Ridgeway Thilakeratne
Ridgeway Tillakaratne | |
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| Born | 14 August 1931 |
| Died | 19 August 1981 (aged 50) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | Nalanda College Colombo |
| Occupation | Broadcaster & Civil Servant |
| Employer | Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation |
Ridgeway Tillakaratne was civil servant of repute & a broadcaster in Sri Lanka. He was chairman and Director-general of the then Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Ridgeway was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. Two of his famous classmates at Nalanda were Chitrananda Abeysekera and Karunaratne Abeysekera and contemporaries being Henry Jayasena, Stanley Jayasinghe and Gunadasa Amarasekara .[3]
Career
[edit]Ridgeway Thilakeratne also has held posts of being Government Agent of Pollonnaruwa, Hambanthota, Ratnapura Districts and Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting[4]