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Eng Dr. A.C. Visvalingam Annual Award - Notice

Eng. Dr. A.C. Visvalingam   Annual   Award For Most Outstanding Engineer – 2025

A very generous contribution made by Eng. Dr. A. C. Visvalingam has enabled IESL to award an attractive prize for the most outstanding Engineer annually.

Eng. Dr. A.C. Visvalingam, an exemplary Structural and Civil Engineer and an Honorary Life Member of IESL, a visionary himself, was anxious to make such an award having recognized the need for the professional enhancement of engineers to the benefit of the society and country.

This award will be made annually to a suitable professional engineer under stipulated rules and guidelines to a candidate of exemplary commitment with aptitudes and qualities as stated below.

The proposed Award will recognize an outstanding Engineer who has shown “exemplary commitment” in engineering and who has contributed to Sri Lankan society (and/or globally) through Engineering practice, innovations, resourcefulness, good governance, commitment to health, safety, and environmental sustainability, while always adhering to good ethical practices.

This Award will be presented at the inauguration ceremony of the IESL Annual Sessions to one living Engineer, once in a life time and will carry a cash award. Council shall decide the amount of the cash award as specified in the agreement with the donor.

The application forms along with rules and guidelines can be obtained from IESL Secretariat from 12 noon 02nd May 2025, to 16.00hr 22nd May 2025 or downloaded from the IESL website. The closing date for submission of application forms and relevant documents will be 15.00hr  30th May 2025.   Information on the award will appear time and again in the IESL website, and in print and electronic media.

Eng. Nehttps://youtu.be/DlT2ALhSdHYil Abeysekera

Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Secretary

The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka

2025/02/06                  

Calling Applications/Nominations for Eng. (Dr.) A C Visvalingam Annual Award

Engineering has been an integral part of our lives since ancient civilizations. Through the industrial revolutions, engineering has taken us to the future on a much more speedy path . Throughout the  history inventions and innovations made by engineering giants have changed the tides of civilization. Sri Lanka, with a proud engineering history and heritage, has recognized and honored contemporary engineering geniuses of the past, who have contributed in their fields of expertise  to uplift the needs of society, economized  resources, and thus provided an overall benefit to the country.

The IESL having recognized the importance of such engineers,  seeks  to identify engineers of today, who have excelled in their duties with superior skill and integrity on behalf of their employers and clients, while contributing constructively in a tangible manner to the betterment of the country and the profession. 

To recognise and acknowledge their contribution to the society, the IESL has introduced an award in the name of Eng. (Dr.) A C Visvalingam, who initiated and sponsored this award to be made annually, with an attractive prize for the “most outstanding engineer”.

The proposed Award will recognize an outstanding Engineer with “exemplary commitment” and who has contributed to Sri Lanka through attributes and ingenuity in Engineering practice, such as innovations, resourcefulness, good governance, commitment to health, safety, and environmental sustainability, while always adhering to good ethical practices.

Eng. (Dr.) A C Visvalingam, an Honorary Life Member of the IESL, Structural and Civil Engineer of international repute, a visionary himself, was anxious to make such an award, having recognized the need for the professional enhancement of engineers to the benefit of the society and country.

This once in a life time award will be presented at the inauguration ceremony of the IESL Annual Sessions to an Engineer. Posthumous awards shall not be made.

The starting date for submitting applications and relevant documents is 1200 hr. 9th May 2025 and the closing date is 15.00hr  30th May 2025. 

Following documents related to Eng. (Dr.) A. C. Visvalingam Annual Award can currently be downloaded from the IESL Website (www.iesl.lk) so that, the prospective candidates/applicants who satisfy the qualifications stipulated in the guidelines have sufficient time to prepare their applications during the aforesaid period.

• Overview – Click
• Rules and Guidelines- Click

Following documents can be downloaded   from the IESL website (www.iesl.lk) or obtained from the CEO’s Office of the IESL Secretariat from 1200 hr. 02^nd May 2025 till 1600 hr. 22nd May 2025.

• Application Form
• Sponsor Questionnaire

Chief Executive Officer/Executive Secretary

06/02/2025

Download Application Form for Eng. (Dr.) A C Visvalingam Annual Award

Downloading applications is closed on 21 May 2025. 

• Application Form - Click to Download 
• Sponsor Questionnaire  - Click to Download 

video interview with Dr. A C Visvalingam

https://youtu.be/DlT2ALhSdHY