Secretary to the Ministry of Information Technology Prof. Niranjan Gunawardena has decided to resign amid pressure to award
a national identity card digitalization tender to an Indian company, according to media reports.
However, sources at the Presidential Secretariat said he has been asked to choose one among the many important positions he holds in state entities.
He also functions automatically as chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission and was recently appointed vice chancellor of the Moratuwa University.
Prof. Gunawardena said he would resign from the ministry to work full time at the university.
