Professor Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah ( ta, சிவக்கொழுந்து சிறிசற்குணராஜா) is a

Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pr ...

mathematician, academic and current

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of the

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

Early life

Srisatkunarajah was educated at

Hartley College Hartley College ( ta, ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி ''Hāṭlik Kallūri'') is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. Founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. The school i ...

. After school he joined the

in 1979, graduating in 1983 with a

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in mathematics. He received a

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degree from

Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...

in 1988 after producing a

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titled ''On the asymptotics of the heat equation for polygonal domains''. He also has a postgraduate diploma in education from the Open University of Sri Lanka (2004). Srisatkunarajah holds dual Australian and Sri Lankan citizenship.

Career

Srisatkunarajah was head of the University of Jaffna's Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 2009 to 2012. He became a professor of mathematics in 2010. He served as dean of the Faculty of Science between July 2013 and July 2016 and dean of the Faculty of Technology from October 2016 to September 2017. In February 2017 the university's

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nominated Srisatkunarajah along with T. Velnampy and R. Vigneswaran to be the university's new vice-chancellor. However, in April 2017

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Maithripala Sirisena chose Vigneswaran to be the new chancellor. In August 2020 the University of Jaffna's council nominated Srisatkunarajah along with K. Mikunthan and T. Velnampy to be the university's new vice-chancellor. Srisatkunarajah was chosen by President

Gotabaya Rajapaksa Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa ( si, නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; ta, நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan militar ...

. He assumed duties on 28 August 2020.

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