The Most Intelligent Person, I Have Ever Met: S.D. Rathnayaka

This is a biography of a person who was successful due to courage and dignity. He is a research officer of Rubber research institute of Agalawatte at present. Even though this person is not famous. Anyone can learn lots of things from his life. His name is S.D. Rathnayaka. He was born in 1993 in Kurunegala. His current location of residence is still Kurunegala. Since his childhood, he was obedient and innocent. 

Educational background

The school that he went to for his primary and secondary education, is Sri Sumangala central college. He entered Wayamba Royal college after passing Ordinary level exams in flying colors. He did his tertiary education in Science subjects. He got qualifications to enter university of Peradeniya in 2014. He followed a special degree of Agricultural technology and management. He was the secretary of Buddhist society and he was an active member of horticulture society at the university of Peradeniya. He was clever at learning. Not only that he participated in extracurricular activities. He was able to manage both learning and extracurricular activities successfully. Because he is clever at mathematics and science, he did Advanced crop science for his majoring. He graduated from university of Peradeniya in 2019 and he enrolled as an assistant lecturer. Meanwhile he applied for several job opportunities according to his qualifications. He got a chance to be a research officer of Rubber research institute of Agalawaththa. Now he is working as a research officer and he follows his master degree on weekends. He is a person that gets the maximum benefit of the time. After finishing the master degree, his main target is to get a PHD degree. 

Professional experience 

He was an intern in the Bower company in Sri Lanka for three months. When other students find a place which is close to their hometown, he selected this company for his internship due to it being a standard company. Before being a research officer, he was trained and he worked as an assistant lecturer for a few months.

Area of expertise

Even though he was clever at soil science, Engineering, Food science, he selected Advanced crop science for his majoring. His area of expertise is Statistical methods. Because he wanted to be a research officer, he learned further about statistics. 

SWOT Analysis:

Even though I mentioned not having a first class, as a weakness, he has overcome that weakness from doing extracurricular activities, training and learning English very well. Having a first class degree is not enough to get a good job at the present. Interviewers consider extracurricular activities and other activities to differentiate a person from others. It is better to have a unique qualification to be special and different from others. Then that person is selected without any competition. Therefore other competitors were not a threat from his interviews. Due to his qualifications, he got a job opportunity in the private sector in Sri Lanka. But he wanted to work in the public sector. Therefore he enrolled as a research officer in 2019. Even though many people stop their education after getting a better job. But Mr. Rathnayaka has not stopped his education yet. Even though he has a well-paid job, he is pursuing a master degree and he is going to follow a PHD degree after completing master degree. Those qualifications are helpful in getting promotions/ career progression. 

Unlike other men, he has good discipline. When other adolescents are keen to make relationships, he completes his goals about education one by one. And also he is a non-smoker and teetotaller. When people are addicted to drugs and liquor, their wealth and money are declined. Because he is a friendly person, he has been able to create a good connection network. He is an exemplary gentleman to other people. And also he is intelligent. He thinks twice before doing or implementing something. He gets advice from experts and he does the best things. Even though his goals are big, he achieves his goals gradually without depression. He could achieve his goals quickly due to his time management, unique qualifications, skills which were acquired from the degree and training and intelligence.

Reasons to say him as an exemplary and intelligent person

• His courage and dignity.
• Choosing a degree which has lots of job opportunities. 
• Being a non-smoker and teetotaller.
• Focusing/ concentrating on his goals.
• Listening to others.
• Helping others.
• Fulfilling relevant qualifications for his career progression.
• Being proactive.
• Beginning tasks with the end in mind.
• Completing urgent and important things first.
• Time management.
• Doing or completing the tasks with the maximum effort.
• Self-confidence
• Avoid procrastination.
• Setting goals and prioritizing them.

He has identified his potentials and he selected his career pathway according to his potentials and his preference. Therefore he is successful in his life. Even though he is 28 years old, he can be considered as a successful gentleman. He is a good citizen of the society. He always tries to manage to get the correct decisions. That is why he is considered as an intelligent person.

Students should be able to acquire good things and to remove bad things from their life. Following a role model is a better way. But we should not imitate them whenever possible because all role models are not perfect. We should manage to get only good things from their lives. But Mr. Rathnayaka can be considered as a perfect role model, even though he is not famous. 

Written By: W.I.M.Withanage

Author bio

I am Iresha Mihirani who is interested in writing and drawing. I create short stories, articles, scientific fictions, essays, cartoons and doodles in my leisure time. I write to give happiness to readers and to express valuable ideas or a message to society.