Ishantha Siribaddana is a highly accomplished professional with a diverse range of expertise and experience. He is a leader in the field of software engineering and entrepreneurship and has made significant contributions to the industry and society. He comes from a family of government servants, and completed his school education at Ananda College Colombo. Ishantha went on to pursue higher education, earning a degree and postgraduate qualifications from the University of Colombo, and completing his doctorate in Software Engineering at the IIC University of Technology.
Firstly, he is the Chairman and Founder of the Java Institute for advanced technology, an ISO 9001:2015 certified institution and the leading software engineering school in Sri Lanka. The Software Engineering qualification offered by UK Awards and Birmingham City University UK.
Secondly, he serves as the Chairman and Founder of the TEMCO Development Banking Society Limited in Sri Lanka. TEMCO is the first ever development banking society to be established in over 115 years of cooperative history in Sri Lanka, with the primary objective of developing technology entrepreneurship management for sustainable development in Sri Lanka.
Lastly, Ishantha is also a highly respected consultant in the field of monetary policy. He is a Former Consultant of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee (MPCC) of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Ishantha introduced the Software Engineering degree program to Sri Lanka and passed out the first software engineering batch in 2007, at a time when no private or state university conducted software degree programs in Sri Lanka.
He has also organized the first-ever "Java World Congress 2010 and the first-ever Software Exhibition in Sri Lanka, named "Java Sri Lanka 2009.
Ishantha holds government positions as a board member of the Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA). He introduced NVQ 5 in ICT level 5 program to VTA and implemented the online examination platform to conduct the exams for NVQ level 5 ICT.
He also holds the position of board member at the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA),
Ishantha was also a member of a 3-member committee to write the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC) in Sri Lanka for the period of 2012-2016. The NPAC is a government-led initiative aimed at improving the well-being of children in the country and was funded by UNICEF. As a result of the committee's suggestions, technical subjects were introduced to the curriculum of national schools later.
