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University of Jaffna The University of Jaffna ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், translit=Yāḻppāṇap Palkalaikkaḻakam; si, යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ''Yāpanaya Viśvavidyālaya''; ...

, including its predecessor, the Jaffna Campus of the

University of Sri Lanka The University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, இலங்கைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) was the public university system of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978. Est ...

Chancellors, vice-chancellors and presidents

Academics

Srikanthalakshmi Arulanandam Srikanthalakshmi Arulanandam, in Tamil: சிறீகாந்தலட்சுமி அருளானந்தம் (1961 – December 25, 2019) was a Sri Lankan librarian and writer, who was an advocate for feminism, media literacy and Ee ...

- Principle Librarian *

P. Balasundarampillai Professor Ponnuthurai Balasundarampillai ( ta, பொன்னுத்துரை பாலசுந்தரம்பிள்ளை) is a Sri Lankan Tamil academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna. Early life and famil ...

- professor of geography, dean of the

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and vice-chancellor * Sucharitha Gamlath - professor of Sinhala and dean of the Faculty of Arts *

K. Indrapala Professor Karthigesu Indrapala (born 22 October 1938) is a Sri Lankan academic, historian, archaeologist, author and former dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna. Early life and family Indrapala was born on 22 October 1938. He was th ...

- professor of history and dean of the Faculty of Arts * W. L. Jeyasingham - associate professor of geography, head of the Department of Geography and dean of the Faculty of Arts *

P. Kanagasabapathy Perampalam Kanagasabapathy (1923–1977) was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, academic and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka. Early life and family Kanagasabapathy was born in 1923. He was the son o ...

- professor of mathematics, head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and dean of the

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* R. Kumaravadivel - senior professor of physics, head of the Department of Physics, head of the Computer Unit, dean of the Faculty of Science and acting vice-chancellor * K. Kunaratnam - emeritus professor of physics, head of the Department of Physics, head of the Department of Computer Science, dean of the Faculty of Science and vice-chancellor * S. Mohanadas - dean of the

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M. Nadarajasundaram Professor Manikam Nadarajasundaram is a Sri Lankan academic and former dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce at the University of Jaffna. Early life and family Nadarajasundaram was educated at Hartley College between 1954 and ...

- senior lecturer, head of the Department of Commerce and Management Studies, dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce *

S. Selvanayagam Somasundaram Selvanayagam (28 May 1932 – 23 May 1979) was a Ceylon Tamil geographer, academic and head of the Department of Geography at the University of Jaffna. Early life Selvanayagam was born on 28 May 1932. He was educated at Jaffna ...

- head of the Department of Geography *

M. Sivasuriya Professor M. Sivasuriya is a Sri Lankan Tamil physician, academic and former chancellor of the University of Jaffna. Early life Sivasuriya was educated at the University of Ceylon from where he received a MBBS degree. Career Sivasuriya was one o ...

- professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and chancellor. *

K. Sivathamby Professor Karthigesu Sivathamby ( ta, கார்த்திகேசு சிவத்தம்பி; 10 May 1932 – 6 July 2011) was a Sri Lankan Tamil literary historian, author and academic. Early life and family Sivathamby was bor ...

- emeritus professor and head of the Department of Fine Arts *

Rajini Thiranagama Dr. Rajani Thiranagama (née Rajasingham) (23 February 1954 – 21 September 1989) was a Tamil human rights activist and feminist who was assassinated by Tamil Tigers cadres after she had criticised them for their atrocities. At the time of her ...

- head of the Department of Anatomy

Alumni

* S. Jebanesan -

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Bishop of Jaffna *

- Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce *

Jude Perera Jude Perera (born 27 May 1953) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2018, representing the seat of Cranbourne for the Labor Party. Perera was born in Sri Lanka, and receiv ...

- member of the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ...

Joseph Ponniah Right Reverend Joseph Ponniah (born 12 October 1952) is a Sri Lankan Tamil people, Sri Lanka Tamil priest and the current Roman Catholicism in Sri Lanka, Roman Catholic Bishop of Batticaloa. Early life Ponniah was born on 12 October 1952 in Thann ...

- Roman Catholic

Bishop of Batticaloa The Diocese of Batticaloa ( la, Dioecesis Batticaloaensis, ta, மட்டக்களப்பு மறைமாவட்டம்) is a Roman Catholic diocese for south-eastern Sri Lanka. The current bishop is Joseph Ponniah. History The Di ...

* R. Sivagurunathan - editor of ''

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'' *

S. Sritharan Sivagnanam Shritharan ( ta, சிவஞானம் சிறீதரன், translit=Civañāṉam Ciṟītaraṉ; born 8 December 1968) is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Shritharan was ...

- Member of Parliament for Jaffna District *

Chelvy Thiyagarajah Thiagarajah Selvanithy or (Selvi) from Sri Lanka an International PEN award winner in 1992, who was abducted and executed by the LTTE. Biography Selvi was born into a peasant family in Semamadu, a village about 80 miles south of Jaffna. Ac ...

- poet and

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award winner

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References

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Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...