List of University of Peradeniya people
This is a list of notable University of Peradeniya people. This includes distinguished alumni of various fields and distinguished faculty people.
Law, politics and international relations
- Dr. Sarath Amunugama MP, CCS – Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs; former Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning[1]
- Prof. Ranjith Bandara, Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka
- Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala, SLOS – former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations[2]
- Amarasiri Dodangoda - former Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs of Sri Lanka[3]
- Hon. Justice Mark Fernando – former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Nandana Gunathilake – former Cabinet minister of posts and telecommunications[4]
- Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka SLOS – Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations at Geneva; Consul General for Switzerland[5]
- Sri Lankabhimanya Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar – diplomat, politician and lawyer[6][7]
- Dr. Vikramabahu Karunaratne – Leader, New Left Front (NLF) and a controversial Politician in Sri Lanka
- Hon. W. J. S. Karunaratne, SLAS – Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada; former secretary to the president[8][9]
- Hon. W. J. M. Lokubandara – Speaker of the Parliament (2005–2010)[10]
- Athuraliye Rathana Thero – Jathika Hela Urumaya MP[11]
- Prof. Neelan Tiruchelvam – Sri Lankan Tamil politician; peace activist; academic; founder and director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies; founder and director of The Law and Society Trust; assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber in 1999[12][13]
- Ranjit Uyangoda – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan; current Sri Lankan Ambassador to China[14][15]
- Prof. Wiswa Warnapala – former Minister of Higher Education, Sri Lanka[16]
- Harischandra Wijayatunga – leader of the Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya; compiler of the Gunasena Great Sinhala Dictionary
Academics
Professors and scholars
- Prof. K. M. de Silva – Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies[17]
- Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa – editor-in-chief, Sinhala encyclopaedia[18]
- Prof. Gishan Dissanaike – financial economist; Adam Smith Professor of Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge; head of the Finance Department; Director of the Cambridge MPhil Programme in Finance[19][20]
- Prof. Sucharitha Gamlath - winner of Rowland's Gold Medal, Jayanayake Prize and the oriental research scholarship; Trotskyist; professor in Sinhala; Dean of Jaffna University; served in the Rajarata University and Ruhunu University; scholar in linguistics; pioneering Sri Lankan Marxist critic; author of many books
- Prof. Shelton Gunaratne – Professor emeritus (Mass Communications), Minnesota State University; writer; scholar[21][22]
- Prof. Leslie Gunatilake – Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka, Director, SW Centre for natural products research and commercialisation and Professor of the University of Arizona[23]
- Prof. Tissa Jayatilaka – political analyst; director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives-Sri Lanka; director of the Fulbright Commission of Sri Lanka; chairman of the Jury for Presidential Awards for Sri Lankan Sinhala Films; visiting professor of Grinnell College, US[24][25]
- Prof. Amal Jayawardane – Sri Lankan historian; visiting professor at the American University; research scholar at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics[26]
- Prof. David Kalupahana – Buddhist scholar; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii[27]
- Prof. P.D. Premasiri – Buddhist scholar; Professor Emeritus of Pali and Buddhist Studies at the University of Peradeniya.[28]
- Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere – Emeritus Professor of anthropology at Princeton University; leading anthropologist; entered into an intellectual debate with Marshall Sahlins over the rationality of indigenous people through the details of Captain James Cook's death in the Hawaiian Islands in 1779[29]
- Professor Lakshman Samaranayake - Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry (2004 -), University of Hong Kong; Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Oral Sciences; King James IV Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; first Asian to receive the latter honour;[30] first dental surgeon in Sri Lanka to receive DSc (honoris Causa) from the University of Peradeniya
- Dr. S. W. R de A Samarasinghe – Director, Tulane Institute for International Development, US; founder-editor of The Kandy News[31]
- Kala Keerthi, Dharma Shastra Visharadha Kirthi Sri, Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna – scholar[32]
- Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne – professor of archaeology; Fulbright Visiting Professor at Cornell University and Carleton College; archaeological director of the UNESCO programs at Anuradhapura[33]
University Presidents, Chancellors and Vice Chancellors
- Prof. S. B. S. Abayakoon - Vice-Chancellor of University of Peradeniya; former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya[34]
- Prof. Sarath Amunugama – Vice Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka[35]
- Prof. C. L. V. Jayathilake - Chancellor of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya[36]
- Prof. S. "Sam" Karunaratne – former Vice Chancellor of University of Moratuwa; current Chancellor of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology[37]
- Prof. Leslie Panditharatne – Vice Chancellor, University of Peradeniya (1978–84); Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka (1993–94); Chairman and Director General of the National Institute of Business Management (N.I.B.M – 1988); Chairman and Director General of the Mineral Sands Corporation (Lanka Mineral Sands in 1989 – 1994); Director of Studies at the American College of Higher Education[38]
- Dr. Indira Samarasekara – President of the University of Alberta, Canada[39]
- Prof. Chandima Wijebandara – scholar of Buddhism; Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura[40]
Deans
- Prof. Nalin de Silva – former Dean of the Faculty of Science University of Kelaniya; commission member of UGC[41][42]
- Prof. M. P. Ranaweera - former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya[43]
Medicine
- Prof. Aloka Abey Bandara – developer of an antibiotic vaccine to control infectious Brucellosis[44]
- Prof. Malik Peiris, FRS Légion d'Honneur – Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Medical Science; Chair Professor, Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong; Scientific Director, HKU-Pasteur Research Centre; first Sri Lankan to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society; discoverer of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus; proposed the Cytokine storm theory of avian influenza[45]
Science and technology
- Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary - soil researcher; development engineer[46]
