Bio-Data as submitted & certified by the candidate
Eng. Suran Fernando obtained his BSc. (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa in 2002. He became an Associate Member of IESL in 2004 and was elected as a Member of IESL in 2015.
He represented the IESL Council for the last six consecutive sessions since 2018/19. Eng. Fernando was the Chairman of the Building Services Engineering Sectional Committee during the sessions 2018/19 and 2019/20. He represented the IESL Council twice as a Representative Member (Above 40) since 2020 to date. He is a current Council Member of Engineering Council of Sri Lanka (ECSL).
Further he represented the Professional Affairs Committee, Professional Standards & Management Committee, Library & Publications Committee, Techno Committee, By-laws Revision Committee of IESL during the last several sessions. Eng. Fernando is the Editor of the IESL Newsletter, SLEN since 2020 and is a member of the IESL Editorial Board. He serves as the Chairman of the National Engineering Heritage Forum of IESL (2023/24) and as the Chairman of the FTA Subcommittee appointed by the Council (2023/24). He is a Forum Member of the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA) representing IESL.
Eng. Fernando has been a Committee Member of the BSESC since 2014. He was unanimously appointed as the Secretary of the BSESC for three consecutive sessions (2015/16 to 2017/18) before becoming the BSESC Chairman in 2018. Since 2014, he has been a team leader & a key contributor in the BSESC Techno Team that secured the title of the ‘Best Sectional Committee of IESL’ for 10 consecutive years. Eng. Fernando initiated and expanded many new activities with the BSESC such as the development of the Guideline for the Directory of Building Services Engineers, CSR projects at rural schools, Engineering Heritage Exploration, Review of BSE related CPDs etc.
During the Covid-19 lockdown period he led the BSESC to volunteer for several national level activities to contribute Sri Lanka’s battle against Covid-19. Renovation of the MVAC system in the existing ICU complex of IDH, Angoda to treat Covid-19 patients and the design of the MVAC system for the new ICU complex in the same hospital are landmark national level contributions made by the BSESC under his leadership. In addition, BSESC Covid-19 Subcommittee led by Eng. Fernando is one of the key technical contributors for the ‘National Covid-19 Guideline’ published in 2020 with the contributions of MOH, WHO etc.
Apart from the IESL activities Eng. Suran Fernando appeared several times on TV and radio to enlighten the engineering community as well as the public on areas like engineering, economy, national engineering heritage etc. He has been a regular writer to national newspapers and IESL Newsletter on diverse subjects like economy, engineering, cinema etc.
Currently he is employed at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology as the Director/ Facilities Management. The entire facility management function and the infrastructure development projects of the institute are managed by him.
Election Statement as submitted & certified by the candidate
Being a Council Member of IESL since 2018 for the last six sessions and being an active member of the PA Committee, PSMC, L&PC, National Engineering Heritage Forum, FTA Subcommittee etc. for several sessions, I was able to serve both IESL and the engineering sector ensuring the broader sectoral and national interest. Further, as the Chairman of the BSESC for two sessions, I have greatly contributed to the Building Services Engineering sector with my experience and expertise. Accordingly, I decided to continue the service I tendered to IESL for the next session too.
As an elected member of the Council, I will ensure that engineers have a leading role in the creation of policies and plans for the development of Sri Lanka. I will also actively engage with IESL for the benefit of members to uphold their professional development, their rights, and privileges. Thus, I will ensure best practices in all IESL activities including the PR process, engineering education, administration, issues related to engineers’ ethics etc. Further I assure that I will take steps to bridge the gap between the public and IESL and will act proactively with a sustainable vision on the issues related to the engineering sector.
