We feature below the first segment of a detailed three-phase interview with renowned scholar/veteran theory and practical based knowledge specialist on Lankan heritage, Prof. Nimal de Silva.
He has held many prestigious positions such as being the Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology and supervised many PhD. programs on Archaeology and Traditional Heritage and was instrumental in initiating a postgraduate program on Heritage Studies. He has served as the senior professor in the Faculty of Architecture in the University of Moratuwa, and was the Director for the Centre for Heritage and Cultural Studies as well as the National Design Centre.