High Commissioner of India, Taranjit Singh Sandhu delivered the prestigious 14th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration on April 3 at the BMICH, to a packed audience. The topic of the address was: ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas: Together We Progress’- India-Sri Lanka Relations in the light of India’s Neighbourhood First Policy’.
The High Commissioner was escorted in a ceremonial procession to the Hall. Many dignitaries, including, the Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, President of Alumni Association, Rajeev Amarasuriya and Senior Prof. Nayani Melagoda, former High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne and Deshamanaya Tissa Devendra graced the occasion.
The oration is an annual event organized by the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo. The Alumni Association presented the Indian High Commissioner with the Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Plaque.