Ninth Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre 2017

The Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre was held from 3rd to 4th October 2017 at the Mount Lavinia Hotel in Colombo.  All Member States were represented at the Governing Board Meeting and the representatives were as follows:

  1. Mr. Mohammad Shafiq Ahmadzai, Secretary to the Minister of Information and Culture in Afghanistan.
  2. Mr. Syed Md. Matlubur Rahman, Additional Secretary Ministry of Cultural Affairs in Bangladesh.
  3. Mr. Karma Weezir, Director General of the Department of Culture in Bhutan.
  4. Ms. Alka Sharma, Under Secretary of International Cultural Relations of the Ministry of Culture in India.
  5. Ms. Anita Kukreti, Attaché of the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka.
  6. Ms. Umaira Mohammed, First Secretary of the Embassy of Maldives in Sri Lanka.
  7. Ms. Dhana Kumari Joshi, First Secretary of the Embassy of Nepal in Sri Lanka.
  8. Mr. Intisar Ahmad Sulehry, the Press Attaché of the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka.
  9. Mr. D. Swarnapala, Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs.
  10. Ms. T.P. Dharmasena, Director of the SAARC Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka.
  11. Mr. M.H.M.N. Bandara, Director Education, Security and Culture of the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu.
  12. Mr. Wasanthe Kotuwella, Director of the SAARC Cultural Centre.

Mr. Intisar Ahmad Sulehry, the Press Attaché of the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka commenced the meeting and officially handed over the Chair of the Governing Board of the SAARC Cultural Centre to Sri Lanka as Pakistan had completed its tenure.  Mr. D. Swarnapala, Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs assumed duties as the Chair of the Governing Board of the SAARC Cultural Centre.  The Meeting was concluded successfully on 4th October 2017.