Harendra de Silva

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title: "Harendra de Silva" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sri-lankan-academics", "alumni-of-ananda-college", "alumni-of-the-university-of-colombo", "living-people", "fellows-of-the-royal-college-of-physicians", "vidya-jyothi", "sinhalese-people", "sri-lankan-medical-doctors", "year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)"] description: "Sri Lankan pediatrician" topic_path: "society/education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harendra_de_Silva" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Sri Lankan pediatrician ::

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Field	Value
name	Harendra de Silva
nationality	Sri Lankan
occupation	Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Kelaniya, in Sri Lanka.
known_for	Founder chairman of Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority, Activist and legislator in Child Protection
education	University of Colombo
Ananda College Colombo
employer	University of Colombo
title	Professor
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| name = Harendra de Silva | image = | image_size = | caption = | nationality = Sri Lankan | occupation = Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Kelaniya, in Sri Lanka. | known_for = Founder chairman of Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority, Activist and legislator in Child Protection | education = University of Colombo Ananda College Colombo | employer = University of Colombo | title = Professor

Harendra de Silva is a pediatrician whose efforts have helped to create awareness of child abuse in Sri Lanka.

Education

de Silva was educated at Ananda College Colombo, before he entered the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, where he obtained both an undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and later Doctor of Medicine.

Professional work

de Silva was appointed to the Department of Paediatrics in Galle. He was the senior lecturer and subsequently became head of the department. de Silva became a Professor of Paediatrics, moving to the University of Kelaniya in 1999. He was Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority and has been Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Child Protection.

Honours

de Silva was awarded the 'Most Outstanding Asian Pediatrician Award' from the Asian Pediatrics Association and the Career Award from the International Society against Child Abuse and Neglect (USA). He was shortlisted for the 2011 British Medical Journal Group Lifetime Achievement Award.

References

References

1. "Eye - Features".
2. "High Flyers". colombo75medics.org.
3. "Professor Harendra de Silva". colombo75medics.org.
4. "BMJ Group Award for Lifetime Achievement Finalists' Showcase". colombo75medics.org.

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