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Asia Public Governance Forum

Managing the COVID-19 Crisis

Nuwan Madawan

Arachchi

Assistant Director (Prepared-

ness), Disaster Management

Center.

Mr. Nuwan Madawan Arachchi, has been working in Disas-

ter Management Center in Sri Lanka as an Assistant Direc-

tor (Preparedness) for 8 years. Last two years He worked

on secondment as The Chairman in National Aquaculture

Development Authority in Sri Lanka and returned DMC in

December 2019. He served as a resource person in Disas-

ter Risk Management more than 13 years. He is serving as

a Disaster Preparedness and Planning expert in the DMC

Sri Lanka representing several expert committees such as

School Disaster Expert committee, National Climate Change

Adaptation committee etc.. He was one of four members

developed Sri Lanka National Disaster Management Plan

2018-2030 and a member of the group formulated Na-

tional Emergency Operation Plan.

He has post-graduation in Master of Science in Disaster

Management and Master of Regional Development and

Planning (MRDP). He was a Fulbright scholar and he has got

several scholarships such as International Visiting Leader-

ship Award in USA and Visiting Researcher award in Japan

etc. In addition to his work in DMC, He has served as a vis-

iting lecturer for a post graduate program in Disaster Man-

agement in University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.