Military and police
- Cyril Herath - former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence[47]
- Major General Janaka Perera – RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, RCDS, Psc, CR - Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army; one of the most distinguished generals in Sri Lankan history[48]
- Rear Admiral Sunil Ranjan Samaratunga – RSP, VSV, USP of the Sri Lanka Navy[49]
- Ana Seneviratne - former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police; Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia[50]
Literature
- Sengai Aaliyan – Sri Lankan Tamil writer
- Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera – Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist[51]
- T. Arasanayagam – author[52]
- Nihal De Silva - author; winner of International Dublin Literary Award[53] and the Gratiaen Prize[54]
- Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita Delgoda – author and traveler[55]
- Prof. J B Disanayake – head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo[56]
- Siri Gunasinghe – sanskritist, art historian, premier Sinhalese poet, novelist, literary critic and filmmaker[57]
- Prof. Kusuma Karunaratne – first female professor of Sinhala language; first woman to secure a First Class Honours degree in Sinhala[58]
Film, theatre and television
- Gunasena Galappatty - pioneer of suspense drama in Sri Lanka[59]
- Prof. A.J. Gunawardena – film critic[60]
- Trilicia Gunawardena – actress; played the roles of "Anula" in Lester James Peries' Gamperaliya and "Maname Bisawa" in Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Maname[61]
- Prof. Gamini Hattotuwegama – the father of modern street theatre in Sri Lanka[62]
- Dhamma Jagoda – first Head of the Drama Unit at the National Television channel Rupavahini; pioneer theater and television play director and actor in Sri Lanka
- Prof. Dharmasena Pathiraja – Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter[63]
- Somalatha Subasinghe – children's playwright; founder of the Children's and Youth Theatre Organisation[64]
- Namel Weeramuni – playwright[65]
Arts
- Stanley Kirinde SLAS – one of Sri Lanka's most outstanding artistic talents of the 20th century; former state secretary of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping; painter of the President's House (Kandy and Colombo), the Foreign Ministry, the Military Academy[66][67]
- Tilak Samarawickrema – artist, architect and designer[68]
Music
- Bridget Halpe – choral director[69]
Religion
- Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera – incumbent Head Priest of the London Buddhist Vihara; current Chief Sangha Nayaka of Great Britain[70]
- Katukurunde Nanananda Thera – Buddhist monk, scholar
- Nyanaponika Thera – German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk; co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society; author of seminal Theravada books; teacher of contemporary Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi[71]
Journalists
- Taraki Sivaram – political analyst and a senior editor for Tamilnet.com[72]
Civil servants
- H.H.Bandara SLAS – former Assistant Director of Cultural Affairs and Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Education[73]
- Susantha De Alwis, SLOS – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Japan, South Korea; Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva[74]
- A. S. Jayawardene, – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury; Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)[75]
- Nihal Seneviratne – former Secretary General of Parliament (1981–1994); parliamentary affairs adviser to the Prime Minister[76]
- Lalith Weeratunga, CAS – current Permanent Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka[77]
- Wilhelm Woutersz, SLOS – former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan Ambassador to People's Republic of China, Italy and Yugoslavia[78]
Business and finance
- D. K. Rajapaksa – managing director, DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd.[79]
Faculty
- Prof. Arjuna Aluwihare – Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya (1988–89); Professor of Surgery 1985–2002 at the University of Peradeniya; Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka; WFME Executive Committee and Acting President SEARAME, SEAR and Global Advisory Committee of Health Research of WHO; Commissioner of Human Rights Sri Lanka[80]
- Prof. Adele Barker – professor of Russian literature, Arizona State University[81]
- Prof. Seneka Bibile – founder of Sri Lanka's drug policy; medical benefactor to humanity[82]
- Prof. Warren Ranjithan Breckenridge – professor of zoology; former president of Sri Lanka Institute of Biology[83]
- Prof. K. M. de Silva – historian, chairman of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies[84]
- Prof. M. W. Sugathapala de Silva – linguist at the Department of Sinhalese, University of Peradeniya until 1964.[85]
- Prof. George Dissanaike – former Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, University of Peradeniya; Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences; past President of the Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka[86]
- Prof. D.E. Hettiaratchchi – first editor-in-chief, Sinhala encyclopaedia[18]
- Prof. E.F.C. Ludowyk – professor of English; author
- Prof. Gunapala Malalasekera - Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat; compiler of the Gunapala Sinhala-English dictionary[87]
- Dr. Robin Mayhead – founder of the choral group Peradeniya Singers[88]
- Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere – professor in sociology; Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University; leading anthropologist; entered into an intellectual debate with Marshall Sahlins over the rationality of indigenous people through the details of Captain James Cook's death in the Hawaiian Islands in 1779[29]
- Prof. Senarath Paranavithana – pioneering archaeologist and epigraphist of Sri Lanka; once the archaeological commissioner[89]
- Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna – Sri Lankan scholar[90]
- Prof. Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah – professor of anthropology (1955–1960); leading social anthropologist[91] and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Harvard University;[91] recipient of the Balzan Prize,[92] the highest recognition of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland,[93] the Huxley Memorial Medal and Lecture,[94] and the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize by the city of Fukuoka, capital of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan;[95] Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy[96]
- Prof. A. J. Wilson – author; chair of political science at University of Peradeniya; Head of the Department of Political Science, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton[97]
Librarians
- H. A. I. Goonetilleke – director of the University of Peradeniya library; first chairman of the Gratiaen Trust; scholar[98]
Sportsmen and sports administrators
- D. H. de Silva - first class cricketer, sports administrator and coach[99]
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