Harini Dias Bandaranayake

When I wrote my maiden book with no experience or expectations, Harini Dias Bandaranayake came into my life in 2013, recommended by a friend. I ended up beyond blessed with her. She is professional, down-to-earth, knowledgeable in her craft, and friendly. It felt great to know that my book was in good hands. Instead of worrying, I was able to focus on publishing my manuscript by a leading publisher in Sri Lanka. Today we are good friends. I appreciate her disciplined approach, compassion, and her on-target delivery of the manuscript very much. I strongly recommend her expertise to anyone who wishes to improve their manuscript/book before publishing.”

I had the opportunity to work with Harini Dias Bandaranayake in preparing several funding proposals for my organization, and I was impressed by her professionalism, commitment and creativity. Cooperation and understanding of the thinking behind the programme team is of paramount importance for the success of a proposal. The way Harini conceptualizes ideas, which are brainstormed within the team, and how she comes up with a Theory of Change is inspiring. The moment I saw how she expressed herself about various topics, I knew she would be the grant writer I was looking for.

Having known Harini as a cub reporter in her early tryst with journalism, I came to know her penchant for covering the news, as she honed her editorial copy under the guidance of the industry's best. Decades from then, I am proud to recommend my friend and former colleague, as a writer with both analytical skills for news copy and a flair for feature writing. I wish Harini Dias Bandaranayake all the best on her consultancy and many more years of skillful writing ahead.

Harini Dias Bandaranayake has been an ideator and writer consulting for ChildFund over a long period and continues to do so. She develops high-quality proposals, documents and reports to professional and competitive standards, as expected in the international development industry. She was also tasked with developing the final draft of the organizational Strategy Plan, which she undertook with professionalism and delivered to the high quality expected of her. It was adopted and appreciated by the organization’s international network. I highly recommend her services and wish her the best.

Harini Dias Bandaranayake was recommended to me as a grant writer capable of taking on the writing for a highly competitive USAID proposal for our company. With only days for the close of the deadline, Harini undertook the writing in consultation with our team remotely, and delivered a proposal that she submitted on behalf of us. This was our maiden effort at a USAID grant and we found Harini's professionalism and skill to work with our requirement in such a short span of time immensely helpful. We were impressed with her effort and have requested her help in subsequent projects even if we didn't go ahead with them. I recommend Harini's project writing to other clients and wish her all success.

I have known Harini Dias Bandaranayake since 2008. Subsequently, I had the opportunity to work with Harini to develop my organization's Country Project Plan and Organizational Profile, at its inception. I admire the way she worked, focused on various writing tasks, which are always professional and to high standards. One of the biggest advantages of working with Harini is that she is technically sound in humanitarian programming and MEAL; and if she is not, she has a penchant to learn quickly on the job and to figure out workable solutions. I wish Harini all the best for her future endeavors.

Harini Dias Bandaranayake is an energetic, persuasive person, whose talent and skill are embedded in conceptualizing and articulating ideas into a readable format and actionable status. In projects where I have worked with Harini, I admire her for her timely delivery and high standards she maintains, including strict confidentiality. I am constantly challenged by her conviction and passion to stand up for the rights of the vulnerable and marginalized persons in society. She is a gift from God given to us in a decisive time like this.

Harini Dias Bandaranayake is conscientious and principled. She is always respectful of others' opinions and is constructive in her professional criticism when it comes to professional projects. She has the rare ability to challenge conventional wisdom, while being data-driven, which enables others to think with expanded thought. Having known her for over two decades, working in the humanitarian and development sector, I am aware of her skills as a strong proposal writer with a research focus, articulate in her expression and attention to detail. Harini is consistent and timely in her deliverables, serious in her assignments and yet preserves a good sense of humour and collegiality among her co-workers. I admire her courage, forthrightness and honesty.

Harini Dias Bandaranayake is not only a dear friend but also a former colleague whom I have always admired for her exceptionally analytical writing skills. Harini took on the task of editing, formatting, and proofreading my Masters thesis. Because of her analytical skills and deep understanding of the subject (in the social science discipline), she raised several concerns, which helped me to improve my paper. Thanks to her attention to detail and her commitment to doing the work up to a professional academic standard, my professor was so pleased with my thesis that he even recommended Harini to assist other students of his. I wish Harini all success, as she assists other students to polish their academic writing and advance in their academic careers.

Having known Harini Dias Bandaranayake and her skills as a writer for a long time, I reached out to her to assist my daughter with a speech for a school occasion. Harini complied and developed a speech that my daughter delivered successfully at her school function. I would recommend her as a capable, efficient and skilful writer to anyone.