Kathikava is a series of webinars carried out by the National Movement for Social Justice every Sunday from 5-7 pm (IST). These have been conducted almost every Sunday since November 29, 2020 on contemporary topics with contributions from experts or stakeholders related to each topic. The topic, the list of panelists and a full video of each is made available here.
Kathika #216 : The problem of Unemployed Graduates
රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරීන්ගේ ගැටළුව (පැලැස්තර විසඳුම්වලින් ඔබ්බට) | Mar 02, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1566023300768239
OPEN DISSCUSSION MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Vithanage
PANEL:
Dr. Sujata Gamage, Co-Founder and Director General TVEC (Former), Education Forum Sri Lanka
Kathika #215 : Budget 2025
මෙවර අයවැය | Feb 23 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1566023300768239
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Ms. Rehana Thowfeek, Economist Independent
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Chairman, LIRNEasia
Kathika #214 : Proposed changes for Provincial Council Act
පළාත් සභා පනත සඳහා යෝජිත වෙනස්කම් | Feb 16 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1162626181897429
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. Shiral Lakthilaka, Attorney-at-Law, Independent
Mr. K. A. Thilakarathne, Former Secretary, North Central Provincial Council
Kathika #213 : Farmers’ Grievance, Price of rice and the Future of agriculture
ගොවි ජනතාවගේ මැසිවිල්ල වෙළෙඳ පොලේ සහල් මිල සහ කෘෂි ආර්ථිකයේ හෙට දවස | Feb 09 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/627202943192882
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Withanage
PANEL:
Senior Prof. Buddhi Marambe, University of Peradeniya
Mr. Ananda Rajapakshe, President, Polonnaruwa Egg Rice Products and Services Association
Kathika #212 : Ministry Oversight Committees – What, Where from and Whither
අමාත්‍යාංශ අධීක්ෂණ කමිටු කුමක්ද? කොහෙන්ද? කොතැනටද? | Feb 02 , 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Prof. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri, Department of History, University of Colombo
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
Kathika #211 : Electricity bill will Increase or Decrease? ( PUCSL Recommendations and Responces)
විදුලි බීල දැල්වෙයිද? නිවෙයිද? (මහජන උපයෝගීතා කොමිසමේ නිර්දේශ සහ ලැබෙන ප්‍රතිචාරයන්හී යුක්ති යුක්ත බව) | Jan 19 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1358239882078604
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Vithanage
PANEL:
Dr. Pradeep Perera, Energy Consultant
Ms. Janaki Vithanagama, Former Secretary, PUCSL
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia
Kathika #210 : How should Sri Lanka manage Global power pressures
ජාත්‍යන්තර බලවතුන්ගේ බලපෑම් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කළමනාකරණය කරගත යුත්තේ කෙසේද? | Jan 19 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/628376686316909
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harindra B Dasanayake
PANEL:
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Dr. Chulani Attanayake, Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
Dr. George Cooke, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)
Kathika #209 : Requirement and Path for the “Clean Sri Lanka”
“Clean Sri Lanka” අවශ්‍යතාවය සහ ඒ සඳහා යොමුවිය යුතු ආකාරය | Jan 12 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1785461435535618
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Avanthi Jayathilake, Managing Director, EML Consultants PLC
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
Mr. Nimal Premathilaka, Waste Management Specialist
Kathika #208 : Towards a Public Service that is not a Burden on the Country
රටට බරක් නොවන රාජ්‍ය සේවයක් උදෙසා ගත යුතු මග | Dec 05 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/569720319233262
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Mr. Austin Fernando, Secretary (Former), Office of the President
Ms. Swarna Sumanasekera, Ministry secretary (Former)
Mr. Rajith Keerthi Thennekoon, Governor (Former,) Provincial Council, Uva, Southern and Central
Kathika #207 : Committee System in a Parliament with a super majority
අධි බහුතර ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයක් ඇති පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක කමිටු ක්‍රමය සාර්ථක කරගැනීමේ අභියෝගය | Dec 15, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1343935166771582
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Withanage
PANEL:
Mr. Patali Champika Ranawaka, Former MP, SJB, Parliament of Sri Lanka
Mr. Ajith Mannapperuma, Former MP, SJB, Parliament of Sri Lanka
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
