{"id":6821,"date":"2025-08-08T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/alpha\/?page_id=6821"},"modified":"2025-08-09T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:54:08","slug":"director-general","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/director-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Director General"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6821\" class=\"elementor elementor-6821\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0ea6c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f0ea6c8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49999c04 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49999c04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Preserving Heritage, Inspiring Futures\"<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380eae1a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"380eae1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director General<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd42b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fd42b2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651fe7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"651fe7e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5626d83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5626d83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Director-General.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6928\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Director-General.png 347w, https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Director-General-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c929a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18c929a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0066234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0066234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_message-content_3ffle_2 _message-content--markdown_3ffle_20\"><p>As the Director General, I am pleased to share that the Central Cultural Fund plays a vital role in managing Sri Lanka\u2019s cultural heritage, serving as a valuable resource for the nation through scientific research, conservation, interpretation, development, and promotion of our cultural assets. Our efforts benefit the nation socially, spiritually, educationally, and economically, ensuring that our rich cultural heritage is accessible to all citizens. We are committed to preserving both tangible and intangible cultural heritage for future generations, maintaining its full richness and heritage value.<\/p><p>Since initiating operations in 1980 with six projects under the UNESCO-Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle Program, we have expanded our efforts nationwide, now encompassing over twenty-four projects. Our activities include museum management, publications, marine archaeology, replica production, and laboratory research.<\/p><p>Moving forward, the Central Cultural Fund aims to leverage the latest technologies to enhance the visibility of our country\u2019s rich cultural heritage on an international scale. We are also dedicated to achieving our objectives through capacity building, sustainable employment, rigorous scholarly research, improved information accessibility, and collaboration both nationally and internationally. In addition, we prioritize community-based approaches to heritage protection that align with the nation\u2019s sustainable development goals.<\/p><p>I trust that this institutional website will effectively meet your information needs and foster your engagement with us.<\/p><\/div><h5>Dr. Nilan Cooray<\/h5><p>Director General<br \/>011 250 8964<\/p><p>ccfinform@gmail.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Preserving Heritage, Inspiring Futures&#8221; Director General As the Director General, I am pleased to share that the Central Cultural Fund plays a vital role in managing Sri Lanka\u2019s cultural heritage, serving as a valuable resource for the nation through scientific research, conservation, interpretation, development, and promotion of our cultural assets. Our efforts benefit the nation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/director-general\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Director General&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6821","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6821"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6940,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6821\/revisions\/6940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}