{"id":30424,"date":"2026-08-12T05:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natlib.lk\/ICNATLIB2026\/?page_id=30424"},"modified":"2026-08-17T03:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:17:47","slug":"guest-of-honour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.natlib.lk\/ICNATLIB2026\/guest-of-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest of Honour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30424\" class=\"elementor elementor-30424\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab096c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab096c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da21dc1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da21dc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9306e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9306e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1461\" height=\"1507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.natlib.lk\/ICNATLIB2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-89-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-30426\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e7d86 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13e7d86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac9d3f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac9d3f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GUEST OF HONOUR<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebfa26a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebfa26a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ms. Roshni Thomson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e8677e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e8677e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First Secretary, Indian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka and\u00a0Acting Director of the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d519b68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d519b68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Roshni Thomson is an Indian diplomat of the 2015 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. She holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Civil Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and an Advanced Diploma in French Language Studies from the Institute Catholique de Paris and Sorbonne University, Paris. She is fluent in Malayalam, English, Hindi, and French, while she also speaks some Tamil. Roshni began her diplomatic career as Assistant Secretary in the Administration Division of the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi from December 2015 to August 2016. She was then posted as Third Secretary (Press, Information &amp; Culture) at the Embassy of India in Paris from September 2016 to September 2017. During this period, she was also deputed to the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO in Paris to support the campaign for India\u2019s candidature for the Executive Board elections between October and December 2017.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b60a33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b60a33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725e42e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"725e42e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From December 2017 to June 2021, she served as Second Secretary at the Embassy of India in Berne, Switzerland, where she handled political, commercial, press, and information work, while also serving as Head of Chancery. 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