Electrical Engineer Hydro Power
Resume:
Eng. H. Dayan B. P. Herath B.Sc.(Hons.) Engineering, C.Eng, MIE(SL), IntPE
“Wathsala”, Gonawila/mid,Dankotuwa, Sri Lanka
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OBJECTIVE
To uphold the sustainability of the society through innovations while adhering to the ethics of Engineering profession.
PERSONAL DETAILS
• Name in full : HITIHAMILAGE DAYAN BUDDHI PRABASARA HERATH
• Date of Birth : 10-11-1985
• Marital Status : Married
• Gender : Male
• NIC Number : 853152463 V
• Nationality : Sri Lankan
• School Attended : St.Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering - University of Moratuwa (2018-2022) B.Sc. hons. (Engineering) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering stream specializing Electrical power and Control – University of Peradeniya (2005-2009) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• International Professional Engineer of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IntPE(Sri Lanka)) o International Professional Engineering Alliance (IPEA)
• Fellow of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (FIE(SL))
• Charted Engineer of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (C.Eng)
• International Professional Engineer of Engineers Australia (IntPE(Aus))
• Corporate Member of Engineers Australia (MIE(Aust))
• Charted Engineer of Engineers Australia (CPEng(Aust))
• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Engineer (APEC Engineer)
• Member of Power and High voltage Electrical System (PHES) club
• Published a paper on “Modeling of Generator Stator Windings for Non-Destructive Tests” at PURSE 2009 (ISBN 978-955-589-131-8)
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WORK EXPERIENCE
• Ceylon Electricity Board
o Chief Engineer (Maintenance) (Feb 2016 - todate) Attending jobs in workshop, High Tension Maintenance unit & Primary Substation Maintenance unit of Colombo city.
o Project Manager (Colombo City Projects) (2018 - 2020)
Installation, testing & commissioning of new Primary Substation D, Borella o Electrical Engineer (High Tension Maintenance) (Nov 2015 – Feb 2016) Maintenance of all the satellite, ring and radial substations (more than 1600) in Colombo city
o Electrical Engineer (Primary Substation Maintenance) (Nov 2010 – Nov 2015) Maintenance of primary substations & grid substations in Colombo city o Electrical Engineer (Bulk Supply-Colombo City) (Mar 2010 – Nov 2010) Act as the interface between CEB and consumer from application stage to providing the bulk supply.
o Project Engineer (Colombo City Projects) (2011 - 2016)
Rehabilitation of 12kV Switchgear at Grid Substation F, Fort
Installation, testing & commissioning of new Primary Substation J, Dematagda
Replacing the 36kV outdoor Air Insulated Switchgear from 36kV Indoor Gas Insulated Switchgear at Primary Substation D, Borella
Replacing the 36kV outdoor Air Insulated Switchgear from 36kV Indoor Gas Insulated Switchgear at Primary Substation B, Pettah
Rehabilitation of 12kV Switchgear at Grid Substation F, o Testing Engineer for Factory Acceptance Test (Mar 2010 - todate)
03 nos. of 33/11kV, 16MVA Power Transformers at Tirathai Public Co., Ltd, Thailand
130 nos. of 12kV Air Insulated Switchgear panels at Siemens Ltd., India
88 nos. of 12kV Gas Insulated Switchgear panels at Schneider Electric Sachsenwerk GmbH, Germany
75 NOS. OF 12kV Ring Main Units at Lucy Electric, Dubai, UAE o CEB Representative for outside Institutions & Projects
Sri Lanka Standard Institute
Member – Sectoral Committee on Electric Cables & Conductors
Defence Head Quarters Complex Project, Akuregoda, Member - Evaluation Committee
Nelum Pokuna Theatre
Member – Committee to provide uninterrupted Electricity supply to state functions
District Secretariat, Colombo
Member - Disaster Management Committee, Colombo
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o Visiting Lectures
Have delivered lectures on “Primary & Distribution Substations” to for Engineers from SL Navy
• Okaya Lanka PVT Ltd
o Management trainee in QC Engineering division (Oct2009 – Mar 2010) Studied ISO 9001-2004 QMS
Studied on capacitor manufacturing and testing processes
• Lanka Transformers Ltd
o Undergraduate Trainee (Jul 2008 - Nov 2008)
Specialized in distribution transformer designing, manufacturing, testing and loss analysis
Done a project in power factor correction and improving earth
• Dankotuwa Porcelain (Pvt) Ltd
o Undergraduate Trainee (Feb2007 - May 2007)
• Peoples’ Bank, Negombo branch
o As an university expecting employee
ENGINEERING RELATED PROJECTS
• Construction of new Primary Substation “D” – Project Manager New 33/11kV Primary Substation with 02 nos. of 16MVA transformers was installed, tested and commissioned in Borella
• Rehabilitation of 12kV switchgear of Grid Substation “F” – Project Engineer Existing air insulated MOCB switchgear was replaced by gas insulated VCB switchgear with modifications and added capacity
• Construction of new Primary Substation “J” – Project Engineer New 33/11kV Primary Substation with 02 nos. of 16MVA transformers was installed, tested and commissioned in Dematagoda, Colombo 10.
