Nilupa Ranaweera Has bagged American Global Excellent Award for Experienced and Qualified Broadcast Engineering Professional

Nilupa Ranaweera is a highly experienced and qualified engineering professional with more than 25 years of broadcasting experience in Sri Lanka. Of this experience, 20 years have been at higher managerial positions. He is currently working as the Group Director - Engineering at EAP Broadcasting Company Limited, which is one of the largest media organizations in Sri Lanka.

Nilupa was also a pioneering engineering force behind other well-known media organizations in Sri Lanka, where he joined at early stages and set up the engineering practice, almost ground up. Closer examination of his achievements over the years shows that most of those were made in high stress environments that required a unique blend of technical and soft skills. 

He attributes his technical success to hands-on detailed oriented approach and his willingness to absorb latest innovative technology related to his field. He has a sharp analytical mind to troubleshoot and diagnose a fault and is not afraid to get into the trenches with his team. When combined with high integrity, willingness to collaborate with all stakeholders, driven by excellent interpersonal communication and project management & financial management skills, make Nilupa a well-respected professional in the industry.  

His expertise & professional interests focus on Broadcast System Designing & System Administration, IP based broadcast & Transmission solutions, Satellite & TVRO system design, ICT solution design including Storage & Network security systems, Digital Broadband system design & integration, Mobile interactive system design & outside Broadcast Solution Design & integration. In addition, he has in depth knowledge of terrestrial TV & radio transmission network designing and deployments using field coverage study.

• Awarded the praiseworthy title of “Asia's Outstanding Broadcast Engineering and technology Award” for the year 2020/2021 under the category of “Asia's Technology Awards”, by the Chamber of Asia Awards for the tremendous contribution to the Broadcast industry. The Asia Awards is the Asia’s number one International brand & leadership awards powered by Rula International Awards.
• Participant from Sri Lanka among 22 participants from 12 countries around the world for the “Radio and Television Seminar for Senior Managers” organized & sponsored by State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) of China in 2009.
• Member of the Media delegation team to the People's Republic of China on the invitation of Foreign Affairs Ministry in China and organized by the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka in 2003. (Visited to mass media institutions in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tibet) 

•  Member of the Media delegation team to the People's Republic of China on the invitation of Foreign Affairs Ministry in China and organized by the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka in 2003. (Visited to mass media institutions in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tibet) 

• Member of the Media delegation team to China on the invitation of All-China Youth Federation in 2008. (Visited to Olympic venues, China Radio International, Beijing Planning exhibition hall, Hydropower station, Qingzang Railway company, Tibetian Medicine Museum, etc.. in Beijing and Xining)

The American Awards

When speaking about the award, Nilupa in his own words;

“I am humbled & honored by this Award and I consider it the pinnacle of my career to date. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the American Awards and its accredited body, the United Research Council for selecting me for this precious Award. 

I would also like to thank the EAP Broadcasting Co. group management and my team & all the colleagues I have worked with in my career. You are part of my success.”

The globally recognized award of “American Global Excellent Award for experienced and qualified Broadcast Engineering Professional” is a token of appreciation and recognition of Nilupas’ illustrious professional career. 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology - UK (MIET – # 1100758168)
• Corporate Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers- USA (MIEEE - # 94389100)
• Member of IEEE Broadcast Technology Society (BTS)
• Professional Member of the British Computer Society, Chartered Institute for IT - UK (MBCS- # 995006375)
• Professional Member of the Engineering New Zealand (M. Eng-NZ - # 1164317)
• Associate Member of Institute of Incorporated Engineers in Sri Lanka (AMIIESL - # Z 2248)
• Professional Member of Information Systems Audit & Control Association – USA (ISACA #1216657)
• Professional Member of Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) - USA
• Member of Society of Broadcast Engineers, The association for Broadcast & Multimedia Technology Professionals – (SBE-USA)

WORK EXPERIENCE 

• Group Director Engineering for EAP Broadcasting Company; Colombo Communication Limited; VIS Broadcasting; M G M R Network Private Limited - (Since June 2020 up to date)
• Director Engineering (Hiru TV), Asia Broadcasting Corporation (Private) Limited - (From April 2011 to June, 2020)
• Head of Engineering & Operations. (Both Max Television and Max Radio) of MGM Networks (Private) Limited - (Since April 2006 to April, 2011)
• Field Engineer at Navini Networks, Inc 2240 Campbell Creek Blvd, Suite 110 Richardson, Texas 75082, USA. (From May, 2004 to July, 2006)
• Visiting Instructor/ Lecturer of the Electrical Department at Institute of Engineering Technology (IET), Katunayake - (From September, 1999 to December, 2005)
• Manager-Engineering at ART Television Broadcasting Company (Pvt.) Ltd., which is a member of IWS Holdings. ( From July, 2003 to April 2004)
• Technical officer/ Engineer -Dynavision Broadcasting Company (Pvt.) Ltd - (From January 1998 to July 2003)