Professional   Portfolio

Nirmala De Zoysa is a Senior Deputy Director in Technical service of the Higher Management Category of Sri Lanka Standard Institution (SLSI) which is a National member body of the International Standard Organization (ISO).

Within 20 years of professional service, she has worked for the Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board (AAIB) (under the Ministry of Agriculture) and the Brown and Company PLC - Agriculture Directorate,  which is a leading Private Organization in Sri Lanka before join to the government sector.

Mrs. Zoysa hold MSc in Bio-Technology and BSc special degree in Agriculture from the University of  Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka. She is qualified and registered Lead auditor for ISO 9001 Quality Management System, ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System, ISO 21000 – Education Organization Management System, Sustainable Fuel Wood Management System, UTZ and for Organic  Agriculture Management System too.

She is Qualified for Six Sigma Lean Management Green Belt Levels from Six Sigma Institute - India and also a Technical Assessor for National Quality Awards Organize by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution against the criteria used similar to the Malcolm Baldrige award in USA. 

As well as she is a Technical Assessor for National Quality Convention and International Quality Convection and serve to the NQC and IQC judge panel too.

She has extended her professional service for the development of food and Agriculture sector in numerous ways by blending her educational and technical knowledge with the experience she gained.

Mrs. Zoysa represent as a committee member   ISO Technical Committees of fruits and vegetables, Grains and Pulses, Agrochemicals, Soil quality, sustainable fuel wood with technical expertise and experience for the International standard formulation Process.

While she has extended her knowledge and technical experience for quality improvement of food and Agriculture sector and her Service offered as QMS auditor for improvement of Quality management system in different industries.

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) was new concept to Sri Lankan Agriculture sector and she hold the project for Good Agriculture Practices, standard formulation and implementation for the first time at SLSI.

Mrs. Zoysa obtained foreign training on Global G A P and she shared the knowledge collaboratively with the Department of Agriculture-Sri Lanka for introduction and implementation of GAP for Sri Lankan Agriculture sector for safe food production through   conducting awareness session for farmers, field officers, Extension   officers,   Entrepreneurs and for relevant government institutions.

In concern of Organic Agriculture Production and certification Mrs. Zoysa contributed her knowledge as a lecturer and auditor for certification compliance on Organic Agriculture.                     

Mrs. Zoysa has conducted   several awareness sessions and training session for quality improvement, such as Good Handling Practice(GHP) on Agrichemicals, Good Agriculture Practices(GAP) standardization of production of compost, Quality Improvements of Agri based products, Good Manufacturing Practices, Certification for qualify improvement of dairy industries, Organic agriculture, certification for sustainable production of fuelwood etc.

In   addition  to those, she has conducted   many training programme for  SME sector   development,   on  quality maintain, quality control and quality improvements  specially  for  Ago based  industries.

She is also a resource person for Six-Sigma Lean Management, Total productivity Management (TPM),  Total Quality Management (TQM), Agriculture  insurance, post-harvest loss management etc.

Mrs. Zoysa hold the professional membership of Sri Lanka Association for Quality and Productivity (SLAAQP) and Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’s forum.

She  has extended her service to international level too. She has done training of Trainers (TOT) programmer on Agriculture   Insurance for Department of Agriculture in   Indonesia in    with the invitation of Indonesia Government and United Nation Development Programme in 2010.

She has attended as technical    auditor   for   product compliance audit for product certification in India and China too.

In 2024 she participated for the food and Fermentation Industry exhibition as a Technical Expert for fruits and Vegetables   innovation   organized by the National Standardization Center of Food& Fermentation Industry and China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries in China and received Special honors   for her service.

Mrs. Zoysa was Awarded for a service appreciation by the Information Communication Technological Agencies (ICTA) - Sri Lanka for the development of e- based system   for   efficient paddy Insurance and claim   settlement, when she was working in Agricultural Insurance Board in 2011.

Again she was awarded Gold Medal for  “Best Academic  Performance” for Organic  Agriculture and Plantation Management” from the National Institute of Plantation Management (NIPM)   Sri Lanka  in 2022.

Mrs. Zoysa has published few   articles   such as “ Standards for Agriculture Sector, Good Agricultural Practices (G A P) for safer production of fruits and  vegetables in Sri Lankan and contribution of SLSI  for safe Aquaculture a fisheries production in Sri Lankan.

Mrs. Zoysa has awarded Sports Achievement in University level and she is a competent person for technical writing.

Mrs. Zoysa extends her heart full gratitude to the QueenBook award for “Outstanding Quality Professional of the year award” recognizing her efforts, diversified contribution, and her commitment to the food agriculture sector   concerning quality improvement.

She has been   nominated and awarded   this prestigious award   is a tremendous honor and bring some validation, encouragement and positive impact for her continuous contribution   for her professional carrier. This is not a just award, its reflect countless honor and emotional appreciation for the commitment.

On   personal level receiving   the International   QueenBook award is deep appreciation and humble experience. It motivates her to set and plan higher goals to future work too.

Her Journey has been supported by many   individuals, superiors, institutions specially  SLSI , AAIB and Government organizations   including family members.

Main challenge is  to incorporate concept of   quality for food and agriculture sector towards safer food production. Her vision is to delivering values to the industry development and aware stakeholders, who are in whole food   chain on maintaining of quality.

Finally  she thanks the QueenBook  award for  the   international recognition offered for her service contribution.   

Under the category of “Outstanding Quality Professional of the year award”

Mrs Zoysa was awarded by the “Queen book” which is    No 1   international women achiever   award in 2024.