Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Herath (born 9 September 1967) is current member of

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from

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, Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). and the Professor of Philosophy at the

University of Peradeniya The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a Public research university, public university in Sri Lanka ...

. His appointment was valid from 21 June 2019. Chair Professorship of Philosophy at Peradeniya has been one of the well established academic position. He is the former

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of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information in Sri Lanka and former Chairman of the Central Environment Authority. Herath's academic interests are mainly based on Contemporary Analytical Philosophy and his researches were on Later Wittgenstein's Philosophy and the Environmental Ethics. He was the Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya from 2016 to 2018.

Professional career

Charitha Herath was heading some of the important public institutions in the country. He was appointed as the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Media, Information and Digital Infrastructures in two occasions, (2012-2015) and (2017). Prior to that position, He was appointed to the Central Environmental Authority, which is the principal environmental regulatory agency, as the Chairman (2010-2013). Herath holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy with a minor in Psychology from the University of Peradeniya and a Post Graduate Degree in Social and Political Psychology from

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, Athens,

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in USA. In 1998 he completed a Master's Diploma at the Sichuan Union University, Chengdu in

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. He has completed his Doctoral Degree on Environmental Philosophy in the

University of Kelaniya Pannaya Parisujjhati , mottoeng = Self-purification is by insight , established = 1875 Vidyalankara Pirivena1959 Vidyalankara University , type = Public , endowment = , adminis ...

. The topic of his Doctoral thesis was A Philosophical Analysis on the Concept of Conservation in the field of Environmental Ethics- The Case of Environmental Impact Assessments in Sri Lanka. Herath was appointed as the Chairman of the Central Environment Authority in May 2010 and served as till 12 July 2012. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information 2013 to 2015 and 2018.

Publications

*Nuthana Kumaraya *Vibhawa ThanhaVibhawa Thanha by Charitha Herath
Publisher: Sarasavi Publishers (Sri Lanka) - &

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Sri Lanka Parliament profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herath, Charitha 1967 births Living people Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of the University of Peradeniya Ohio University alumni Sichuan University alumni Academic staff of the University of Peradeniya Sinhalese academics Permanent secretaries of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Professional career

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