The second round of the GCF Research Grants took place on December 18th, at the BMICH.
Both team grants and individual grants were awarded marking a second consecutive round of research funding by the GCF, keeping in line with the vision of Dr. Gamani Corea, to promote high-quality research into development issues, for the benefit of developing countries around the world.
All research publications, funded by the Gamani Corea Foundation, under the round one of the GCF research grants, can now be accessed on the GCF website.
Please click on the following link, to access:
https://shorturl.at/KUhFJ
The GCF hosted it’s annual New Year breakfast, at the GCF Headquarters Horton Lodge. In attendance were GCF members, directors & staff, and programs for the year 2026 were discussed.
The monograph, “Development: Not By Economics Alone” by GCF’s Emeritus Chairperson Dr. Nimal Sanderatne, was held on Friday, 9th January, with the attendance of Dr. Sanderatne’s family and well-wishers.
The monograph emphasises that development is the result of a variety of processes, in which economic actions are supplemented by political, social and cultural norms and initiatives. The monograph also discusses that the quality of human capital depends, in addition to knowledge and skills acquired through formal education, but also on a further set of deeper, non-formal processes embedded in society’s culture and value systems.
The book is available for purchase at the Gamani Corea Foundation, 21 Horton Place, Colombo 07.
The Gamani Corea Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Emeritus Professor Sirimevan Colombage, as the President of the Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA), for the year 2026.
Professor Colombage currently serves as the Deputy Chairperson of the GCF, and is Professor Emeritus at the Open University of Sri Lanka.
Professor Colombage’s appointment follows Dr. Gamani Corea, who was the founder President of the SLEA, Dr. Nimal Sanderatne, Emeritus Chairperson, GCF and Dr. Saman Kelegama, Director, GCF, who served as presidents of the SLEA.
The Sri Lanka Economic Association held its first Council meeting for 2026, at the Headquarters of the Gamani Corea Foundation, on February 21, 2026.
R.G Samadhi Pabasara, from the North Western Province, is our feature for the month, for the Freda Corea Awards 2025