Balapan machala, meravin silva ge anigaamikayo godak bihiwennai yanne
Meke eththa neththa man hariyatama dan ne. Matath meka email 1kin aawe. Onna man eke thibuna ewa ehemama paste kala
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/9/19536_space.html
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Dr. Geethanjana Mendis is the chairman and trustee of Medicina Alternativa (MA) founded by the late Prof. Anton Jayasuriya and a top man in the Open International University for Complementary Medicine (OIUCM) affiliated to MA. The trust itself is under a cloud as many counter claims have been made that various persons are the inheritors of the legal status to both these institutions... In fact it was Mendis who was instrumental in getting Mervyn Silva a cap and a gown and a prefix of 'Dr.' before his name.
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2008/1/23609_space.html
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bogus 'institution' (actually it is only a group of few people) that has conferred so many doctorates is the Open International University for Complementary Medicine, Sri Lanka. This is the 'institution' that conferred the doctorate to 'Dr. Mervin Silva'.
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080817/News/sundaytimesnews_23.html
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A large number of private educational institutions have come up in recent years, and some of these institutions have been awarding honorary titles without any kind of government endorsement or approval.
Meanwhile, the Institute of Alternative Medicine, which awarded Minister Mervyn Silva a doctorate in 2003, defended its decision to bestow the title, saying it was given in recognition of Mr. Silva’s contribution to social service and his own rise in public life, despite coming from an underprivileged background. Minister Silva’s doctorate was awarded by the institute’s then president, the late Dr. Anton Jayasuriya.“He [Minister Silva] started out as a nobody,” said Dr. Geetanjana Mendis, who serves on the faculty of the Institute of Alternative Medicine. “He rose from being a town councillor to being a Provincial Council member, and then a Provincial Council minister, and then a Member of Parliament. He has also done a lot of work for the people.”
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