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C.L.V Jayathilake, FIESL, JP is a Sri Lankan

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and

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. He was the chancellor of Wayamba University and the former

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of the

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Education

Jayathilake was educated at the Royal College, Colombo,One of the best batches of the best school!
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with a

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in engineering and soon after receiving the Ceylon Government University Scholarship (1960), for best performance at the engineering degree examination to study for a postgraduate

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(1963) in thermal process engineering, where he won the Unwin Memorial Scholarship. In 1966 he gained a PhD from the

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for research in heat transfer.

Career

Joining the newly established Faculty of Engineering of the

in 1966, he became one of its most senior professors in engineering and the

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of the faculty.Preface
Later he was appointed as the vice chancellor of the

. After his tenure he transferred to the

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as dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He had also served as the director general of the National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technical Education; was the chairman of the National Education Commission, Presidential Commission on Youth and a faculty consultant of the Colombo Plan Staff College in

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. Upon retirement he was made an

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, and he is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Sri Lanka. Later he was the chancellor of

Wayamba University of Sri Lanka Wayamba University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා වයඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, இலங்கை வயம்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is the thirteenth national university in ...

and chairman of the National Institute of Business Management. Since April 24, 2012, he functions as the chairman of the National Education Commission (NEC)

Awards

*He received the honor of

from the

. *The Government of Sri Lanka awarded the title of ''Vishva Prasaadini'' for distinguished national service. *He is a Justice of Peace

References

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Chancellor, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
Academics of the University of Peradeniya Alumni of Imperial College London Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Alumni of the University of Ceylon Chancellors of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka Living people Sinhalese engineers Sri Lankan academic administrators Vice-Chancellors of the University of Peradeniya {{Authority control Year of birth missing (living people)