National People’s Power (NPP) MP Janaka Senarathna has been elected as the Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Science, Technology and Digital Transformation.

MP Janaka Senarathna was elected during the inaugural meeting of the parliamentary committee, held in Parliament today (27 May).

Among the 7 Sectoral Oversight Committees established for the Tenth Parliament, this committee is one of the 4 for which the Chair is elected from the governing party. 

The name of MP Janaka Senarathna was proposed by Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Chathuranga Abeysinghe, and was seconded by MP Hasara Liyanage.

Furthermore, during this Committee meeting, the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, scheduled for its Second Reading on 03 June 2025, was reviewed and approved.

Accordingly, the debate for the Second Reading of the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill is scheduled to be held on Tuesday (03 June). (Newswire)

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Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today informed Parliament of the members nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve on 6 Sectoral Oversight Committees.

According to a Parliament statement, the members appointed to the 6 Sectoral Oversight Committees are as follows.

-Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations

• Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi
• (Mrs.) Sagarika Athauda, Attorney at Law
• (Mrs.) Nilanthi Kottahachchi, Attorney at Law
• Kanthasamy Prabu
• Wijesiri Basnayake
• Thilina Samarakoon
• (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra, Attorney at Law

-Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development

• Manjula Suraweera Arachchi
• K. Ilankumaran
• Ravindra Bandara
• Danushka Ranganath
• Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana
• Shantha Pathma Kumara Subasingha
• (Mrs.) Geetha Herath, Attorney at Law

-Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Manpower and Human Capital

• Aboobucker Athambawa
• (Ms.) Krishnan Kalaichelvi
• (Mrs.) Nilusha Lakmali Gamage
• Sugath Wasantha de Silva
• Sujeewa Dissanayake
• Sanjeewa Ranasingha
• Sunil Rajapaksha

-Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Media and Women’s Empowerment

• Muneer Mulaffer
• (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe
• (Mrs.) Samanmali Gunasingha
• (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara
• (Dr.) S. Sri Bavanandarajah
• Jagath Manuwarna
• Ruwan Mapalagama

-Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability

• Roshan Akmeemana
• Upul Kithsiri
• (Mrs.) M.A.C.S. Chathuri Gangani
• Susantha Kumara Nawarathna
• Sudath Balagalla
• Kitnan Selvaraj
• Bhagya Sri Herath, Attorney at Law

-Sectoral Oversight Committee on Science, Technology and Digital Transformation

• Chathuranga Abeysinghe
• Arkam Ilyas
• Lasith Bhashana Gamage
• Thanura Dissanayake
• (Mrs.) Hasara Liyanage, Attorney at Law
• (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna
• Chandima Hettiaratchi

The Speaker also announced that the Committee of Selection had also nominated Members of Parliament Wasantha Samarasinghe, Sundaralingam Pradeep, and Aboobucker Athambawa to serve on the Committee on Parliamentary Business.

In addition, the Speaker further announced to Parliament that the Committee of Selection had also nominated Members of Parliament Aboobucker Athambawa, Arkam Ilyas, Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran to serve on the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and Member of Parliament Sunil Rathnasiri to serve on the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA). (Newswire)

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