{"id":58798,"date":"2025-11-18T12:41:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/?p=58798"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:12:03","slug":"thank-you-to-our-esteemed-resource-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/thank-you-to-our-esteemed-resource-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You to Our Esteemed Resource Persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna extend heartfelt gratitude to Eng. Dr. Tharindu Atapattu (CEO \u2013 Global Rubber Industries Pvt Ltd) and Eng. (Ms.) Dilmini Weragama (Group CEO \u2013 Rockland Distilleries (Pvt) Ltd) for generously sharing your time, experiences, and wisdom at the \u201cEngineer to CEO: Real Stories, Real Success\u201d Webinar No. 22.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Your inspiring journeys, thoughtful reflections, and practical insights deeply resonated with our participants. You reminded us that leadership is not merely a title, but a continuous path of learning, resilience, humility, and purpose. The personal stories, challenges, and strategies you shared will undoubtedly empower our young engineers to dream beyond boundaries and shape their own futures with confidence.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">We sincerely appreciate the motivation and encouragement you have offered to the next generation of Sri Lankan engineering leaders. Thank you for being role models who show that engineering knowledge can evolve into visionary leadership with the right mindset and dedication.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Moderators<\/strong>: <em>Anupama Thilina &amp; Irasha Senarathna<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Zoom Master<\/strong>: <em>Chamodi Ranawaka<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Flyer Designer<\/strong>: <em>Sanjula Thilakarathne<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Video Creator<\/strong>: <em>Thanujaya Tennekoon<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Public Relations Manager<\/strong>: <em>Anupama Thilina<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Content Writer<\/strong>: <em>Irushi Sewmini<\/em><\/div>\n<div 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Dr. Tharindu Atapattu (CEO \u2013 Global Rubber Industries Pvt Ltd) and Eng. (Ms.) Dilmini Weragama (Group CEO \u2013 Rockland Distilleries (Pvt) Ltd) for generously sharing your time, experiences, and wisdom at the \u201cEngineer to CEO: Real Stories, Real Success\u201d Webinar&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":58799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[121,117,118],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58811,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58798\/revisions\/58811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ruh.ac.lk\/dis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}