THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, SRI LANKA
Our Ref. IESL/ES/Gen/010
2nd July 2021
To – All Corporate Members
COUNCIL FOR SESSION 2021/2022
NOTICE CALLING NOMINATIONS
01 NOMINATIONS
Nominations are invited from Corporate Members for posts in the Council as per the details given below:
01.1 Nomination should be posted/emailed to the Chief Returning Officer or deposited in the Nominations Box provided at the headquarters of the Institution so that they are received in this office before 4.00 p.m. on 22nd July 2021. Nominations received thereafter will be invalid. The Institution will not take responsibility for Nomination Papers lost or delayed in the post or received late via email. Nominations by fax are not accepted.
01.2 The Nomination Paper shall be submitted with the written consent and declaration of the Candidate, as given in the Nomination Form and his/her Bio-Data in the prescribed format in a sealed envelope marked NOMINATION PAPER. Alternatively, nominations submitted in the form of PDF (Portable Document Format), protected by a password to cro@iesl.lk are accepted. Candidates who have submitted applications electronically, shall declare their passwords only at the time of opening the nominations.
01.3 Each candidate shall be nominated by FOUR (4) Corporate Members.
01.4 A system of preferential voting for the election of the posts of President-Elect, Past President, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and Chairmen of Sectional Committees will be implemented in case there are two (2) or more nominees, and in case of post of Vice President when there are four(4) or more nominees.
02 PRESIDENT-ELECT
As per By-Law 46 (a), nominations are called for the Post of President – Elect, from among those who have held office as Vice President for at least one full Session at the time of closing the nominations for the elections. The President Elect shall hold office in Council for one full Session and shall assume the post of President at the end of the Session.
In the event where the President Elect is incapacitated to hold office for whatever reason, an election shall be held to replace him from among the general membership who is qualified to hold such office as above.
03 PAST PRESIDENTS
As per By-Law 49, nominations are called for one (1) Post of Past President, from among those Past Presidents resident in Sri Lanka and continuing as Members of the Institution. The outgoing President, will be the other Past President in Council for the next Session as per this By-Law.
04 VICE PRESIDENTS
As per By-Law 48, nominations are called for filling the three (3) Posts of Vice Presidents to be elected by the Corporate Membership from among the Class of Fellows who have been on the Roll as Fellows for more than five (05) years by the time of taking over office as Vice President and served in Council at least for two (02) sessions by the time of taking over office as Vice President OR has served as a Chairman of a Sectional Committee for 3 sessions of which at least one session as a Fellow by the time of taking over office as Vice President. They will hold office for one session provided they have not held this office for five consecutive sessions immediately preceding such appointment.
No one who has held the office of President for a full term or part thereof (other than acting for the President) shall be eligible to hold the offices of Vice President, President Elect or President.
05 HONORARY SECRETARY
As per By-Law 71, nominations are called for the Post of Honorary Secretary. He should be a Corporate Member.
06 HONORARY TREASURER
As per By-Law 73, nominations are called for the Post of Honorary Treasurer. He should be a Corporate Member.
07 REPRESENTATIVES – FELLOWS
The following three (3) Fellows will continue in Council till the end of their terms of office representing Class of Fellows.
A P Ranjith De Silva
(Mrs.) Kamala Gunawardena
(Prof.) Udeni Nawagamuwa
As per By-Law 50, nominations are called from among the Class of Fellows for filling the balance three (3) posts.
08 REPRESENTATIVES – MEMBERS
08.1 The following five (5) Members will continue in Council till the end of their term of office representing the Class of Members.
Suran Fernando (Above 40 yrs)
Jude Kurera (Above 40 yrs)
Damith Dissanayake (Below 40 yrs)
Janaka Gamachchige (Below 40 yrs)
Dayan Herath (Below 40 yrs)
8.2 As per By-Law 44 (ix), of the ten (10) Members, FIVE (5) shall be under forty (40) years of age and FIVE (5) shall be above 40 years at the time of closing nominations for the election.
8.3 As per By-Law 50, nominations are called from among the Class of Members above 40 category for filling the three (3) vacant posts and Members below 40 for the two (2) vacant posts.
09 CHAIRMAN, AGRICULTURAL & PLANTATION ENGINEERING SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
As per By-Law 98, nominations are called for the post of Chairman, Agricultural & Plantation Engineering Sectional Committee. The nominee shall be an Agricultural/Plantation Engineer or an Engineer from a connected discipline, who is a Corporate Member, and as per By-Law 52 the nomination paper shall be signed by four (4) Corporate Members who are Agricultural/Plantation Engineers or Engineers from connected disciplines.
