The Rotary Club of Colombo Central was chartered on September 21, 1979, by charter President PHF K Sivagananathan. The charter members of the club were Dharme Palansuriya, Joe Jayamanne, etc Charter President Sivagananathan was a well respected person in his professional field of banking and a committed active member in the Rotary movement in Sri Lanka. His contribution to Rotary is numerous in various capacities, and final one being the Assistant Governor for Zone-1 2001/2002.