Jayadeva de Silva is a Management Consultant and Trainer .He operates from Colombo ,SriLanka. He authored the book Humantalents Management and founded Humantalents International

1. Jayadeva de Silva
Capacity Building / Training Specialist
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. PROPOSED POSITION
FOR THIS PROJECT : Capacity Building / Training Specialist
2. NAME : Muthumuni Upali Jayadeva de Silva
3. DATE OF BIRTH : 1949-10-01
4. NATIONALITY : Sri Lankan
5. PERSONAL ADDRESS : 73/3, St Catherine Park, Horahena Road, Hokandara East.
TELEPHONE NO : 077 7272295
-E-MAIL ADDRESS : djayadeva@gmail.com
Website : http://www.geocities.com/jayadeva_de_silva/
6. EDUCATION Masters' Degree in Science 1975, Moscow Lumumba University
U.S.S.R.
Diploma in Personnel Management, 1982, National Institute of
Business management, Sri Lanka (N.I.B.M)
7. OTHER TRAINING Diploma in Russian Language 1975, Moscow Lumumba University
U.S.S.R.
ILO Fellowship on Training Systems Design in the Republic of
Belarus - 1990
Stanford University & National University of Singapore - Joint
Programme on General Management-1992
Attended Training in Quality Management in Japan in 1998
Train the Trainer Programme ( Nov. 1990) Conducted by International
Labour Organization (ILO) and the Employers Federation of Ceylon
(EFC).
8. LANGUAGE & DEGREE OF
PROFICIENCY : Write Speak Read
English : Excellent Excellent Excellent
Sinhala : Excellent Excellent Excellent
Russian Good Good Good
9. MEMBERSHIP IN
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES Member of the British Institute of Management, (London) (MBIM)
Fellow of the Institute of Personnel Management (Sri Lanka) (FIPM)
Fellow of the Institute of Training & Development(SriLanka) (FITD)
10. COUNTRIES OF WORK
EXPERIENCE : Sri Lanka,
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2. Jayadeva de Silva
Capacity Building / Training Specialist
11. EMPLOYMENT RECORD :
FROM March 2003 : To date
EMPLOYER : Humantalants Unlimited
POSITION HELD& SUMMARY Principal Consultant/Director
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Undertake Research, Consultancy, and Training of private sector companies,
government and local government agencies, and NGOs & INGO’s in the areas
of Human Resources Management and Development.
Duties attended included;
• Lead the consultancy team for the formulation of a Policy for Tertiary
Education in Sri Lanka under the Skills Development Project (ADB funded
project)
• Lead consultant for Competency Profiling of Alpha Orient Lanka Ltd.
(Member of Alpha Group UK)
• Conducted training on Strategic Planning for the entire Colombo Municipal
Council Members including the Mayor and also the officials of the
Colombo Municipal Council.
• Conducted training on Communication for Provincial Councillors of Sri
Lanka (about 100 participants)
• Conducted a Training Needs Assessment for the Colombo Municipal
Council Officers with respect to proposed Urban Agriculture Project
(Canadian assisted project)
• Conducted HRD audit and study of organizational effectiveness for
INGO- Action Aid Sri Lanka
• Conducted Staff training at Institute of Human Rights (IHR)
• Conducted staff training for CARE International
• Conducted staff training for over 25 private sector companies
• Designed certificate course in HRD for IPM (SriLanka)
• Validated several Diploma and Certificate programmes of IPM, SLFI and
IITM, University of Peradeniya
FROM January 1996 : To March 2003
EMPLOYER : Browns Group of Companies, Sri Lanka.
POSITION HELD & SUMMARY Director, Human Resources
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES :
Responsible for formulation and Implementation of HR Policies of the entire
group of companies consisting of over 10 companies employing over 3000
persons.
FROM 1988 : To1996
EMPLOYER : Hayleys Group of Companies, Sri Lanka
POSITION HELD & SUMMARY : Group Human Resources Development Manager
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Responsible for Identification of Training Needs and implementation of Training
& Communication Strategies and Interventions for the entire group of
companies consisting of over 100 companies employing over 30,000 personal.
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3. Jayadeva de Silva
Capacity Building / Training Specialist
Member of the Working Group (World Bank Appointed) which studied the
training systems of several countries which lead to the setting up of Skills
Development Fund in Sri Lanka.
Conducted strategic planning sessions for member companies of Hayleys
Group
FROM 1985 : To 1988
EMPLOYER : Browns Group of Companies, Sri Lanka.
POSITION HELD & SUMMARY : Group Personnel Officer
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Assist the Director Human Resources in all day to day HRM & HRD & PR
related activities of the group of companies.
FROM 1980 : To 1985
EMPLOYER : Usha Industries Limited, Sri Lanka
POSITION HELD & SUMMARY : Personnel Manager
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Responsible for the HR & PR functions of the Company employing over 300
personal.
FROM 1979 : To 1980
EMPLOYER : Lanka Textile Accessories Limited, Sri Lanka
POSITION HELD & SUMMARY : Administrative Manager
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Responsible for General Administration of 3 factories of the Company.
FROM 1976 : To 1979
EMPLOYER : Sri Lanka Sugar Corporation
POSITION HELD & SUMMARY : Research and Development Executive
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Carried out Research and Development in the areas of Sugar Cane Cultivation
FROM 1975 : To 1976
EMPLOYER : University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
POSITION HELD : Member of the Academic Staff
12. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS : Resource
Person – MBA programme of University of Southern
Queensland, Australia (ICASL)
Resource Person-ICFAI University India MBA Programme
Visiting Lecturer - (Industrial Relations & Workplace Counselling) for
Diploma in Counselling Programme of SriLanka Foundation Institute
Faculty Member (HRM & HRD) for M.Sc in Management –Post
Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya
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4. Jayadeva de Silva
Capacity Building / Training Specialist
Faculty Member of the National Diploma in Human Resource
Management, IPM (SriLanka)
Faculty Member Institute of Management (SriLanka)
Visiting Lecturer – (OB & HR) for B.Sc., University of Ruhuna
Studied the Skill Development Systems in Singapore, Indonesia,
Mauritius & Australia.
13. SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS : Wrote the book “Human Talents Management” introducing a new
leadership theory
Founded International e learning Group humantalents &
HRSriLanka
14. SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
 Why People Stay Away from Work - 'Hayley News' January 1990.
 What an Employer looks for in a Young Graduate? ALGSG News
Letter: Issue No. 1 August 1991.
 Companies Training Programmes- Summary Report of the
Proceedings of the National Meeting on Human Resources
Development Through Dual Training - 1991.
 Managing People's Talents - The Island 23.05.92.
 Quality is in People - PIM Conference on Management Studies
1992.
 Art of Strategic Management & Thinking International Institute of
Strategic Management Conference - Colombo 1993.
 Human Resources Development for small & Medium Scale
Industry in the Private Sector 93 -Paper presented at a Seminar
organised by the Institute of Chemistry of Ceylon.
 "Creativity Techniques for improving Quality Circle Activities". -
National Quality Circle Convention 1995.
 Counselling - A Method to Understand Your Employees" - IPM-
News Letter- Vol. I Sec.VIII 1995
 Cogniculture as a New Tool for Business Development - Paper
presented at the Golden Jubilee of the Sri-Lanka Association for
the Advancement of Science 1995.
 A Diagnostic Chart for Human Resource Managers"- IPM - News
Letter - Vol. I Sec.XVII 1996.
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