Profile

Savinda is the project manager for regional youth project of UNDP Asia-Pacific–Youth Co: Lab, which empower youth to create SDG solutions through social innovation and entrepreneurship. He is also the manager for Regional Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP), bringing youth, ecosystem partners and governments together for urgent climate action.

He was born in Sri Lanka and now reside in Bangkok, Thailand. Savinda is a Civil Engineering graduate from Moratuwa University Sri Lanka, he also possesses charted qualifications in Management and Marketing and a Diploma in Buddhism. He worked as an Environmental Engineer at Brandix ltd. and as a lecturer at Achievers and Wizma Business Schools.

He has engaged in the development sector over a decade through his engagement with AIESEC, ADB, UNICEF, UNEP, UNV, UNESCAP and UNDP. Savinda also initiated five start-ups on diverse fields and his passion is to support start up ecosystem in Asia Pacific Region.