Discussion between Saliya Wickramasuriya and Shiyana Gunasekara. Saliya served as the Director General of the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat (PRDS) from 2011-2017, Chairman of the Board of Investments (BOI), and worked with Schlumberger Group, A leading International upstream petroleum services provider, from 1984 - 2004. He is currently an advisor at the Ministry of Energy and serves as a member of the Petroleum Resources Development Committee.Shiyana is an international Energy Consultant based in Washington D.C. She specializes in Natural gas and LNG. Our Co-host Tisura Gamage is a PhD, student with a background in energy and transportation.
Pratyush is a consultant with Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment practice at the World Bank where his work focuses on economies affected by political uncertainty and violence. His research explores the growing ties between Africa and China. He has previously worked as a broadcast journalist with several global news networks such as Reuters, Al-Jazeera, and CNN. His reporting covered the gamut of South Asian policy challenges including terrorism, regional conflict, and the region’s evolving security architecture in response to the rise of China. A graduate from the Strategic Studies program at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, Pratyush holds advanced degrees in economics and energy studies from Columbia University and the University of Delhi.
Nilanthan Niruthan is a defense analyst currently attached to the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies, Colombo. He has written and edited several international publications on global security. His areas of expertise are counter-terrorism, military technology and IR theory
Episode 2: Energy Talk with Prof. Priyantha Wijayatunga - Forces that led to reforms and makings of the current regulatory structure during the 90s and early 2000s. Given the recent blackouts and talk about the “energy crisis” in Sri Lanka, do you wonder if “the system” was better designed this could have been avoided? Come join the discussion!
Evolution of energy sector reforms