• Rehabilitation of Primary Substation “D” – Project Engineer Existing 33/11kV air insulated Primary substation was replaced by gas insulated switchgear with modifications and added capacity
• Installation, Testing & Commissioning of 132kV Cable A T-off circuit was connected to Grid Substation “F”, Fort from existing 132kV cable network between Grid substation “C”, Bloomandhal & Kolonnawa in order to improve the reliability of Electricity network of Colombo city
• Condition Assessment of generator insulation of hydro power plants in Sri Lanka Project was done for the Ceylon Electricity Board during undergraduate period
• Testing Capacity improvement
At the testing laboratory of transformer plant of LTL Ltd. during as an undergraduate Page 4 of 7
CONTRIBUTION FOR SOCIAL WELFARE
• The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
o World Engineering Day
The 40th General Conference of UNESCO has adopted the resolution to proclaim 4th March of every year a World Engineering Day in November 2019. In parallel with the international event, IESL also celebrated the 1st World Engineering Day in Sri Lanka. I was appointed to organize an event for this by the IESL council. Accordingly, a conference was organized in par with the international theme Sustainable Development. The local theme was “Sustainable Development Goals, Sri Lanka, Past Present Future”, under which the SDGs relevant to power & energy, health and defense sectors were presented and discussed. o IESL Student Chapter Project
Initiated IESL Student Chapters at University of Jaffna, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
& University of Sri Jayawardenepura in 2017
o IESL Day Project
Initiated IESL Day event at University of Peradeniya, University of Moratuwa, University of Ruhuna, Open University of Sri Lanka, University of Jaffna, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka University of Sri Jayawardenepura in 2017
This project lead to a recorded enrolment of 2900 new student members to the Institution o IESL Young Members’ Section CSR Project 2017
Rehabilitation of flood effected Electrical Installation of Welgama Kanishta Vidyalaya, Bulathsinhala
o Engineers Night 2017
The event had a recorded participation of 500 members Full cost of the project was covered by tickets &sponsorship, without any expense to IESL. o IESL Cricket Fiesta 2017
Initiated a cricket tournament among all the Sectional Committees, Provincial Chapters and Student Chapters
Full cost of the project was covered by sponsorship, without any expense to IESL. o IESL-UTE Raspberry-Pi Challenge
Initiated a competition in parallel with Techno 2017 to promote innovative thinking of school students & undergraduates.
Competition was fully sponsored by UTE (Pvt) ltd.
o Insee-IESL Concrete Mix Competition
Initiated a competition in parallel with Techno 2017 to provide an industrial experience to final year civil Engineering undergraduates.
Competition was fully sponsored by Insee cement.
o DroneX Competition
Initiated a competition in parallel with Techno 2017 to design a drone. Page 5 of 7
o X-O Bots Competition
Initiated a competition in parallel with Techno 2017 to design a robot to play Tic-Tac-Toe game.
• Lions’ Club of Colombo Stratford City
o Sharing the vision project 2013
Over 200 cataract surgeries were done at Lions’ Eye Hospital, Kadawatha. o Serve the community through active involvement 2014 Elbow clutches were distributed among 30 needy people in Wattegama, Kandy area. Clutches were purchased from Rehab Lanka Foundation to motivate differently abled people working in the said foundation.
