Sri Lanka challenged globally due to economic and political stability, witnessed one of its true sons-Deshamanya Suri Rajan been awarded the coveted Rotary “Service above self” award, which is an award given to a selected group of 150 outstanding people, chosen among the globe of 1.3 million Rotarians who have given their life to ‘serving humanity’ and are examples for others to follow.

Hailing from the hill capital- Kandy, Suri Rajan is a respected philanthropist from the Rotary Club of Kandy, who went onto become the Rotary Governor for Sri Lanka in 2009-2010. Over the years he has greatly contributed towards the Rotary Foundation to address the key humanitarian issues globally, be it eradicating polio, malaria or cervical cancer, giving pure water to communities, or educating the poor, to name a few. He now belongs to an exclusive community of Rotarian called Arch Klump Society members.  Deshamanya Suri was also on the central committee of Rotary for ‘Stopping the Spread of Covid-19 virus’ that won a global award by Rotary International.

Chairman of Sun Match Company (Pvt) Ltd that manufacture the leading brand of Safety matches in Sri Lanka - SOORYA, is today a diversified conglomerate based out of Kandy in the areas of exports, Hauliage, Education, Importers of industrial chemicals and lately launched an online trading company that has made the company contemporary. Speaking on his achievement Deshamanya Suri Rajan commented that ‘ we pass through  this life once and what we can do when we can, must be done now.”

Photo Caption : Deshamanya Suri Rajan being handed over the Rotary “Service above self “award by the Rotary Governor  for Sri Lanka and Maldives for 2021/ 2022 Aruni Malalasekera