General Information

Objectives..

	To build a positive cultural environment that would help direct the people on their own in a manner that would successfully accomplish the general national development policy of the country;
	To promote cultural diversity and thereby to prevent harm caused to positive cultural characteristics through various forces;
	To pave the way to organize the cultural life of the people of the country through preservation, maintenance and utilization of cultural heritages;
	To motivate the people to identify positive cultural characteristics and thereby to promote a culture with distinct Sri Lankan identity;
	To help the people in identifying themselves the external and internal factors causing cultural downfall and in exterminating these factors;
	To pave the way to inculcate in the society the fact that culture is an energetic, challenging and a free force.

Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana

Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage

Hon. Piyasiri Wijenayaka

Minister of Cultural Affairs

Mr. Wimal Rubasinghe

Secretary

Office Tel -: + 94 1 2888502
Fax -: + 94 1 2888504

Office Tel -: + 94 1 2879081
Fax -: + 94 1 2867757

Office Tel -: + 94 1 2861108
Fax -: + 94 1 2872004
E-Mail -: secretary@cultural.gov.lk

Staff Officers
Mr. M. Laxman Perera Additional Sec. (Admin/Finance) Tel : + 94 1 2885970	Mrs. D.K.R.Ekanayake Additional Sec. (Cul. Pro. -Con/Foreign Affairs) Tel : + 94 1 2872005
Mr. H.D.S. Malkanthi Additional Sec. (Cultural Pro) Tel : + 94 1 2872020	Mrs. P.Gamage Senior Asst. Sec. (Cultural Promotion) Tel : +94 1 2872002
Mrs. M.K.K.Rasika Abeydeera Senior Asst. Sec. (Admin) Tel : + 94 1 2879087	Mrs. A.P.Kumarasiri Senior Asst. Sec. (Cul. Pro. -Con) Tel : + 94 1 2872002
Mr. P.M.Rathnapala Chief Accountant Tel : + 94 1 2872267	Mrs. K.W.S.P.Athukorale Director (Planning) Tel : + 94 1 2872029
Mrs. R.S.M.I.Jayathilaka Accountant Tel : + 94 1 2875408	Mr. C.Weerasinghe Director( Internal Audit) Tel : + 94 1 2872021
Mrs. M.N.Rajapakse Assistant Sec. (Cultural Pro./Projects) Tel : + 94 1 2879083	Mrs. S.A.Danthanarayana Assistant Sec. (Admin) Tel : + 94 1 2872331
Mrs. S.P.Sumathipala Assistant Secretary (Cultural Centers) Tel : + 94 1 2888505	Mrs. A.H.Jayaweera Consultant (Foreign Unit) Tel : + 94 1 2888336
Mr. K.K.W.Thilakasiri Consultant (Cultural Promotion) Tel : + 94 1 2872027	Mr. Nihal P. Jayathunga Consultant (Media Unit) Tel : + 94 1 2872027

8^th Floor, "Sethsiripaya", Battaramulla, Sri Lanka.

Telephone : + 94 1 2872001 / + 94 1 2876586

Fax :- + 94 1 2872024

E-mail : mcanew@hotmail.com or it@cultural.gov.lk