Ridgeway Thilakeratne
Sri Lankan civil servant and broadcaster
About Ridgeway Thilakeratne
Lived 1931 – 1981 (aged 50).
Ridgeway Tillakaratne was civil servant of repute & a broadcaster in Sri Lanka. He was chairman and Director-general of the then Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation
Early life and education 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 .
Career Ridgeway Thilakeratne also has held posts of being Government Agent of Pollonnaruwa, Hambanthota, Ratnapura Districts and Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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Who was Ridgeway Thilakeratne?
Sri Lankan civil servant and broadcaster
When was Ridgeway Thilakeratne born?
Ridgeway Thilakeratne was born on 14 August 1931 in Sri Lanka.
When did Ridgeway Thilakeratne die?
Ridgeway Thilakeratne died on 19 August 1981.
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