10 CHAIRMAN, BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERING SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
As per By-Law 98, nominations are called for the post of Chairman, Building Services Engineering Sectional Committee. The nominee shall be a Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineer who is a Corporate Member, and as per By-Law 52 the nomination paper shall be signed by four (4) Corporate Members who are Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineers.
11 CHAIRMAN, CIVIL ENGINEERING SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
As per By-Law 98, nominations are called for the post of Chairman, Civil Engineering Sectional Committee. The nominee shall be a Civil Engineer who is a Corporate Member, and as per By-Law 52 the nomination paper shall be signed by four (4) Corporate Members who are Civil Engineers.
12 CHAIRMAN, CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
As per By-Law 98, nominations are called for the post of Chairman, Chemical and Process Engineering Sectional Committee. The nominee shall be a Chemical Engineer who is a Corporate Member, and as per By-Law 52 the nomination paper shall be signed by four (4) Corporate Members who are Chemical Engineers.
13 CHAIRMAN, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC & TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING SECTIONAL
COMMITTEE
As per By-Law 98, nominations are called for the post of Chairman, Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering Sectional Committee. The nominee shall be an Electrical, Electronics or Telecommunication Engineer who is a Corporate Member, and as per By-Law 52 the nomination paper shall be signed by four (4) Corporate Members who are Electrical, Electronics or Telecommunication Engineers.
14 CHAIRMAN, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTER ENGINEERING SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
As per By-Law 98, nominations are called for the post of Chairman, Information Technology & Computer Engineering Sectional Committee. The nominee shall be an Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electronic or Electrical Engineer who is a Corporate Member, and as per By-Law 52 the nomination paper shall be signed by four (4) Corporate Members who are Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electronic or Electrical Engineers.
15 CHAIRMAN, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SECTIONAL COMMITTEE
As per By-Law 98, nominations are called for the post of Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Sectional Committee. The nominee shall be a Mechanical Engineer who is a Corporate Member, and as per By-Law 52 the nomination paper shall be signed by four (4) Corporate Members who are Mechanical Engineers.
NOTES:
As per Council decisions and By-Laws currently in force
I. A Candidate may seek election for only one post.
II. There is no restriction on the number of nominations a Corporate Member can sign. Only Corporate Members, whose names appear in the current voting list, will be eligible to sign in a nomination paper.
III. Candidates are requested to note the following resolution adopted in the 2018 AGM of the IESL: “this House resolves to encourage members seeking election to the position of Chairmen of Sectional Committees to participate in the activities of the respective Sectional Committees”
IV. Rules for the conduct of the Elections as approved by the Council are available on IESL website (please refer item XIV).
V. As per the rules, no candidate who has submitted one nomination paper shall submit another nomination paper for another post, unless and until the previous nomination paper is withdrawn in writing, before the time fixed for closing of nominations.
Vi. Any continuing member of Council, who wishes to contest another post, before being nominated to the new post, will have to submit his resignation from his continuing post to be effective at the end of the current session.
VII. Nominations shall be made strictly on the formats provided and the Chief Returning Officer will have the authority to reject any nominations that have not been submitted on the standard formats.
VIII. This notice is sent to the email addresses registered in the IESL database. Application and other related documents are available on the IESL website (please refer item XIV).
IX. Electronic format of the Nomination Paper and related documents are available on IESL website (www.iesl.lk) or can be obtained from the Secretariat. Requests to be sent to iesl@slt.lk with a copy to es@iesl.lk
X. Nomination papers received by postal mail will be given an identification number by IESL staff member designated by the CEO/Executive Secretary. Nomination papers deposited in the box by the candidates are to be assigned with the identification number by one of the IESL staff members designated by the CEO/Executive Secretary. Candidates should ensure that this number is entered in a register maintained for this purpose.
XI. Candidates are requested to note that, as per the By-law 1 (xiii), when the duration of a session is in question, both terms “session” and “full session” shall imply the same period which is the duration between two consecutive AGMs of the Institution.
XII. Candidates who have submitted applications electronically, shall declare their passwords only at the time of opening the nominations.
XIII. Candidates are requested to be present at the time of opening the nomination papers.
XIV. Related Documents are available on IESL website and please follow the instructions below.
- type www.iesl.lk
- select “IESL Elections 2021” menu
Available Documents
(a) The standard format for the Nomination Paper and Format for the Bio Data and the Election statement (link)
(b) Rules for the conduct of Elections (link)
Yours sincerely,
Eng. Neil Abeysekera
CEO / EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
