Manel Gertrude Rajkumar, Chairperson of D & R Exports (Pvt) Ltd, a leading enterprise in Sri Lanka\u2019s food and beverage manufacturing sector, has been honoured with the \u201cLegendary Woman of the Year\u201d Award (Large-Scale Category) at the prestigious Women Legend Awards 2025. Under Mrs. Rajkumar\u2019s visionary leadership, the company\u2019s remarkable journey began in 1993 as Araliya Impex. Within just seven years, by the year 2000, it had reached a prominent position in the local market. The establishment of Araliya Exporter in 1998 and its entry into the international market in 2002 marked a major turning point for the brand. Since then, D & R Exports has continued to export a wide range of high-quality Sri Lankan products to countries across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company\u2019s diverse product portfolio includes canned fish, dried fish, jaggery, confectionery, cake ingredients, rice, spices, ready-to-eat meals, grains, green tea, pickles, sauces, cordials, sambols, chutneys, and pastes. Every product is carefully manufactured to meet both local and international quality and safety standards, ensuring excellence and freshness in every package. All products distributed to local and global markets are manufactured at the company\u2019s own facilities, using only the finest raw materials sourced locally and internationally. Over the past three decades, D & R Exports has earned numerous awards, certifications, and international recognitions for its consistent commitment to quality. \u201cOur top priorities have always been quality, safety, and customer satisfaction. It is because of these values that our business has reached such great heights. This award truly belongs not only to me but also to our loyal customers and the dedicated team behind our success,\u201d said Mrs. Rajkumar, expressing her gratitude following the award ceremony. D & R Exports\u2019 head office is located at No. 50, Sedawatta Road, Wellampitiya, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image Caption : <\/strong>Manel Gertrude Rajkumar, Chairperson of D & R Exports (Pvt) Ltd receiving the award<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Ada Derana Biz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manel Gertrude Rajkumar, Chairperson of D & R Exports (Pvt) Ltd, a leading enterprise in Sri Lanka\u2019s food and beverage manufacturing sector, has been honoured with the \u201cLegendary Woman of the Year\u201d Award (Large-Scale Category) at the prestigious Women Legend Awards 2025. Under Mrs. Rajkumar\u2019s visionary leadership, the company\u2019s remarkable journey began in 1993 as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}