Purpose:

In line with the aims and objectives, The Association of Sri Lankan Graduates of Canada (ASGC) is launching a mentorship program to render all possible assistance to Canadian and foreign graduates of Sri Lankan heritage to gain access into their professions to suit their education and experience.


How does it work?

The ASGC builds up a list of volunteers who are senior professionals currently employed and have many years of work experience in Canada. Each of the mentees will be assigned to one such expert in his or her profession or field of study for guidance until the mentee gets a suitable job. The guidance may include, but not limited to recommendation of suitable part time courses for upgrading the credentials, preparation of job application documents, showing the procedures involved in getting membership with the appropriate professional body, connecting to a network of professionals to tap the hidden jobs, continuously monitoring the graduate’s success and modifying the strategy until the mentee gets a suitable job in the specific profession


Who is eligible to apply for mentorship program?

A person of Sri Lankan heritage with a degree or diploma earned from Canadian or foreign university is eligible for this program.


How can a graduate get enrolled into the program?

The potential mentee can either contact by emailing the particulars to ktrajah@rogers.com or chinniah.ramanathan@gmail.com


Current list of Mentors


Surren Balendran B.Sc(Eng.) & MBA , P.Eng

Project Manager/Engineer, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 14 years of experience in Radio/Television field. 10 years of experience of Managing Turnkey projects in Radio & TV industry

Kuna Kunasegaren B.A.Sc (Elec.Eng), P.Eng

Senior Hardware Designer, Honeywell Aerospace & Technology 10 years experience in Digital Hardware Design & wireless communication & Engineering Management

Murugs C. Muruganandan B.Sc (Eng) – Civil, MICE (Lon); P.Eng (Ont); PMP

Senior Project Manager, UMA/AECOM. Experienced in Structures, Bridges & Building Project Management & worked in Canada for 24 years

Ram C. Ramanathan, B. Sc (Eng) (Ceylon), M. Sc (Birmingham, U.K), P.Eng.

Project Manager/Engineer, Works & Transportation Department, City of Brampton. 14 years of Professional Civil Engineering experience in Sri Lanka; 4 Years university/ college teaching experience in Nigeria & 20 years experience in Municipal Engineering in Canada.

Logarajah Sasidaran, B.Ee (Hons)(Middlesex)

Technical Manager, Honeywell Aerospace, Mississauga, Ontario Experience in electrical & electronic engineering related To Air supply, cabin pressure controls, thermal system controls in aircrafts

Yaso Somalingam, B. Sc. (Architecture) (Sri Lanka)

Managing Director, Cantam Group Limited Over 18 years of Canadian Experience in Architectural & Building Technology Very successful Architectural practice with Ontario Ministry license.

Siva Sundareswaren, B. Sc(Eng.) (Sri Lanka), MBA (Canada), P.Eng

Manager, Environmental Engineering Department, City of Waterloo 5 years experience in Sri Lanka, 18 years experience in environmental & Municipal engineering in Canada

Xavier Fernando PhD

Ryerson University, Associate Professor Generally in electrical & computer engineering, especially Telecommunications

Thiagalingam Kirubarajan, BA , MA (Cambridge), MS. PhD (Connecticut)

Canada Research Chair in Information Fusion at McMaster University. Also Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Research interests are communications & signal processing

V.Manivannan, B. Sc (Sri Lanka). Ph. D. (Mc Master)

Dept Head/ Senior Teacher, Jarvis Collegiate 15 years experience in teaching chemistry for high school Students in Canada

Bala Sivakadadcham, B. Sc(Sri Lanka), B.Ed (Toronto), Ph.D(London)

Teacher – MarcGerneau Collegiate, Toronto Teaching Biology & Science in school under TDSB, Toronto.

S.Sivanayagamoorthy, B.A., Dip.Ed.

Retired teacher from Toronto District School Board.

Bala Elamaran B. Eng (Hons), PhD

Hardware QA & Test Development Eng. Manager, Logical Inc. Electronic Engineering in RF & Photonics.

Nam Ragunathan, B. Sc, CCA, CCEA

Citrix System Analyst, Accenture, Toronto, Experience in Computer Hardware

Athithan Thananchayan B.S Computer Science

Project management, data analytics/mining, search technologies/algorithms & Decision support systems, Java, J2EE, Oracle, C++

Thavarajah Vasanthakumar, Ph.D(UK), P.Eng (Canada), C.Eng (UK)

Director, Computek College, Toronto Career Counseling & Training in Business, Healthcare & Technology.

Yoga Arulnamby Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)

Senior Manager (Sales & Marketing), Yarlmetal Fabrications Inc. Scarborough Experience in Civil. Mechanical Engineering or any technically related fields

Sabaratnam (Kes) Kesavamoorthy B. Sc. (Hons) (Sri Lanka). M.App.Sc. (NSW)

Manager, R&D Analytical Validation Laboratory, Genpharm Inc. 10 years research & development experience in Canadian pharmaceutical Industry. More than 10 years as analytical chemist in Sri Lanka

Mailvaganam Mahendran B. Sc. (Ceylon), Ph.D. (Sussex)

Director Membrane R&D, Zenon Ltd., Burlington, On Development of membranes for industrial application Technical competence in Synthetic Organic chemistry

Shayini Mathan, B. Sc(U of T)

Manager, R&D Analytical Validation Laboratory, Genpharm Inc. 10 yearsQuality Assurance In-process co-coordinator, Apotex, Toronto Pharmaceutical Industry

Ravi Tan, B. Sc, Ph.D

Manager, Research & Development, Cobalt Pharmaceuticals, Mississauga. Experience in Pharmaceutical Drug Development

K.Theivendirarajah B. Sc (Ceylon), Ph.D (London)

Consultant, Industrial/ Pharmaceutical division, Alpha Laboratories Inc. Toronto 26 years of teaching & research experience at Universities in Sri Lanka & U.K. 14 years experience in Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic testing in Canada

Markandu Vigneswaran, B. Sc (Sri Lanka), Ph.D (Princeton)

Senior Scientist, Toronto Research Chemicals Inc., Toronto Synthetic Organic Chemist

Raj Thavarantnasingam B. Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics

Financial Advisor – Edward Jones Investments As an Investment Advisor, Raj manages the finances & other related affairs of Many individuals, managing one of the Edward Jones offices in Scarborough East.

Rajadundaram Sivakumar, CGA

Senior Tax Auditor, Tax Revenue Division, Ministry of Revenue, Ontario Experienced in the field of Auditing, Accounting & Taxation

Kandiah Sivaneswaran B. Sc, M.A., MBA, CA (Sri-Lanka),ACCAUK

President, Gold List Property Services Limited 25 years experience in finance and Property management in Canada

Umesh Vallipuram B.Com(Waterloo) CA

Director, Corporate Development, AMG Canada Corp Chartered accountant, Specialized in Corporate Finance specifically in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Murugappilai Mylvaganam B.sc, Ph.D(British Columbia), B.Ed (Toronto)

Senior Research Chemist, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, University Teaching and Research experience in Canada

Shanthini Mylvaganam B.sc (Jaffna), M.Sc (USA), Ph.D(British Columbia)

Molecular Biologist, Neuroscience Division, Toronto Western University , Research in Molecular Biologist

Raveena Ratnasingam B.A, B.sc , MHSL, CVT

Trains doctors in Cardiovascular and Respiratory diagnostics. Owns a Company “Cardiac Rhythum Diagnostics / Surgo Surgical Supply”