Women Engineers’ Day organized by the Women Engineers Forum (WEF) of the IESL was held on Tuesday, 23rd February, 2016 at the Wimalasurendra Auditorium of the institution.

The Chief Guest at the event was Eng. (Dr.) Mrs. Premala Sivaprakasapillai Sivasegaram, the first lady civil engineer the country ever produced. The lighting of the traditional Oil Lamp was followed by the very warm welcome speech made by Chairperson of the Women Engineers' Forum Eng. (Mrs.) Thamara Mallawaarachchi. The IESL President, Eng. Wimalasena Gamage in his speech appreciated IESL Women Engineers Forum for organizing the event and the encouragement they are providing towards women engineers’ participation in IESL activities. The address by the Chief Guest followed that. Eng. (Mrs.) Wanesha Kanakaratne, Joint Secretary to the Forum proposed the Vote of Thanks.

President Elect, Eng. Jayavilal Meegoda, Council Member, Eng. Prabodha Jinasena , Chief Executive Officer of IESL, Eng. (Dr.) Jagath Peiris and Deputy Executive Secretary of IESL, Eng. (Mrs.) Badra Jayaweera graced the occasion with their presence. The Tea Break was followed by a much appreciated presentation by Mrs Aruni Wickramage on “Personal Grooming “.

The forum’s activities for the day concluded with its Annual General Meeting and lunch.