Spices and Related Industries Sector Advisory committee
Mr. Nanda Kohona
Director of International Commodity Exports Pvt Limited
CONTACT INFORMATION
- ☏ : 0718681602 /0760284461
- 📧: nandab.kohona@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALOFICATIONS
- Diploma Holder in Food Technology at University of Mysore /India
- EDBA-University of Colombo.
- Post Graduate Dip. In Marketing from the Sri lanka Institute of Marketing.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Chairman -of the Spices & Concentrates Advisory Committee at the Sri lanka Export Development Board.
- Over 30+ years of experience in the Spice industry.
- Past Chairman -The Spice Council (TSC).
- Past President –Sri Lanka Food Processors Association. (SLFPA)
- Executive Committee Member- Ceylon Cinnamon Geographical Indication Association –CCGIA
- Asst. Secretary -Ceylon Organic Producers & Exporters Association (COPEA) (SLFPA)
Advisory Committee Members
| Sector | No | Name | Designation | Organization | Telephone | |
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| 01 | Mrs. Nalini Balasubramaniam | Director – Development Div. I | Ministry of Industries | 0112422319 0718040204 | sector1mid@yahoo.com | |
| Public Sector | 02 | Mr. R.C. Watawala | Director (Development I) | Ministry of Agriculture & Plantation Industries | 0112878678 0714405503 | ransiluwatawala@gmail.com |
| 03 | Mrs. Samantha Karunarathna | Director (Development) | Consumer Affairs Authority | 0112393496 0771088919 | slsi@slsi.lk | |
| 04 | Dr. Nevil Amunugoda | Director | Industrial Technology Institute | 0112379800 0718475734 | info@iti.lk dir_fts@iti.lk |
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| 05 | Mrs. B.G.C. Nilushika | Business Development Manager/Technical Service | Industrial Development Board | 0112605278 0755272417 | info@idb.gov.lk nilushiidb@gmail.com |
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| 06 | Mr. Gayan Weerasinghe | Export Promotion Officer, Export Agriculture Division | Sri Lanka Export Development Board | 0716569182 0112300705/11 | gayanw@edb.gov.lk edb@edb.gov.lk |
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| 07 | Mr. Kasun D. Pathirana | Asst. Director (Development) | Department of Cinnamon Development | 0912210999 0707749105 | Deshapriya15@gmail.com | |
| 08 | Dr. U.G.A.T. Premathilaka | Senior Lecture – Faculty of Animal Science & Exports Agriculture | Uva Wellassa University | 0552226472 | vcoffice@uwu.ac.lk | |
| Private Sector | 09 | Mr. A.W. Bandara | Chairman | Spices and Allied Products Marketing Board/M of PI | 0757405029 0702354220 | chairmanslspice@gmail.com rainbowbadulla@gmail.com |
| 10 | Mr. D A Perera | Chairman | EOAS International Pvt Ltd | 0777885440 | eoasorg@gmail.com | |
| 11 | Mr. Chathura Abeyrathne | Director | Orient Trading (Pvt) Ltd | 0779542872 | orientv@slt.lk | |
| 12 | Mr. H. Gehan K. De silva | Director | HIDDES Extracts (Pvt) Ltd | 0112438739 0777344877 | info@hddes.com | |
| 13 | Mr. Viraj de Silva | Chairman/Managing Director | The Spices Council/SDS Spices (Pvt.) Ltd. | 0777748180 | viraj@sdsspices.com | |
| 14 | Mr. T.P.L. Raj | Managing Director | Erin International (Pvt.) Ltd. | 0712756072 | raj@tplraj.com | |
| 15 | Mr. Anushka Vidanapathirana | Managing Director | Bespice (Pvt.) Ltd. | 0719809075 | info@bespicelk.com anushkavp@gmail.com |
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| 16 | Mr. Mohamed Shuaib | Managing Director | Colombo Export and Import Agencies | 0764428205 | shuhaib@ceialgroup.com | |
| 17 | Mr. W.H.S.C. Fernando | Chairman The Spices & Allied Products Producers’ and Traders’ Association (SAPPTA) | Malwatte Plantations Pvt Ltd | 0722212159 0761383280 | christophers@malwatte.lk | |
| 18 | Mr. Ryan Rambukwella | Vice Chairman (SAPPTA) | Synthite Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. | 0779922234 | ryan@synthite.com | |
| 19 | Mr. Rumesh Jayasuriya | Director | Ceylon ECO Spices (Pvt) Ltd | 0701820123 | rumeshj@ceylonecospices.com | |
| 20 | Mr. Nishantha Logeswaran | Director | Rabeena Food (Pvt.) Ltd. | 0773728656 | info@rabeena.com | |
| 21 | Mr. Illeen Riluwan | Director Sales | Essential Food and Spices Processors Association | 0777899644 | info@efspa.org illeen@allifood.com |
