Vinoda Basnayake

= Biography =

Vinoda Basnayake is an Sri Lankan American entrepreneur who co-founded Blazin-Beats Entertainment, LLC and the Night Life Agency with Kunal Shah. Basnayake was dubbed a "powerbroker in concert promotions" by the Washington Post after successfully selling out UK singer Jay Sean's first US Tour. ( [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/12/AR2005061201223_pf.html Concert Promoters Gamble on Bringing Global Stars to U.S ] ] ).

Basnayake is a 2003 alumnus of Georgetown University and a native of Washington DC. He received his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School with a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School of Business. Basnayake also founded the non-profit organization Awakening Hope ( [http://www.AwakeningHope.org] ), an ngo dedicated to funding and organizing socially entrepreneurial projects, with fellow Georgetown University alum S. Atif Ansar.

References

[ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/12/AR2005061201223_pf.html Concert Promoters Gamble on Bringing Global Stars to U.S ] ] - Washington Post, June 12, 2005

External Links

*http://www.blazin-beats.com - Blazin-Beats Entertainment
*http://www.nightlifeagency.com - Night Life Agency
*http://www.awakeninghope.org - Awakening Hope

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