Mohan Lal Grero is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n educationist and politician. He is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the

Colombo District Colombo District ( si, කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya''; ta, கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் ''Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level ...

and he is the current State Minister of University Education. He was elected as an opposition United National Party member of parliament but crossed over to the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance in November 2011. He is the founder of the

Lyceum International School The Lyceum International School, popularly known as LIS and its students as Lyceumers, is a school providing primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka. It is a network of schools in Sri Lanka. History Lyceum International School was founde ...

Education

He received his primary education from Royal Preparatory School and moved to

Ananda College ''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colom ...

for secondary education in 1966. In 1974 he entered the Katubedda Campus of the

University of Sri Lanka The University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, இலங்கைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) was the public university system of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978. Est ...

and graduated in 1980 with an honours degree in engineering. In 1986 he gained his Pilot's license and gained an Executive Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Colombo, winning the Professor Linus de Silva challenge Gold Medal.

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Mohan Lal Grero Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grero, Mohan Lal Living people Sri Lankan educational theorists United National Party politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Ananda College Alumni of Royal Preparatory School Members of the Western Provincial Council Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Sinhalese politicians Year of birth missing (living people)