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Janaprith Fernando

Janaprith Salinda Fernando (Sinhala: ජනප්‍රිත් සාලින්ද ප්‍රනාන්දු; 23 September 1967 in Ratmalana) of Colombo, Sri Lanka, served as the Chief Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association until January 2026, and as the President of the Colombo Law Society. He was the first Sri Lankan to be elected as a volunteer member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to serve from 2012 to 2018. He was also the first and only Sri Lankan to have served in the World Scout Committee, the World Organization of the Scout Movement's highest governing body. Fernando was elected for a four year term to this body in August 2017 by the 41st World Scout Conference, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Fernando graduated from S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, studied at the Sri Lanka Law College where he was the President of the Law Students' Union in 1990, and is practicing as an attorney, representing many leading Business Enterprises, Governmental, Non -Governmental, INGOs and Mercantile Sector Organisations in Sri Lanka, including the Colombo Lotus Tower.

Janaprith serves in a number other roles including as the Chairman of Bookbridge Sri Lanka, President of the Centre for Leadership and Talent Development and has served in a number of boards of private and public institutions in Sri Lanka. Provided by Wikipedia