{"id":157917,"date":"2025-09-09T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=157917"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:01:57","slug":"wasanthi-nanayakkara-multifaceted-gigantic-personality-general-manager-tv-derana-news-tv-host-journalist-news-anchor-author-by-sunil-thenabadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wasanthi-nanayakkara-multifaceted-gigantic-personality-general-manager-tv-derana-news-tv-host-journalist-news-anchor-author-by-sunil-thenabadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasanthi Nanayakkara Multifaceted Gigantic Personality, General Manager TV Derana News , TV Host. Journalist. News Anchor, Author. &#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Wasanthi Nanayakkara Multifaceted Gigantic Personality, General Manager TV Derana News , TV Host. Journalist. News Anchor, Author. &#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-75778 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunil-Thenabadu-411x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sunil Thenabadu\" width=\"183\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talkingwasanthi.com\/about-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157920 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/talkingwasanthi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/98162515_3046886588762092_6046582515542523904_n.jpg\" alt=\"Wasanthi Nanayakkara\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/talkingwasanthi.com\/about-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talkingwasanthi.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When describing a multitalented personality in several fields, one considers using terms like\u00a0<b>multipotentialite,&#8221; &#8220;polymath,<\/b>or\u00a0<b>jack of all trades.&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0These terms highlight the individual&#8217;s ability to excel in multiple areas and their diverse skill set. For example, a multipotentiality might be skilled in various fields, while a polymath possesses a broad range of knowledge across different disciplines. A jack of all trades, on the other hand, is someone who can perform a variety of tasks and is adaptable in different situations. These terms can be used in professional contexts to showcase the individual&#8217;s versatility and potential contributions to various fields.\u00a0Such a person is versatile personality Wasanthi Nanayakkara<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Wasanthi Nanayakkara has hailed from Trincomalee district, in the village Kantale,the environment was idolised as it was rich in flora with scenic environment.Her first school among many was Kantale Agrabodhi Maha Vidyalaya.The school was closed when she was in her sixth standard. After which she had attended Polgahawela St.Bernadette Model Maha Vidyalaya in her mother\u2019s native village up to ordinary Level and for her Advanced level had moved to Veyangoda Maha Vidyalaya in the science medium when she had dwelled at her \u2018Loku Thaththa\u2019s\u2019 place. From her younger days many had identified her innate talent to arts had participated in many literary, singing, competitions, at school and all Island levels while excelling in sports activities too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/txO4_qRuwAM?si=LDya0AQk22MiMHz4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her father had been a government servant , an agricultural officer , mother a bank manageress has two siblings one elder sister and one younger brother. As an agricultural officer father has had to inspect many agricultural fields despite objections from mother she had accompanied her father on his field visits.The attachment she had to her father was unprecedented. Owing to the ethnic war which was fiercely fought the family had moved to dwell in Polgahawela particularly for schooling.\u00a0 From her younger days had possessed a passion to pen articles, poems stories which she had shown only to her father whom she regards as her \u2018Hero\u201d, this had been because she was not confident then whether they were up to acceptable ethics. Her father had on some instances enthusiastically had corrected her articles which was in her early days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Wasanthi had worked as a writer in year 1992 for the Divaina newspaper initially as a regional reporter in Kantale but was able to pass several millstones in her writing career. She currently pen down columns for \u2018Aruna\u2019, one of Sri Lanka\u2019s leading national newspapers and \u2018Rejiniya\u2019 a popular women\u2019s newspaper. Wasanthi \u00a0debut as an author to release her first book \u201cWhen I Was Little\u201d( Punchi Kale Man\u201d), exclusively devoted to her father. Though she wanted to have the book launch much earlier the repeated Covid -19 epidemics prevented. The book was launched with the assistance of the TV Derana staff but unfortunately her beloved father was not living then.Her other writings as \u201cYali Upannami\u201d,\u2019Mata Hithena Heti\u201d, \u201cHeenayak Soya\u2019 were greeted by a majority by which she was evaluated as an applauded author.