A. N. S. Kulasinghe

Deshabandu Arumadura Nandasena Silva Kulasinghe (1919-2006) was a Sri Lankan Civil Engineer and founder of several engineering organisations in Sri Lanka.

Early life and education Kulasinghe was born in Udammita in Ja-Ela on 26 October 1919. He first studied at Wadduwa English Boys College and then moved to Mari Stella College, Negombo thereafter he entered to St. Benedicts' College Kotahena for his advanced level studies. Graduating in 1936, he gained Associate Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (AMICE) in 1946.

Career In 1940, Kulasinghe joined the Norton Bridge Hydro Power Project as a Technical Assistant. In 1944, he joined Colombo Harbour as a junior assistant engineer. Also, the Polgolla Bund, State Engineering Corporation head office and the Colombo Planetarium were also designed by Kulasinghe.

Personal life In 1946 Kulasinghe married Dulcie de Silva. They had two sons.

Notable positions held Founder Chairman of the State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka Founder Chairman of the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau of Sri Lanka Founder Chairman of the National Engineering Research and Development of Sri Lanka Founder Chairman of the Sri Lanka Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers President, of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka in 1969 President, National Academy of Sciences (1987)

Honors and awards Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1957) Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1957) Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) (1960) Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (1960) Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka (1975) President's Prize, the Institution of Engineers India, for best invention in prestressing (1960) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from University of Moratuwa (1979) National Honour "Vidya Jyothi Class I" conferred by President Junius Richard Jayewardene on the Independence Commemoration Day, 4 February 1986 Conferred the degree of Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) by the Open University of Sri Lanka −2000 Awarded the title Deshabandu by President Chandrika Kumaratunga −2005 Kulasinghe Reservoir, Moragahakanda - named after him.