Foreign Relations and Minister of Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has appointed Tharanga Naleen Gamlath as the Chairman of National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority which comes under the purview of Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations Ministry.
Gamlath is a past pupil of Gampaha Bandaranaike Vidyalaya. He obtained his basic degree and the post graduate at the Management and Finance Faculty of the Colombo University.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has been an active member of the university student union and represented many international fora as a student activist.
Gamlath served as a General Manager of a private company prior to his appointment and has served at the Foreign Ministry as well as the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau as Working Director.