A special plaque commemorating the 115th birth anniversary of the late Deshamanya N.U. Jayawardena was handed over to the Deshamanya N.U. Jayawardena Trust. N.U.Jayawardena (1908- 2002) was the first Sri Lankan Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a Senator, leading financier, and pioneer in the private sector.
The first commemorative plate was officially produced by his son Nimal Jayawardena to K. Balasundaram at the Independence room, MMBL-Pathfinder Group. The latter, is the CEO and a Group Director of MMBL-Pathfinder, who worked closely with N.U. Jayawardena.
He has also been associated with his family for over three generations. The commemorative plaque will be presented to persons who knew and were connected with the late Deshamanya N.U Jawardena.