Vimukthika Kariyawasam has been appointed as the News Director of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation(SLRC).

Vimukthika Kariyawasam, a graduate of the University of Colombo, joined the National Television in 1997 as a trainee producer.

She has also contributed to the production of various programs of SLRC and has later served as the Acting Deputy News Director Sinhala News and Assistant Director of Regional News.

Vimukthika Kariyawasam is an alumna of Mount Lavinia Buddhist Girls’ College and a graduate of the University of Colombo in Social Sciences.

She received her Dhamma education from the Sri Siddhartha Dhamma School of the Parama Dhamma Chethiya Pirivena in Ratmalana and has served as a student leader and the leader of the debate team.

Along with her Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the University of Colombo, Vimukthika Kariyawasam, who studied journalism under the guidance of Venerable J.B. Dissanayake, worked as a news reporter while receiving practical training at the Sri Lanka Television Training Institute, the Journalism College and national newspaper institutions.