00:00Harini Amar Surya is the new PM of Sri Lanka.
00:07Amar Surya is the third woman to hold the post of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
00:12Before entering politics, she was a professor at Sri Lanka's Open University.
00:17Harini Amar Surya became the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, but she studied in India.
00:22Looking at her education, she is also known for her educational qualification.
00:28Harini Amar Surya, who holds the post of the 16th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is 54 years old.
00:35We will tell you about her connection with India, Delhi University and Bollywood in this video.
00:41She did her initial education from India's Delhi University.
00:45According to media reports, the situation in Sri Lanka in 1988-89 became violent due to the Tamil movement.
00:53During this time, schools and colleges were closed and Harini Amar Surya came to India for further studies.
01:00In 1990, she took admission in the Hindu college of Delhi University, from where she took higher education.
01:08She took a degree in sociology from Delhi University from 1991-1994.
01:15During this time, famous filmmaker Imtiaz Ali and journalist Arnab Goswami were her batchmates.
01:22After this, she did a PhD in social anthropology from Edinburgh University.
01:27During her educational journey, she was a lecturer at Sri Lanka University,
01:32where she did research on the disciplines of sociology and humanities and also taught children.
01:38When Harini's PM was elected, Amar Surya's batchmate and now-famous Bollywood director Nallil Rajan Singh
01:45remembered the days of their student life.
01:48He said, I remember very clearly, I know that she used to attend a lot of college functions and debates.
01:57This was the time of the 90s and a lot of people like Imtiaz Ali and Arnab Goswami were starting to make their mark.
02:05It is amazing to see him become the Prime Minister.
02:09On the other hand, the former president of the Hindu college, Singh said that Amar Surya's new role
02:15will strengthen the relationship between India and Sri Lanka.
02:19Apart from Nallil Rajan, Harini Amar Surya has also been a batchmate of film director Imtiaz Ali.
02:25Famous journalist Arnab Goswami has also studied with Harini.
02:30After returning from India, Amar Surya joined a health NGO and helped children affected by the tsunami.
02:37After a few years, she went to Australia for her Ph.D. studies.
02:41After returning from there, she became a professor in a college in 2011.
02:46In 2019, she joined the JVP and took a step in politics and was elected as an MP in 2020.
02:55After that, in September 2024, she became Sri Lanka's Interim Prime Minister.
03:01Now, she is Sri Lanka's 16th Prime Minister and the 3rd female Prime Minister.
03:07So, what do you have to say about the connection between India and Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister?
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