Patrick Amarasinghe no more

9 October 2015 05:14 am

Deshabandu Patrick Amarasinghe, the former Chairman of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka and a veteran industrialist passed away on Friday at the age of 83.

Amarasinghe, who was also the Founder President of the National Chamber of Exporters Sri Lanka and former Chairman of the Ceylon National Chamber of Industries, was known as Godfather-of- entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka.

He initiated the Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards scheme at provincial and national level and established the non-profit organization - Young Entrepreneurs Sri Lanka in 1998 to empower school children and university students through entrepreneurship education.

His remains lie at A.F. Remond Funeral Parlour, Borella. The funeral will be at Borella Cemetery on Saturday at 4.