High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

A career Foreign Service Officer, she joined the Sri Lanka Foreign Service in July 1998. Prior to her current assignment, served as the Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism.  

During her career of over twenty-five years as a Sri Lankan diplomat, she has served at Sri Lanka’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (2000 - 2003; 2007 - 2008), and as Deputy High Commissioner in India (2011 - 2014). She also served as Director at the Secretariat of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Dhaka (July 2021 - June 2024), on secondment from the Foreign Service.

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, she has served as the Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs (2025), Senior Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Ocean Affairs, Environment and Climate Change (2024-2025), Director General of the United Nations and Human Rights Division (April 2014 - March 2019), Director General of the US & Canada /North America Division (February 2016 - March 2019), Director General of the Economic Affairs (Bilateral & Economic Diplomacy) Division (December 2019 - June 2021), and as Spokesperson of the Ministry (May 2015 - December 2018).  

Earlier in her career, she has served as Assistant Director (South Asia & SAARC), Director (SAARC), Deputy Director (UN & Multilateral Affairs) and Director (UN & Multilateral Affairs).

Additionally, she has served as Senior Director (International Affairs) at the Ministry of Finance (April - November 2019) and as a Member on the Board of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Service (2018).  

She has represented Sri Lanka on delegations to numerous sessions of the UN General Assembly, UN Human Rights Council, meetings of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77, and at bilateral level, where she has participated in the negotiation and advancement of bilateral and multilateral initiatives.  

Her academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pune, India; MSc (International Relations) from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore; and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of London.

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   Former Sri Lankan Envoys to India 

From 1942 to 2024

Sir D.B.Jayathilake, Reprsentative, 1942-45	Sir T.B.Panabokke Adigar, Representative, 1945-46	Mr M.W.H de Silva, Representative, 1947-48	Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, High Commissioner, 1948-50
Mr C. Coomaraswamy, High Commissioner, 1950-55	Sir Edwin Wijeratne, High Commissioner, 1955-57	Sir Richard Aluvihare, High Commissioner, 1957-63	Mr Shirley Amarasinghe, High Commissioner, 1963-66
Mr Siri Perera, High Commissioner, 1967-69	Mr N.Q.Dias, High Commissioner, 1970-72	Mr Justin Siriwardena, High Commissioner, 1974-77	Mr Arthur Basnayake, High Commissioner, 1977-78
Mr T.B.Panabokke, High Commissioner, 1978-82	Mr Bernard P. Thilakaratne, High Commissioner, 1982-1989	Dr Stanley Kalpage, High Commissioner, 1989-91	Dr Neville Kanakaratne, High Commissioner , 1991-94
Mr Mangala Moonesinghe, High Commissioner, 1995-2000	Dr Senake Bandaranayake, High Commissioner, 2000-2002	Mr Mangala Moonesinghe, High Commissioner, 2002-05	Mr C.R.Jaysinghe, High Commissioner, Sept 2005-Sept 2009
Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner, Sept 2009-June 2014	Professor Sudharshan Seneviratne Ph.D,FSLCA, High Commissioner, July 2014 - Sept 2015	Mr. Esala Weerakoon, High Commissioner, Oct 2015 - July 2016	Mrs. Chitranganee Wagiswara, High Commissioner, Sept 2016- Oct 2018
Mr. Austin Fernando, High Commissioner, Oct 2018-Jan 2020	Mr. Milinda Moragoda , High Commissioner, Aug 2021- Sept 2023	Mrs. Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne, High Commissioner, Dec 2023 - Dec 2024