High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

Addressing the students and the faculty of the university, High Commissioner Moragoda extended his warm congratulations to them on the landmark anniversary of India's independence.

Speaking on the legacy based on age-old relations between Sri Lanka and India, he also referred to the fact that year 2022 marks the 80th  anniversary of establishment of official relations between Sri Lanka and India in 1942 with the former sending Sir. D.B. Jayatilaka as its representative to India. 

Further strengthening the engagement with the State of Tamil Nadu and as a follow-up to the meeting with its Chief Minister in early June, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with Lok Sabha MP for Thoothukkudi constituency, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi today (4) in New Delhi.

Parliamentarian Kanimozhi Karunanidhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi and sister of the present Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. She is in New Delhi attending the monsoon session of the Parliament.

The High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi together with the Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka in Chennai and the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Mumbai intend to collect information pertaining to Sri Lankan students who are currently studying in India in order to update the relevant databases. This would enable the Sri Lankan Missions/Posts to reach out to Sri Lankan students and provide assistance whenever necessary.The Sri Lankan Missions/Posts in India request the Sri Lankan students to register themselves using the following links as per the State/Union Territory where they are currently studying/living: 

1. Eastern, Northern and Central States of India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal) and Union Territories of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Fill the Form 

2. Southern States of India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana) and Union Territory of Pondicherry - Fill the Form 

3. Western States of India (Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra) - Fill the Form 

Sri Lankan Missions/Posts in India kindly invite all Sri Lankan students studying in India to register themselves on these digital platforms.

Sri Lanka sought ways and means to develop its dairy industry with the cooperation of India, when an official delegation led by Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to New Delhi, Milinda Moragoda held discussions last week with the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), popularly known as Amul. 

High Commissioner Moragoda met Amul's Managing Director Dr. R.S. Sodhi for discussions on Friday (22) at the Federation’s headquarters in Anand, during the former's first official visit to the State of Gujarat since assuming office in India.

High Commissioner Moragoda was in the State of Gujarat on a two-day official visit to meet with state officials and potential investors.