• CEB Colombo City Welfare Society
o Secretary – 2011
o Vice President – 2014
o Member – Since 2010
• Organizing & engaged in blood donation camps organized by CEB Maligawatte Welfare Society CPD COURSES AND TRAINING
• M.Sc in Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa o Completed the taught courses
o Currently reading for research component
• Successfully completed a course on “Understanding Labour Laws for Better Industrial Relation” by National Institute of Labour Studies
• Successfully completed a course on “Industrial Safety for Higher Productivity” by National Institute of Labour Studies
• Successfully completed a course on “Procurement Management for CEB Engineers & Accountants” by Training branch, CEB
• Successfully completed a training on LT & HT cable fault location
• Successfully completed a training on Installation, commissioning & maintenance of 12kV Gas Insulated switchgear of Schneider brand by the manufacturer
• Successfully completed a training on Installation of type ZX1.2 12kV switchgear of ABB brand by the manufacturer
• Successfully completed a training on Installation of 11kV Heat Shrinkable End Terminations & Joints of Elcon Megarad brand by the manufacturer
• Successfully completed a training on maintenance of 12kV Ring Main Units Lucy brand by the manufacturer
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• Successfully completed a training on Installation of 12kV switchgear of Ormazabal brand by the manufacturer
• Successfully completed the “Customer Care Workshop” organized by Deputy General Manager
(Colombo City), CEB
• Successfully completed a training on “Design of Pole Mounted MV Distribution Lines” organized by Training Centre, CEB
• Successfully completed a course on “Super 5S & KAIZEN Management” by National Institute of Labour Studies
• Successfully completed a workshop on “Getting Ready for Renewable Additions” conducted by IEEE- Sri Lankan section together with PHES club of University of Peradeniya. OTHER QUALIFICATION
• Successfully completed the Certificate Course in Business English conducted by English Language Teaching Unit of University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Successfully completed a course conducted by Mazenod English Academy with a Distinction class
• Successfully completed the graded examinations conducted by Trinity International Examination Boardup to level 5 with class distinction for spoken English.
• Successfully completed the graded examinations conducted by Institute of Western Music & Speech up to level 5 with class honors for spoken English.
• Awarded with merit class on All Island Bible Competition 1996 EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Council Member (from 2016/17 to current session 2020/21) – The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
• Chairman (2016/17 & 2017/18) – Young Members’ Section, The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
• Chairman (2019/20) – Junior Inventor of the Year Competition, IESL
• Secretary (2011-2015) – Junior Inventor of the Year Competition, IESL
• Organizer – Sri Lankan Celebration of World Engineering Day 2019
• Charter Secretary (2013) – Lions’ Club of Colombo Stratford City, District 306C1
• 2
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Vice President (2014) - Lions’ Club of Colombo Stratford City, District 306C1
• Committee member of Junior Old Boys Association of Joseph Vaz College Page 7 of 7
• Vice president of Vazians Graduates’ and Undergraduates’ society
• Active Member of Newman Society of University of Peradeniya
• Member of the 1
st
runners up badminton team in the Inter Faculty Freshets’ Championship
• Member of the winning under 19 hockey team in college sports meet SKILLS
• Communication skills
• Decision making skills
• Leadership skills
• Technical skills
o HV Testing
o Transformer designing, manufacturing and testing o Switchgear & transformer maintenance
o Identifying the defects of transformers& switchgear NON RELATED REFEREE
I truly and sincerely attest that the above information furnished by me is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. Eng.H.D.B.P Herath
February 5, 2022
Eng. (Prof.) S.B.S Abayakoon
Senior Professor in Civil Engineering
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
120/15 Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 00700
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Former Vice Chancellor - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Past President - The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka Eng. Jayavilal Meegoda
Additional General Manager (DD 03)
Ceylon Electricity Board
4th Floor, No 340, R A De Mel Mawatha, Colombo
00300, Sri Lanka
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Past President - Federation of Engineering
Institutions of Central and South Asia
Past President - The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
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