Ajith C. S. Perera

Who is Ajith C. S. Perera?

Ajith Chrysantha Stephen Perera, JP, CChem., FRSC is a Chartered Chemist by profession, a scholar, a former senior manager in industry, a qualified training instructor, also a former test-match-panel cricket umpire, and now, by reason of personal adversity, has become an author, a disability rights activist and an accessibility adviser-auditor.

The international admiration Perera has won and the national recognition he has gained have come through his achievements, acquired both in Sri Lanka and in England in different fields: cricket, analytical chemistry and quality assurance, in all of which he is academically and professionally well qualified and widely experienced.

He is the founder and, as of 31 July 2013, holds the honorary position of Chief Executive-Secretary-General of Idiriya, a registered, not-for-profit humanitarian service organisation in Sri Lanka.

Almost on the eve of umpiring his first cricket test match in Colombo, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, a large wayside tree crashed on and straddled his moving car, killing his chauffeur and leaving him instantaneously a paraplegic for life.