The ceremony of taking over duties in the office of Additional District Secretary, by Mrs K.N. Kaushalya has taken place amidst Sethpirith Sajjayana at the District Secretariat, Colombo on 17th, August 2023.She was held the position of Divisional Secretary, Matara prior to assuming this position.

Mrs. Kaushalya was appointed to this post after the transfer of former Additional District Secretary, Mr. Sampath Idamgodage.

Mrs. K.N. Kaushalya Kumari, an alumnus of Devi Balika Girls School, Colombo was sworn in as a lawyer, 2002 after graduated from the Law faculty in the Open University and the Sri Lanka Law College as well.She has also earned  a degree of  Public Management(Bsc) from the University of Sri jayawardhanapura and degree in Economics (Bachelor Of Arts) from the Univerdity of Ruhuna. She is infact a clever and capable public officer with a service experince of 27 years. After having entered through an Open Competitive Examination in to the Sri lanka Administrative Service, 2006, she has got the first appointment as an Assistant Director, Public Finance Department in the Treasury.

Subsequently, while serving as the Assistant Divisional Secretary, Puhulwella and the Divisional Secretary of Pasgoda, Mulatiyana and Matara, she was lucky enough to hold the office of Additional District Secretary within a short period of time as a result of displaying the ability and competency in management of official duties in all sorts.The father and mother of Mrs. Kaushala were held posts of Estate Superintendent and School Principlal respectively.

 - Colombo District Media Unit –