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Ridgeway Thilakeratne

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Ridgeway Tillakaratne
Born14 August 1931
Died19 August 1981(1981-08-19) (aged 50)
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationNalanda College Colombo
OccupationBroadcaster & Civil Servant
EmployerCeylon 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

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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

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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]

See also

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