K. C. Logeswaran

K. C. Logeswaran SLAS
கே. சி. லோகேசுவரன்
6th Governor of Western Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 January 2015
Preceded by	Alavi Moulana
Sri Lankan Ambassador to South Korea
In office December 1999 – February 2003
Personal details
Alma mater	University of Ceylon
Profession	Civil servant
Religion	Hindu
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Kanapathipillai Cathiravelpillai Logeswaran (Tamil: கணபதிப்பிள்ளை கதிரவேல்பிள்ளை லோகேசுவரன் Kaṇapatippiḷḷai Katiravēlpiḷḷai Lōkēcuvaraṉ) is a Sri Lankan civil servant. He is the 6th and current Governor of Western Province having assumed office on 23 January 2015.

Early life

Logeswaran was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna.^[1][2] After school he joined the University of Ceylon from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.^[3]

Career

Logeswaran is an officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS).^[2] He was Divisional Revenue Officer (DRO) in several divisions in Vavuniya District from 1963 to 1968.^[4] He was registrar of the University of Jaffna from April 1980 to September 1981.^[3] In October 1981 he was appointed District Secretary (Government Agent) for Vavuniya District, serving until July 1988.^[5] He then held senior positions at various government ministries: additional secretary at the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (August 1988 to March 1990); state secretary at the Ministry of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs (March 1990 to December 1990); secretary at the Project Ministry of Mineral Development (January 1991 to August 1994); additional secretary at the Ministry of Industrial Development (August 1994 to August 1995); and secretary at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and the Media (September 1995 to August 1999).^[2][3][6] During the latter posting he was also chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.^[3]

Logeswaran was appointed ambassador to South Korea in December 1999 and served until February 2003.^[3][7] He became an advisor to the Ministry of Finance in April 2003 and in December 2003 he joined the board of Sri Lanka Telecom.^[2][3] He was appointed to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into serious human rights violations in November 2006 but resigned in April 2007.^[8][9] He was later secretary to the National Police Commission.^[10][11]

Newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Logeswaran Governor of Western Province on 23 January 2015.^[12][13][14]

References

1. Sivathasan, S. (10 August 2013). "My Reminiscences Of St. John's College, Jaffna". Colombo Telegraph.
2. "SLT Lanka Bell merger off". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 29 February 2004.
3. "Annual Report 2003". Sri Lanka Telecom.
4. Wijayadasa, K. H. J. (21 July 2013). "DRO (1939 – 1963) Man for All Seasons". The Island (Sri Lanka).
5. "Former Government Agents, Vavuniya District". Vavuniya District Secretariat.
6. Hadjirin, Arshad M. (9 March 1997). "Postmasters hit by hike". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
7. "Welfare Benefits Board gets new Head". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 28 October 2003.
8. Abrahams, Fred (August 2007). Return to War: Human Rights under Siege. Human Rights Watch. pp. 214–215.
9. "Minister cites personal reasons for two members quitting commission probing HR abuses". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 8 April 2007.
10. Abeywickrema, Mandana Ismail (16 August 2009). "Millions busted on defunct NPC". The Sunday Leader.
11. "Second Commission". National Police Commission.
12. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1900/09. 2 February 2015.
13. "Three new governors appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 23 January 2015.
14. "New Governors". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 January 2015.