Ridgeway Thilakeratne

Ridgeway Thilakeratne
Born 14 August 1931
Sri Lanka
Died 19 August 1981(1981-08-19) (aged 50)
Nationality Sri Lankan
Education Nalanda College Colombo
Occupation Broadcaster & Civil Servant
Employer Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation

Ridgeway Thilakeratne 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 & education

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

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]

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