Kavan
Marambe I’m the 2011-2012 GRSP student from Sri Lanka, a country
off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. This South Asian
island nation was known as Ceylon until 1972, and had been a British
colony until 1947. Referred to as “the Pearl of the Indian Ocean,” Sri
Lanka is surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk
Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the Maldives. Sri Lanka is
a republic and a unitary state that is governed by a semi-presidential
system with its official seat of government in Sri
Jayawardenapura-Kotte, the capital.
I attended high school at D.S. Senanayake College in Colombo, the
commercial capital of Sri Lanka. After High School I enrolled at an
offshore campus of Northwood University (Michigan) in Sri Lanka. I’m
currently attending Middle Georgia College (Cochran campus) where I am
majoring in Aviation.
I’m a Badminton Player as well as a Cricketer. I am also a guitarist, a
singer, and a composer of a number of songs that include the anthem for
the Rotary Club of Battaramulla (Sri Lanka). I’m a Rotaractor in
Sri Lanka and was the “international understanding-director” last year
for my club. I’m computer savvy and have worked on the network of DSI
Group, a Sri Lankan Company. My Family consists of 3 other members: my
dad, mom and my sister. My dad has his own Engineering Company that does
Telecommunications as well broadcasting-related services for local and
international service providers. He is the immediate past president of
Rotary Club of Battaramulla. My mom is a part- time certified
Landscapist and conducts various commercial as well as other additional
general projects in Sri Lanka. She also keeps our household in order!
My sister is in High School and plays high school “netball.” She
is also one of the choir leaders and a member of the Interact Club at
Bishop’s College where she attends high school.
