Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA) has bestowed the honour of being its President for the next two years on Eng. Jayavilal Meegoda, President Elect of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL).

Eng. Jayavilal Meegoda, has been unanimously elected to the post at the 14th General Assembly of the FEISCA held on 18 February, 2016 at Kathmandu, Nepal.

FEISCA came in to being as a direct response to the need for the assistance of engineering professional bodies to the UN system and provides opportunity for the non-government organizations engaged in engineering education and training to discuss the issues of improving professional collaboration to provide an effective working mechanism to the UN system. It has membership of engineering professional bodies from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Eng. Meegoda takes over from incumbent president, Er. Sham Lal Garg, Immediate Past President of the Institution of Engineers (India). This is the second time since its inception in 1979 that a Sri Lankan is at the helm of this reputed collation of national bodies, Eng. (GP Capt.) P Merveyn Gunasekera, the then president of the IESL being the first to have held the FEISCA presidency during 2000 – 2002 period. Congratulations and best of wishes to Eng. Meegoda for a most productive presidency of the FEISCA.