H. Neville Sepala Karunatilake (1930 – 24 January 2010) was a

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n economist and civil servant. He was the former

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of the

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.Dr. H N S Karunatilake, the Former Governor of the Central Bank, Passed Away
/ref> Born to Ariyaratna Karunatileke and Neeta Freeda Karunatileke, his father was a land settlement officer in the Land Department. He received his primary education at St Thomas Preparatory College, Kollupitiy, and secondary education at

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. Thereafter he gained a scholarship to

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, graduating in 1951 with a BA special degree in economics. Later he gained an MSc in economics from the

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on a Colombo Plan scholarship and an

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and MA in economics from

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in on a Fulbright Research Fellowship. He went on to gain his

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in economics from the

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. After graduating from University of Ceylon, he served as a tutor until he joined the Central Bank of Ceylon in 1952 and was appointed director of Economic Research in 1975. In 1978, he was appointed Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank. From 1988 to 1992 he served as the governor of the Central Bank. He was president of the

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(Sri Lanka Branch),

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(Sri Lanka Chapter), Sri Lanka Economic Association, and was the first editor of the ''Sri Lanka Economic Journal''. He served in the board of governors of the Trinity College and St Thomas Preparatory College. Karunatilake authored 17 books on economics and banking in Sri Lanka and more than 150 articles published in local and foreign journals.

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Life and times of Dr. H.N.S. KarunatilakeDr. H. N. S. Karunatilake commemorative lecture
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karunatilake, H.N.S. 1930 births 2010 deaths Sri Lankan economists Governors of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy Alumni of the University of Ceylon Alumni of the London School of Economics Sinhalese civil servants Alumni of S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Kollupitiya Harvard Kennedy School alumni

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