Draft:Anna Weerakoon Karunatilleke

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Declined by DoubleGrazing 8 months ago. Last edited by 112.134.198.25 3 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Submission declined on 4 March 2024 by Dan arndt (talk).

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Comment: See also Draft:Sri Lanka's First Female Marine Engineer and Draft:Kim10. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:40, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Comment: Also created here Draft:Sri Lanka's First Female Marine Engineer and rejected. Theroadislong (talk) 09:25, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Comment: Fails WP:ANYBIO, requires significant coverage in multiple independent reliable secondary sources. LinkedIn and YouTube are not acceptable sources. Dan arndt (talk) 09:24, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Comment: Please use the tutorial at WP:INTREFVE. Qcne (talk) 09:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Anna Weerakoon Karunatilleke (born; March 12, 1988) was Sri Lanka's first female Marine engineer.^[1] She was the first woman professionally employed as a marine engineer in Sri Lanka. She was also the first female to hold a Class III Engineering Licence in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Early Life and Education

An only child, Anna Weerakoon Karunatilleke was born to Senior lecturer Dr A.D.W Karunatilleke and Tatiana Goloshapova on March 12th, 1988, in Moscow, Russia. She studied in Sri Lanka from the young age of 6 years. She gained her maritime education in CINEC (Colombo International and Nautical Colledge) in 2009, and graduated in 2013. She then entered PIM (Postgraduate Institute of SriJayawardhanapura) and completed her MBA (Master in Business Administration). [1]

Professional Career

She worked onboard a ship in the capacity of a marine engineer and was the first woman to be sent onboard from Sri Lanka to work on foreign vessels in this capacity. [2]

Personal Life Anna Weerakoon Karunatilleke married Lalaka K Gonagala, the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Gonagala on 11 July 2013.

References

^ ^a ^b Dinamana, Newspaper (January 1, 2024). "Women in Maritime". Dinamana.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-w-karunatilleke/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Weerakoon-Karunatilleke

CINEC (2024) Celebrating the journey of Anna Weerakoon Karunatilleke. Publisher CINEC Media. Source: hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWJfrRndeDg

https://en.newswave.lk/45286/

[:0-1] Dinamana, Newspaper (January 1, 2024). "Women in Maritime". Dinamana.

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