Mr. LAKSHMAN HULUGALLE

Director General, MCNS

Mr. Lakshman Hulugalle who completed his secondary education at St, Anne’s and Maliyadeva Colleges in Kurunegala furthered his education by obtaining a Degree in Hotel Management from the Sri Lanka Hotel School. He then followed a Diploma course in Advertising Sales and Marketing at the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing.

Currently Mr. Hulugalle is serving as the Director-General of the Media Centre for National Security, Director-General of the NGO Secretariat of the Ministry of Defense and the Deputy Chairman of the National Livestock Development Board.

In the past he has also served as Vice Chairman of Ceylon Fisheries Corporation from 2006-2010, Consultant to the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Rural Development in 1995, Coordinating Secretary to Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse Minister of Labour and Vocational Training in 1994 and Coordinating Secretary of Hon. Gamini Dissanayake at the Ministry of Lands, Land Development and Ministry of Mahaweli Development from 1978-1989 and Ministry of Plantations from 1989-1990. He was also Chairman of Satnet (pvt) Ltd and Star Tv Lanka (pvt) Ltd from 2001 to 2005.

Mr. Hulugalle gained a wealth of experience by participating in several international seminars and workshops.

He represented Sri Lanka at the ICRC Peace and Security Summit in New York in June 2010, Trade and Investment Summit in Korea and the 30th Commemoration of the Nippon Maru Friendship Society in Japan in 2009, Forum on Trade and Investment Promotion held in Korea and Japan in 2008. In 2007 Mr. Hulugalle was part of the Sri Lankan delegation to attend the 30th anniversary commemoration of the Korea-Sri Lanka Diplomatic Relations.

He represented Sri Lanka on a seminar on Media and Terrorism in Cypress in 2006 and in 1995 Trade Exhibition (organized by the Ministry of Rural Development) held in Concurrence with the Conference of Heads of States of the United Nations in Copenhagen, Denmark . He also participated in the Youth Ministers’ Conference held in New Delhi, India in 1995 and Youth Ministers Conference of the Commonwealth Nations in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies in 1995.

He represented Sri Lanka first Youth Conference in Mauritius in 1987 and in 1985 he represented Sri Lanka at the International Youth Conference held to commemorate the “International Youth Year” in Tokyo, Japan organized by the Coordinating Agency of Management and Administration of Youth Affairs and the Office of the Prime Minister.In 1979 Mr. Hulugalle led the Sri Lankan Delegation at the Youth Conference organized by the office of the Prime Minister held in Tokyo.

He published the books of“Ape Kalaye Weerayo” in 2010 about the lives of His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse and Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapakse -the giant force behind the successful humanitarian operations from 2006 to 2009 and “Ohu Mahinda Nam Wiya”, a collection of experiences highlighting humane qualities of His Excellency President of Sri Lanka Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse, in 2006. In 2002 Mr. Hulugalle both edited and published the “50 A Beginning”; a commemorative book on Hon. Gamini Dissanayaka.

Mr. Lakshman Hulugalle has also produced many award-winning Tele films among which are the film directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja on the Mahaweli Project in 1987, and the Tele film “Pura Sakmana” in 1988. “Pura Sakmana” Tele film is the first Russian Novel to be translated to Sinhala. “Sandagiri Pauwa” directed by Parakrama Niriella in 1994, “Sankranthi Samaya” directed by Ananda Abenaike in 1995 and “Chala Achala” directed by Andrew Jayamanna in 1997 are a few others that Mr. Hulugalle has produced.