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Tara was the Secretary to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Sri Lanka. At the ministry, she led three Presidential Task Forces on Gen…
Hi there,
Thank you so much for stopping by and for your interest in what we do.
With our 2026A batch now successfully wrapped up, we’ve decided to hit the pause button on new student enrollments for a little while.
Instead of jumping straight into a new batch, we want to step back, look at the big picture, and ask ourselves some honest questions about how we can serve our youth and our country even better.
🔹 Our Model
Is our current way of doing things truly the best path forward for our students?
🔹 Our Place
Is Bandaragama the right location?
🔹 Our Focus
Are we meeting the needs of the right age group (18–25), or should we adapt?
We know we can’t answer these questions in a vacuum. We want to talk to as many people, communities, and thinkers as possible. If you care about education, have a budding idea, or just want to lend some intellectual brainpower to the mix, we would honestly love to hear from you.
🟢[ Join our discussion group and think through this with us]
We will be back soon and resume operations in early 2027, stronger and more focused than before.
Thank you!.
– The Avinya Team
Tara was the Secretary to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Sri Lanka. At the ministry, she led three Presidential Task Forces on General Education, University Education, and Tertiary & Vocational Education. She also served two terms as a member of the Board of the Commonwealth of Learning, in Vancouver.
Since 2016, Tara has assisted in designing programs for introducing mindfulness-based initiates for values, ethics, integrity, and respect for diversity to schools across the island. In 2019, she received the “Sikhamani” award from the Government of Sri Lanka for service to the nation. Presently, she is a member of the Global Consultative Group of Mindfulness initiative in the UK.
Tara has an M.Phil. from the University of London, and an M.D. from the University of Colombo.