Wijaya Godakumbura

Dr Wijaya Godakumbura
Born Pelmadulla Ratnapura District Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Education Pelmadulla Central College Pelmadulla
Nalanda College Colombo
Ceylon Medical College
Known for Surgeon
Founder of Safe bottle lamp Foundation
Title Vidya Jyothi
Religion Buddhist

Vidya Jyothi Dr Wijaya Godakumbura is the President of Safe bottle lamp Foundation and was a Surgeon in Sri Lanka.

Early life

Wijaya was born in Pelmadulla in Ratnapura District. He passed his advanced level with high marks in 1959 from Nalanda College Colombo and entered Ceylon Medical College to study medicine. In 1964 he completed Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and passed out as a doctor. while at Nalanda, Wijaya excelled in sport such as athletic and football.

Career

Later in 1970s he went to United Kingdom for further studies and training. After being specialized in the treatment of Burns, Wijaya returned to Sri Lanka and worked as a Surgeon in many hospitals.

Invention of Safe Bottle Lamp

After seeing and treating many patients who had burn injuries due to unsafe kerosine bottle lamps he developed the Safe Bottle Lamp in 1992. He established the Safe bottle lamp foundation in 1998 after winning the Rolex Awards for Enterprise.[1]

Then in 2009 his development won the first place in The World Challenge competition held in The Hague Netherlands.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wijaya Godakumbura 1998 Laureate, Science & Health Sri Lanka
  2. ↑ Safe and small wins the race


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