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SUMMARY:Ageing Population and Elderly Care in Sri Lanka - Professor K.A.P.
  Siddhisena (University of Colombo\, Sri Lanka)
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DESCRIPTION:Professor K.A. Padmasiri Siddhisena is Emeritus Professor of D
 emography\, University of Colombo. He is one of the pioneers in the field 
 of Demography in Sri Lanka. He was the Founder Head of the Department of D
 emography of the University of Colombo.  In addition\, he served as the Di
 rector of the Demographic Training and Research Unit (DTRU)\, the Director
  of Colombo University Community Extension Centre (CUCEC)\, Acting Dean of
  the Faculty of Arts. He holds B.A. (Hons.) and B.Phil (Hons.) in Economic
 s from University of Colombo\, M.A. in Demography from Australian National
  University (ANU)\, Canberra\, and M.Sc and Ph.D. in Population Planning f
 rom University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. He served as the Founder Secretary
  and the President of the Population Association of Sri Lanka (PASL)\, and
  the editor of Sri Lanka Journal of Population Studies (SLJPS). His teachi
 ng and research spread over a broad range of topics\, including fertility 
 and mortality analysis\, Migration and Urbanization\, Ageing and Elderly C
 are and Population and Development issues. He served as UNFPA and UNDP Con
 sultant to improve the census data in Bangladesh\, Timor Leste and Myanmar
 .  In addition\, he served as a Consultant to several research projects of
  WHO\, ILO\, UN-ESCAP\, World Bank\, IOM and WHO. He has authored more tha
 n 70 articles published in local and international journals.  Prof. Siddhi
 sena also served as Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield\, UK
 \, University of Ryukoku\, Kyoto Japan\, University of Oxford\, UK\, Visit
 ing Senior Fellow of the Royal Society\, London\, ESCAP and UNFPA in Bangk
 ok. He rendered his expertise in the formulation of National Policy on Pop
 ulation and Reproductive Health in Sri Lanka in 1998.\n
LOCATION:HB101\, Sir William Hardy Building Seminar Room\, Department of G
 eography
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