Homi Framjee Billimoria OBE , was a Ceylonese architect of Parsee origin . He was the first Ceylonese to graduate from Liverpool University and be elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects . In 1938 Billimoria joined the Government service as the country 's first town planner . He served as the chief architect of the Public Works Department from 1953 to 1956 . In 1948 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire , in 1953 he was conferred with a Coronation Medal and in 1954 , he received a Officer ( Civil Division ) Order of the British Empire . Billimoria was a founding member of the Ceylon Institute of Architects ( CIA ) and was later elected as a fellow of the Institute
Coronation Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Homi Billimoria