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Dr. Stanley Weeraratne, an agricultural graduate of the University of Ceylon, completed his PhD at Wye College of the University of London in 1972. In 1980 he was appointed Professor and Head, Dept. of Agronomy, Ruhuna University Sri Lanka. Later he joined the Univ. of South Pacific and after a few years he was appointed a Soil Fertility and Microbiology Specialist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Subsequently Dr. Weeraratna was appointed Professor and Head, Dept. of Soils and Water Resources Management, of the Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and later he was appointed Chairman of Sugarcane Research Institute of Sri Lanka. He was elected Chairman of Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum a few years ago and at present is a member of the forum.