N. V. NUGAWELA
Archivist and Records Manager in Colombo, Sri Lanka
INFORMATION | EVIDENCE | RIGHTS | RECORDS
N. V. Nugawela researches and works specifically on information governance issues, human rights archiving, training and development, and policy-making for archives and records management.
He currently operates as a consultant, advising various organisations on ARM-related projects. He was a founding trustee of the Collective for Historical Dialogue & Memory (CHDM) and was previously associated with the Centre for Policy Alternatives (2009-2012), Groundviews (2009-2012), Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms (2016-2018), and the Strengthening Reconciliation Processes in Sri Lanka (SRP) programme (2019-2022).
N. V. Nugawela read for an MA (Hons.) in Politics at the University of Edinburgh and, as a Chevening Scholar, for an MA in Archives and Records Management at University College London (UCL), where he was awarded the Sir Hilary Jenkinson Prize (2018/9).
• Professional membership •
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR), International Council on Archives
• Advisory •
Member, Sri Lanka National Archives Advisory Council (April 2023 - April 2026)
• Committees •
Member, Committee to Draft Retention/Disposal Regulations for Court Records (ongoing)
Chairperson, Committee to Revise the National Archives Law No. 48 of 1973 (appointed by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs)
Chairperson, Committee to Formulate a National Policy on Archives and Records Management (appointed by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs)
• Recent writing/finding aids/contributions
National Policy on Archives and Records Management, released in January 2026
Records of the Secretary, S. H. C. de Silva, 1990-2018 (ESC1), Historicaldialogue.lk, January 2022
• Other news •