Sri Lanka Engineering Council of Sri Lanka (ECSL) which was established to maintain professional standards and conduct of engineering practitioners in Sri Lanka, appointed Eng. Tilak De Silva as the Chairman.
Tilak De Silva has more than 34 years of experience in the IT and Communication fields. He has gained multi-disciplinary exposure in the fields of engineering, Information Technology and global telecom business; he has held the key positions of Head of IT, Chief Global Officer, Chief Network Officer, Advisor to CEO on Technology Strategies and at Chief Business Innovation Officer of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT). He has also held the position of CEO SLT Hong Kong which was a subsidiary of SLT.
He is a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT Professional. He has held the prestigious national figure of President of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) in the year 2013. He has gained the professional memberships of FIE (SL), FIET (UK), FBCS (UK) and SMIEEE (USA).

