Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Herath (born 9 September 1967) was member of Parliament from National List, Ex Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).Charitha Herath as COPE Chairman. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 22 September 2020. and the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya. This mandate shall be respected and revered - Professor Charitha Herath MP. Daily News (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 20 August 2020.Policies and laws are key in any developing nation - Prof. Charitha Herath. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 1 March 2020.Yahapalanaya is an undefinable concept thrown in for election purpose. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 26 March 2018. His appointment was valid from 21 June 2019. Chair Professorship of Philosophy at Peradeniya has been one of the well established academic position. He is the former Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information in Sri Lanka and former chairman of the Central Environment Authority. Herath's academic interests are mainly based on Contemporary Analytical Philosophy and his research focused on Later Wittgenstein's Philosophy and the Environmental Ethics. He was the Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya from 2016 to 2018.Department of Philosophy University of Peradeniya.
Professional career
Charitha Herath was heading some of the important public institutions in the country. He was appointed as the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Media, Information and Digital Infrastructures in two occasions, (2012–2015) and (2017). Prior to that position, he was appointed to the Central Environmental Authority, which is the principal environmental regulatory agency, as the Chairman (2010–2013).
Herath holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy with a minor in Psychology from the University of Peradeniya and a Post Graduate Degree in Social and Political Psychology from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in USA. In 1998 he completed a Master's Diploma at the Sichuan Union University, in Chengdu, China. He has completed his Doctoral Degree in Environmental Philosophy at the University of Kelaniya. The topic of his Doctoral thesis was A Philosophical Analysis on the Concept of Conservation in the field of Environmental Ethics- The Case of Environmental Impact Assessments in Sri Lanka. Herath was appointed as the chairman of the Central Environment Authority in May 2010 and served until 12 July 2012. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information from 2013 to 2015 and 2018.Dr. Charitha Herath assumes duties as Secretary to Ministry of Mass Media.News 1st (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 8 November 2018.
Publications Nuthana KumarayaNuthana Kumaraya by Charitha Herath.Publisher: Visidunu Prakashakayo (Sri Lanka) - Vibhawa ThanhaVibhawa Thanha by Charitha Herath.Publisher: Sarasavi Publishers (Sri Lanka) - &
See also List of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries
References
External links Sri Lanka Parliament profile