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The panel discussion commenced on tourism sector

In 1967 There was a ten year plan for tourism, where the planners of that day had a vision and understood the value of the industry

Dr. Malraj along with the session chair Amb. Bernard Goonatileke and the panelist Mr. Davindra Senaratna, Mr. Asoka Hettigoda, Dr. Mervyn Fernandopulle

Dr. Malraj presents the final roundtable session in the tourism sector.

Mr. Murthaza Jafferjee speaking on the panel discussions broke down the fundamentals of energy economics and mis-alliction of resources and Energy should be allocated on sound economics and principles.

Prof. Lilantha Samaranayake from Peradeniya university explains about the pros and cons of the Solar power and storage solutions,

Panel discussion commenced by the session chair Mr. Shavindranath Fernando and panelist prof. Lilantha Wijesinha, Mr. Ranel Wijesinha and Mr. Murtaza Jafferjee with an audience of experts and distinguished guests discusses the Sri Lanka's Electricity sector

27th Feb, 2023 combined electricity generation graph during the hours of the day, noticeable where rooftop solar goes up midday,

Loss to CEB and LECO which is piggybacked on the consumer or subsidised by GoSL or is it!? #energy # Electricity #SriLanka

These are based on public calculations where Sri Lanka pays very high tariff rates, which is not in line with developing countries in the region.

The economics of electricity generation and the losses to the government.

The forgone costs to the economy through bad decision making and delayed implementation of projects, sabotaged by political powers totaling a mammoth amount

Issue 1: electricity sector, since 2014 no significant powerplant added to the grid, the electricity act 2013 states that unsolicited proposals can be negotiated with sovereign governments, and Adani a private form was regarded as one for some unknown reason.

Dr. Tilak speaking about the sector highlights on the fact that 99.5% of electricity tariffs are collected. Sri Lanka has high energy intensity as well as energy efficient in the South Asian sector. Where we use 700 units of electricity per capita per annum. Where Norway is 25K

The new nineteenth session of the SLIF kicks off with Dr. Tilak Siyabalapitiya delivered his issues paper on the Sri Lanka's Electricity sector.

Prof. Tudor addressing the audience deliberated that the lack of rule of law, ethnonationalistic, patronage policies neo patrimonialism, extremism, predatory practices as well as lobby groups are key elements for ethnic division or promotes division.

Prof. Tudor discussing the topic explains that the state has a primary responsibility to the majority group, farming and fishing sectors were affected due to the ethnic conflict and these activities were effected.

Prof. Tudor Delivered the session, Prof. Siri Hettige was session chair, panelist were: Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Prof. Dhammika Herath, Dr. Priyan Seneviratne, and Dr. Mario Gomez. Discussing the topic of Ethnicity and Development.

Prof. Tudor Silva states on ethnicity and diversity states that there is a negative correlation between development and diversity.

Prof. Kalinga Tudor Silva speaks about Ethnicity and Development on session 18 of the Sri Lanka Innovators Forum #ethnicity #sociology #SriLanka