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wOOgeb-SsOs?si=j5qbAgF8BttkgWtz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">During Wasanthi\u2019s tenure at the Open University she had mentioned as the Colombo Zone was very unfamiliar her father had accompanied her to the University and returned with her to Polgahawela dwelling until she obtained her diploma\u00a0degree.in\u00a0Mass Communication. Wasanthi reminisced that her father had been a strength and shadow to her determined proposed media voyage. Presently Wasanthi is reading for her MASTERS in Mass Communication<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0She had on maturing sent to the \u2018Divaina\u2019 newspaper which to her much disappointed not been published for some time.She reminisced at a television dialog that her first newspaper publication was a verse in the Divaina newspaper by which naturally she was thrilled. Had got the feeling she had conquered the entire world. Wasanthi recollects her media journey had commenced in year 1992 after writing to the \u2018Divaina\u2019 newspaper several articles, had been absorbed as a regional reporter. She has had conveyed her intentions of becoming a media personnel at an age when she was mature enough to think, though many young children of her age had always dreamt of becoming a doctor, engineer or a lawyer. Wasanthi had failed to enter the university but for her intentions to become a media personality had followed a diploma course in Mass Communication at the Open University and Sri Lanka Foundation Institute instead of sitting for the second and third attempts for which consent of her parents was received also as she felt was a waste of time. This she had felt prudent to become a media personality as she had also followed a course in journalism at the BMICH under Professor Sunanda Mahendra, The foundation Wasanthi had also received at the course held at BMICH \u00a0had been very valued for her course at the Open University under competent lecturers.. No one will believe that when she completed her master\u2019s degree in Mass Communication she had been fifty one years old.At the \u2018Divaina\u201d newspaper she had worked as a regional reporter for two years. During her course at the Open university she had read an advertisement that Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation had called for applications for program producers. Under the direction of Professor Sunanda Mahendra she was selected to SLBC by the panel which included Palitha Perera, Director Programs, Hasitha Guneratne a program producer, producer of \u2018Handa Mama\u2019 program Sumana Jayatilleke all of them were renowned personalities. At SLBC Wasanthi had been selected as an external employee while still working at the \u201cDivaina\u201d newspaper. Her career she set foot upon \u00a0as a radio announcer at the esteemed Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 1992.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2f15CszTzK4?si=5dnbmghyggOkUi9p\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cMe Ape Kalayai\u201d , \u201cAmmawarune\u201d , \u201cLiya Madala\u201d , \u201cSubhasmini Aara\u201d were a few of the many Programmes that she presented and steered during her stint spent at the SLBC.\u00a0Thereafter, conquering the Television Screen was made increasingly special for Wasanthi as of the fact that , her first ever involvement with a television was through Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation ; for the Programme \u201cKiyawana Nuwana\u201d produced by G.M Senaratne and Presented by Professor Sunanda Mahendra.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Subsequently, she \u00a0had got the opportunity to show her expertise via the Programme \u201cKanda Malla\u201d between the Years 93 and 94.<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was during this era an advertisement had appeared inviting presenters to the newly established \u201cSwarnavahini\u201d television channel. During that era Wasanthi had said entering to the media was difficult unlike at present as the opportunity arose through family affiliations or via bonds. Wasanthi has had no person in her generation who had been attached to any media institution. Wasanthi believed the criteria for her qualifying was only as her father being a government agricultural officer and to a lesser extent her family background. When she was summoned for the interview at \u2018Swarnavahini.\u2019 there had been five hundred and ten applicants present. She had been. excessively frightened as there had been already known \u00a0Rasadari.Pieris and Indika Upamali who were familiar personalities in television channels. She had told her father who escorted her that this will not be triumphant, lets go, father too had agreed but had whispered \u2018now that we have come better face it. The interview panel comprised of gigantic media personalities as Chandana Suriyarachchi, HD Premaratne, Rosman Senaratne etc had asked her sundry questions for which she had answered adequately \u00a0As she was a native of Kantale she was asked to relate as a \u2018news\u2019 the breakage of the Kantale lake during the LTTE conflict era which had impressively spoken as she knew the story for