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Janaprith Fernando Assumes Duties as Chief Scout Commissioner
October 1, 2021
About Me.
I am an attorney-at-law by profession. However, my passionate commitment towards the Scout Movement is probably what I am best known for.
I have been a Scout since the mere age of 11 years. I was an active Junior Scout, Senior Scout and Troop Leader in my schooling days and a Scout Master and Asst. District Commissioner thereafter. I was then appointed as the District Commissioner of the Colombo District in 2005.
Soon after my tenure in the District, I immediately served as the first Special Commissioner in 2010 and the thereafter the International Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association. In 2016, I was honoured to be appointed as the Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association and hold this office to date.
I was appointed Chairman of the Management Sub Committee in 2009 and was elected to the Asia Pacific Regional Scout Committee from 2012 to 2018.
I was elected to the World Scout Committee at the 41st World Scout Conference in 2017 and am served in the committee till 2021.
Additionally I have served in multiple public and private organisations in Sri Lanka and other global non-governmental and non-profit organisations.
Personal Information
- Name Janaprith Fernando
- Age 55 Years
- Civil Status Married
- Family Daughter of 18, Son of 21
- Residence Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Residence Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Email janaprit@yahoo.com
- Phone +94 (77) 731 8281
MY EXPERIENCE
Law
I have had an experience practice as an Attorney-at-Law in the Courts of Sri Lanka for over 30 years.
Youth Empowerment
My Scouting career has enlightened me with the amazing potential youth have globally.
Leadership
Since my school days and time as a Junior Scout, I have held many leadership roles in various institutions.
Community Service
I have had a continued passion towards uplifting communities and taking action for social change.
ORGANISATIONS
TESTIMONIALS
My first encounter with Janaprith was at Asia Pacific's Basic Management Program where I facilitated a team-building experience. I testify to his unrelenting passion for building teams around an important vision plus his impressive willingness and agility to listen. Here is a highly accomplished leader whose vision and heart is big enough to change the world.
All throughout my association with Janaprith over many years, both personally and professionally, I have seen him grow in wisdom and stature. Apart from his legal competencies what strikes me most is his life of discipline and the high moral and ethical standards that he upholds. Undoubtedly, Janaprith embodies the values of the Boy Scout movement.
My Resume.
PRESENT POSITIONS
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PRESENT 1990
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PRESENT 2016
CHIEF COMMISSIONER
SRI LANKA SCOUT ASSOCIATION
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PRESENT 2019
CHAIRMAN
BOOKBRIDGE FOUNDATION, SRI LANKA
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PRESENT 2018
PRESIDENT
CENTRE FOR LEADERSHIP AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT
PAST SCOUTING POSITIONS
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2021 2017
MEMBER, WORLD SCOUT COMMITTEE
World Organisation of the Scout Movement
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2020 2017
CHAIRMAN
SIZE AND EFFECTIVENESS TASK FORCE OF WSC
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2017 2012
MEMBER, APR SCOUT COMMITTEE
ASIA PACIFIC REGION OF WOSM
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2012 2009
CHAIRMAN
MANAGEMENT SUB COMMITTEE, APR OF WOSM
PAST SCOUTING POSITIONS
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2016 2011
DEPUTY CHIEF COMMISSIONER
SRI LANKA SCOUT ASSOCIATION
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2011 2010
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONER
SRI LANKA SCOUT ASSOCIATION
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2010 2005
DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
COLOMBO DISTRICT BRANCH OF SLSA
EDUCATION
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1990 1987
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, LAW
LAW COLLEGE OF SRI LANKA
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1986 1983
SECONDARY EDUCATION
S. THOMAS' COLLEGE, MOUNT LAVINIA
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1983 1971
PRIMARY EDUCATION
S. THOMAS'S PREPRATORY SCHOOL
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