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The IPS is managed by a Board of Governors which comprise of a Chairman appointed by the President of Sri Lanka, three ex-officio members who consist of the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the Secretary to the Treasury and Director-General of Department of National Planning, three appointed members, and the Executive Director of the IPS.


Prof. Buddhadasa Hewavitharana	Chairman and Founder Member

Dr. Godfrey Gunatilleke	Founder Member

Prof. W.D. Lakshman	Founder Member

Mr. S. Abeysinghe	Secretary, Ministry of Finance & Planning

Mr. B. Abegunawardena	Director-General, Department of National Planning

Mr. Nivard Cabraal	Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Prof. S.T.Hettige	Professor of Sociology, University of Colombo

Dr. Saman Kelegama	Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies

Founder Members

Prof. Buddhadasa Hewavitharana - Founder Member and Chairman

Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Peradeniya, and Honorary Fellow and Former Senior Vice President of the Sri Lanka Economic Association.

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Dr. Godfrey Gunatilleke - Founder Member

A leading social scientist in Sri Lanka and former Executive Chairman of the Marga Institute. He was conferred the highest national honour of "Deshamanya" in 1994 in recognition of his service to the nation.

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Prof. W.D. Lakshman - Founder Member

Professor of Economics at the University of Colombo and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo. Conferred the national honour "Deshamanya" in 2005 in recognition of his service to the nation.

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Founder Chairman

Dr. Gamani Corea

An eminent economist who served as Secretary-General of the UNCTAD from 1974 to 1984. Dr. Corea was conferred the highest national honour "Deshamanya" in 1987 in recognition of his service to the nation.

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