralessa spoke of the dedication and the single mindedness of the committee in planning and implementing five very successful events this year.

She concluded her speech by wishing the President-elect and the 2018-19 committee the very best and said she is grateful to Mrs. Lakshmi de Zoysa MBE for her patronage and thanked her for agreeing to be nominated for a further term.

Mrs. Yamuna Tennakoon gratefully accepted the appointment as president for the coming year and appealed to all the members to work together, to look within, adjust, and to be flexible and bold to take PPAV(UK) into the future.

The new committee for the year 2018/2019

President:  Yamuna Tennakoon

Vice President:  Indramala Dhanaratne

Joint Secretaries: Mala Polpitiye & Dayani Gunasekera

Joint Bursary Coordinators: Poorna Nagasinghe & Padmani de Silva

Joint Treasurers: Mithra Gajraj & Ranji Vimalathas

Joint Event Coordinators : Harshi Boralessa & Kanthi Raveendran

Joint Editors: Chandani Rekers & Subodhini Clarke

Committee: Chitra Mannakkara, Ranjani Abayawardana, Sepalika De Alwis, Indira Ekanayake, Niranjani Fernando, Malki Gamage, Nelka Gunewardene, Gayani Jayatilaka, Priethie Jayawardhana, Chitrani Pathikirikorale, , Chitra Perera, Sureshini Ranasinghe, Mahal Ratnasiri, Kamala Samarajeeva, Srimathi Weeraman, Thusitha Wickramasinghe and Dulcie Wijekoon.