{"id":2299,"date":"2023-11-25T16:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T11:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10034\/?page_id=2299"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:25:44","slug":"about-us-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/about-us-en\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2299\" class=\"elementor elementor-2299\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f805e54 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"f805e54\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac9fb06\" data-id=\"ac9fb06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfae3be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfae3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading 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640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f353b27\" data-id=\"f353b27\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7e7e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_title\" data-id=\"7e7e7e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_title clr cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h4>Our Vision<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b29404f elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_title\" data-id=\"3b29404f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_title clr cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><p>A productive Provincial Development Planning process for the sake of National Development<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-442e7c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_title\" data-id=\"442e7c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_title clr cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h4>Our Mission<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tN.G. Dayarathna\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeputy Chief Secretary <br>(Planning)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d809632 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d809632\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fab3eb8\" data-id=\"fab3eb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dabd94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_title\" data-id=\"3dabd94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_title clr cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline tac\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 4px; color: #bc8d00; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500;\">MEMBERS<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17e5077 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_title\" data-id=\"17e5077\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_title clr cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_ba_line cz_title_pos_inline tac\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Team<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"cz_title_line cz_line_after_title\"><span>_<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f92fd3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f92fd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1ac5fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1ac5fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f6b28a elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_team\" data-id=\"7f6b28a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team mb30 clr cz_team_always_show cz_svg_bg cz_team_2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;600&#39;%20height=&#39;600&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20600%20600&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.14-PM-1-600x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-codevz_600_600 size-codevz_600_600 wp-image-5873\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.14-PM-1-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.14-PM-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"cz_team_social cz_social clr tac cz_tooltip cz_tooltip_up\"><div class=\"cz_team_social_in\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"cz-facebook\" data-title=\"Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cz_team_content cz_wpe_content\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0R.M.W.D. Rathnayake<\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Director (Planning)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6a433 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a6a433\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-226bc51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_team\" data-id=\"226bc51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team mb30 clr cz_team_always_show cz_svg_bg cz_team_2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;1024&#39;%20height=&#39;1024&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%201024%201024&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.16-PM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5874\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.16-PM.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.16-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.16-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.16-PM-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.16-PM-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.16-PM-600x600.jpeg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"cz_team_social cz_social clr tac cz_tooltip cz_tooltip_up\"><div class=\"cz_team_social_in\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"cz-facebook\" data-title=\"Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cz_team_content cz_wpe_content\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">K.B.D.B Dissanayake<\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Deputy Director (Planning)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8b4d74 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8b4d74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd1fb17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_team\" data-id=\"bd1fb17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team mb30 clr cz_team_always_show cz_svg_bg cz_team_2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;1024&#39;%20height=&#39;1024&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%201024%201024&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.15-PM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5875\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.15-PM.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.15-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.15-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.15-PM-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.15-PM-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-01-at-2.44.15-PM-600x600.jpeg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"cz_team_social cz_social clr tac cz_tooltip cz_tooltip_up\"><div class=\"cz_team_social_in\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"cz-facebook\" data-title=\"Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cz_team_content cz_wpe_content\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">H.G.T.S. Darmasena<\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Assistant Director\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07738b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07738b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad75ad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_team\" data-id=\"ad75ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team mb30 clr cz_team_always_show cz_svg_bg cz_team_2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_team_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;250&#39;%20height=&#39;250&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20250%20250&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/team-placeholder-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5828\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/team-placeholder-1.png 250w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/team-placeholder-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/team-placeholder-1-12x12.png 12w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><div class=\"cz_team_social cz_social clr tac cz_tooltip cz_tooltip_up\"><div class=\"cz_team_social_in\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"cz-facebook\" data-title=\"Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cz_team_content cz_wpe_content\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0H.B.I. Herath<\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Statistician<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us WHO WE ARE? _ Our Vision A productive Provincial &#8230; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2299","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":112,"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5881,"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2299\/revisions\/5881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plandept.nc.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}