Sri Lankan-born CEO and Co-Founder of Regent Group, a diverse educational group based in London which offers education, skills and training development as well as consulting services to both the private and public sectors, Dr. Selva Pankaj and his wife have been recently granted Sri Lankan citizenship which was facilitated through the High Commission on the UK.
“This is being done as a step towards welcoming overseas Sri Lankans towards the country’s development,” said Sri Lankan High Commissioner in the UK, Rohitha Bogollagama at the Global Unity Dinner (GUD), an annual event spearheaded by Regent Group at The Dorchester Hotel.
He thanked Dr. Pankaj for the launch of the” Public Learn Education Platform” which guides users to free courses from the world’s top universities, in Sri Lanka on June 13 under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The Global Unity Dinner serves as a focal point for encouraging unity, peace, and understanding across different nations and communities and was hosted by and was hosted by Dr. Selva Pankaj. Addressing the event Bogollagama affirmed the commitment of the Government of Sri Lanka headed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to foster development in the country through reconciliation. He shared the message of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s initiatives to reach out to the overseas Sri Lankan community to embrace the message of reconciliation, equality and equity.
Dr. Selva Pankaj and Tharshiny Pankaj offered their reflections on the necessity of unity and peace. Dr. Selva Pankaj spoke of his early life growing up in Sri Lanka and traveling to the UK in 1990 at the age of 19. Alluding to the official launch of the “Public Learn Education Platform” in Sri Lanka, he highlighted that the way forward to engage with Sri Lanka is through forgiveness.