{"id":174,"date":"2025-03-13T08:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2025-03-13T08:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:07:12","slug":"athula-karunanayake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/athula-karunanayake\/","title":{"rendered":"Athula Karunanayake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Scientific knowledge and innovation are the driving forces behind accurate weather forecasting and climate resilience. As the Director General of the Meteorology Department, I deeply appreciate the role of the Sri Lanka College of State Scientists in fostering scientific excellence across multiple disciplines. This institution brings together experts dedicated to research, innovation, and evidence-based decision-making, which are essential for national development. I am proud to be associated with an organization that champions scientific advancement for the benefit of society.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mr. A.K. Karunanayake<br>Director General, Meteorology Department, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Scientific knowledge and innovation are the driving forces behind accurate weather forecasting and climate resilience. As the Director General of the Meteorology Department, I deeply appreciate the role of the Sri Lanka College of State Scientists in fostering scientific excellence across multiple&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-174","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slcss.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}