which the panel had been contented. After two weeks Wasanthi had received a letter saying she had passed the preliminary interview at the \u00a0Swarnawahini in 1997, as a presenter, news anchor, co-producer and an assistant video editor. Wasanthi was elected as a news anchor via the hourly news bulletins of \u2018Swarnawahini\u2019, under guidance and direction of stalwarts like Nalin Karunaratne etc. becoming \u00a0a main news anchor for the prime time bulletin, \u2018Live At 8\u2019 considering her aptitude and infinite skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oGNPuGrTYD0?si=OU-7pFl3fiZLgh41\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At that point Wasanthi had thought to herself she will not give up on her dream and will triumph over her dream of becoming a media personality of repute. At that era there was no internet, there was no one to teach how to face a camera which she had learnt from Hemapala Thale a pioneer from inception of teledramas as a competent and\u00a0 reputed cameraman, who is now deceased. Knowing this technique Wasanthi also at television dialog had boldly said she could on her own \u00a0could shoot a scene edit and release as a video as she possesses aptitude in both sounds and journalism. Wasanthi had prior to joining the Swarnavahini channel has had an advantage by working in the print media and also in the voice media at the SLBC in year 1994. Wasanthi has added that to anyone who wanted to succeed in any profession needs to possess enthusiasm, sacrifice and dedication in immense magnitude , none\u00a0 of which is not possessed by in the contemporary peers. After triumphing as a news reader she while continuing her journey as a News Anchor and a Presenter. , she accept greater responsibilities undertaking challenges to conduct programmes that are journalistic, political and sensible, such as \u201cUnusum Wimasum\u201d , \u201cDeshapalana Sathiya\u201d, also with \u00a0programmes such as \u2018Sangeetha Chaarika\u2019 and \u2018Swarna Warna\u2019, all widespread programs having served the Swarnawahini Corporation for 8 Consecutive Years,. executing yeoman service to the channel,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her next employment opportunity was to TV Derana, with her aptitude in media work was an automatic selection \u00a0having joined the channel in year 2005.She initially worked as a presenter, news anchor and a senior program director and is currently having rose to the prestigious \u00a0highly responsible position of the General Manager of the News and Current Affairs Division of TV Derana, only a person of the calibre of Wasanthi who could apparently deliver from \u00a0such an elevated \u00a0location.. As of\u00a0 today and currently , Wasanthi has come much further far as a Programme Presenter and News Anchor, General Manager for 20 memorable long unforgettable impressive Years with \u00a0to lift TV Derana to unprecedented tall elevations having \u00a0spearheaded programs \u00a0as\u2018Sathutu Wila\u2019 , \u2018Paththara Gedara\u2019 , \u2018Walipilla\u2019 , \u2018Talking Book\u2019 , \u2018Jeewithayata Idak\u2019 , \u2018The Challenge\u2019 , \u2018Senehasa\u2019 , \u2018To the Point \u2018, \u2018Mission Two\u2019, are TV Programmes of Derana television \u00a0that Wasanthi \u00a0currently contribute to alongside in addition to her responsibilities as the General Manager \u201cAda Derana\u201d News Presenter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOk-N0k7Xrk?si=4Cf-NTP3IJP9rIQC\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Wasanthi Nanayakkara<\/b>\u00a0has received several awards for her exquisitework performed in television, some of which include the\u00a0Best Television Programme Host of the Year 2020\u00a0for\u00a0the program \u2018Ammawarune\u2019.\u00a0Best Television Educational Programme<a id=\"m_5434132789600329280m_2264813304693867123OWA5b356d0a-5d5d-0323-f303-1c5cd42efcce\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!&amp;&amp;p=788f4232a395b4cdae2a758cad0ea802e4c91acd743ac3f468ecbcdb23362eeeJmltdHM9MTc1NzM3NjAwMA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=4&amp;fclid=30d24d71-5b76-698a-24ab-5fab5a9a6861&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWRhZGVyYW5hLmxrL25ld3MvOTgzMTMvdHYtZGVyYW5hLXBpY2tzLXVwLXRvcC1hd2FyZHMtYXQtcmFpZ2FtLXRlbGVlcy0yMDIz&amp;ntb=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!%26%26p%3D788f4232a395b4cdae2a758cad0ea802e4c91acd743ac3f468ecbcdb23362eeeJmltdHM9MTc1NzM3NjAwMA%26ptn%3D3%26ver%3D2%26hsh%3D4%26fclid%3D30d24d71-5b76-698a-24ab-5fab5a9a6861%26u%3Da1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWRhZGVyYW5hLmxrL25ld3MvOTgzMTMvdHYtZGVyYW5hLXBpY2tzLXVwLXRvcC1hd2FyZHMtYXQtcmFpZ2FtLXRlbGVlcy0yMDIz%26ntb%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757510978390000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2T1DDD7anrKI3bGSQolksF\">\u00a0<\/a>for\u2018Ada Derana Kids Academy\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">All would agree that the contributions Wasanthi had made to media institutions like SLBC, Swarnavahini and for her unblemished career spanning two decades to TV Derana will be etched in gold. 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