Dr Vinya S Ariyaratne is the Honorary President of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka. He is the eldest son of Dr A. T. Ariyaratne the founder and President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka.Dr. Vinya AriyaratneA Discussion with Vinya Ariyaratne, General Secretary, Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya Movement He is a Medical Doctor by profession.Vinya S. Ariyaratne - General Secretary, Sarvodaya Shramadana MovementVinya Ariyaratne, M.DSocial Enterprise - the next wave of social change and a Development Practitioner. He is also a lecturer in Community Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka. Vinya is also the 129th President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.Vision of ‘humane healthcare’ for SLMADr. Vinya Ariyaratne

Early life and education Vinya was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. And he received his Doctor of Medicine degree from De La Salle University in Philippines in 1989. Then he received his Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1990. He was a visiting fellow at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1992. He holds Master of Science and Doctor of Medicine in Community Medicine from Post graduate institute of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Career He was a lecturer in community medicine at Faculty, Medicine of University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

Social Movements In the year 2000, he became executive director of Sarvodaya Movement. Vinya was also the former Chairman of Deshodaya Development Finance Company Limited (DDFC) which is a micro-finance and enterprise development arm of Sarvodaya.Eastman Narangoda, chairman DDFC He was the founder of Sarvodaya Institute of Higher Learning.

Politics He became active in politics for 2019 Presidential Election by leading National Peoples Movement which was formed by uniting multiple civil organisations including Deshodaya.

See also Sarvodaya

References

External links Seminar on Poverty Alleviation DDFC gets new Chairman Our Founder: A.T. Ariyaratne Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne on IDP concerns - SLT 34 b Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne says Hate has no place in Sri Lanka Sarvodaya, Awakening Of All in Sri Lanka - Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka expresses commitment to play role in national reconciliation People have spoken, get to work