List of University of Ceylon people

The following is a list of notable people associated with the University of Ceylon (1942–52), University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (1952–72) and University of Ceylon, Colombo (1967–1972).

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Chancellors

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Vice-Chancellors

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Ivor Jennings

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Nicholas Attygalle

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Academics

• V. Appapillai – Dean of the Faculty of Science
• S. Arasaratnam – lecturer of history
• K. S. Arulnandhy – lecturer in education
• Chandra de Silva
• K. M. de Silva – chair of Sri Lanka history
• Doric de Souza – senior lecturer in English
• Brendon Gooneratne – Head of the Department of Parasitology
• H. A. I. Goonetileke – assistant librarian
• K. Indrapala – Department of History
• Stanley Kalpage – Head of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry
• P. Kanagasabapathy – professor of mathematics
• R. Kanagasuntheram – lecturer in anatomy
• K. Kanapathypillai – Head of the Department of Tamil
• K. Kunaratnam
• E. F. C. Ludowyk – Dean of the Faculty of Arts
• Baku Mahadeva – lecturer in mathematics
• Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar – professor of medicine
• A. W. Mailvaganam – Dean of the Faculty of Science
• T. Nadaraja – Dean of the Faculty of Law
• S. Pathmanathan – lecturer in history
• E. O. E. Pereira – Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
• Ediriweera Sarachchandra – lecturer in Pali
• S. Selvanayagam – assistant lecturer
• V. Sivalingam – professor of parasitology
• M. Sivasuriya – faculty of medicine
• Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
• A. Thurairajah – professor of civil engineering
• S. Vithiananthan – Head of the Department of Tamil
• A. Jeyaratnam Wilson – chair of political science

Alumni

Academia

S. Arulkumaran

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Sucharitha Gamlath

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Siri Gunasinghe

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Y Karunadasa

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V. K. Samaranayake

Chandra Wickramasinghe

• Ameer Ali – lecturer in economics
• Sarath Amunugama – professor of French; vice-chancellor of the University of Kelaniya
• S. Arulkumaran – professor of obstetrics and gynaecology
• S. Arasaratnam – professor of history
• K. Arulanandan – professor of engineering
• K. D. Arulpragasam – professor of zoology
• Ganesar Chanmugam – professor of astrophysics
• Charles Dahanayake – professor of physics, dean of Faculty of Science at the University of Kelaniya
• Chandra de Silva – lecturer in history, vice provost of the Old Dominion University
• K. M. de Silva – chair of Sri Lanka history at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
• Mohan De Silva – professor of surgery; dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• K. N. O. Dharmadasa – professor, dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Peradeniya
• George Dissanaike – professor of physics
• Elagu V. Elaguppillai – professor of physics
• Brendon Gooneratne – senior lecturer, head of the Department of Parasitology at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
• Sucharitha Gamlath – professor of Sinhala, dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka
• R. K. W. Goonesekera – professor of law, chancellor of the University of Peradeniya
• Siri Gunasinghe – professor of history
• K. Indrapala – professor of history, dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Jaffna
• Osmund Jayaratne – Professor of physics
• K. N. Jayatilleke – professor of Pali and Buddhist Studies, head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
• W. L. Jeyasingham – associate professor of geography, dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Jaffna
• Silan Kadirgamar – lecturer in history and author
• David Kalupahana – professor of philosophy
• P. Kanagasabapathy – professor of mathematics, dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka
• R. Kanagasuntheram – professor of anatomy, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jaffna
• Y Karunadasa – professor
• Kusuma Karunaratne – professor of Sinhala
• Sam Karunaratne – professor of engineering, vice-chancellor of the University of Moratuwa
• R. Kumaravadivel – professor of physics, dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Jaffna
• K. Kunaratnam – professor of physics, vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna
• Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar – professor of medicine
• M. Nadarajasundaram – professor, dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce at the University of Jaffna
• Gananath Obeyesekere – professor of anthropology
• S. Pathmanathan – professor of history, chancellor of the University of Jaffna
• Malik Peiris – professor
• V. K. Samaranayake – professor of computer science, dean of the Faculty of Science at the Colombo Campus of the University of Sri Lanka
• S. Selvanayagam – professor of geography, head of the Department of Geography at the University of Jaffna
• K. N. Seneviratne – professor of physiology
• M. Sivasuriya – professor of obstetrics and gynaecology; chancellor of the University of Jaffna
• Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah – professor of law, head of the School of Law at the University of Tasmania
• Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah – professor of anthropology
• A. Thurairajah – professor of civil engineering, vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna
• A. Veluppillai – professor of Tamil
• S. Vithiananthan – professor of Tamil; vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna
• Chandra Wickramasinghe – professor of astrobiology; director of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Buckingham
• Sunitha Wickramasinghe – professor of haematology
• Stanley Wijesundera – professor of chemistry; vice-chancellor of the University of Colombo
• Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe – professor

Arts

• Gunadasa Amarasekara – author
• Nihal De Silva – novelist
• Vasantha Obeysekera – film director
• Iranganie Serasinghe – actress
• Ambalavaner Sivanandan – novelist

Business and finance

• Eastman Narangoda - Chairman of Seylan Bank
• J. M. Rajaratnam - Vice President of Singer Company

Civil service

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Jayantha Kelegama

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M. J. Perera

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Nihal Seneviratne

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Lalith Weeratunga

• Austin Fernando - permanent secretary, Governor of Eastern Province
• Gamini Iriyagolla – civil servant
• Nihal Jayawickrama – permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice
• Jayantha Kelegama – permanent secretary at the Ministry of External and Internal Trade
• K. C. Logeswaran – permanent secretary at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and the Media, District Secretary for Vavuniya District, ambassador to South Korea
• H. M. G. S. Palihakkara - permanent secretary, ambassador, Governor of Northern Province
• V. M. Panchalingam – District Secretary for Jaffna District
• M. J. Perera – permanent secretary at the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
• Ranji Salgado – civil servant
• Nihal Seneviratne – Secretary General of Parliament
• Bernard Tilakaratna – permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Lalith Weeratunga – permanent secretary to the President of Sri Lanka
• Wickrema Weerasooria – permanent secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation; high commissioner; associate professor of law
• Wilhelm Woutersz – permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Diplomacy

• Susantha De Alwis – ambassador
• John De Saram – diplomat
• Yogendra Duraiswamy – diplomat, District Secretary for Jaffna District
• Ahmed Aflal Jawad – ambassador
• Palitha Kohona – diplomat
• Vernon Mendis – ambassador
• A. T. Moorthy – diplomat
• Nimalasiri Silva – diplomat and civil servant

Government and politics

Sarath Amunugama

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Felix Dias Bandaranaike

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G. L. Peiris

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Ranil Wickremasinghe

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Nissanka Wijeyeratne

• Sarath Amunugama – government minister
• Felix Dias Bandaranaike – government minister
• Ronnie de Mel – government minister
• Amarasiri Dodangoda – government minister
• K. Ganeshalingam – Mayor of Colombo
• Lakshman Kadirgamar – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Vikramabahu Karunaratne – politician
• M. A. Abdul Majeed – deputy minister
• G. L. Peiris – government minister
• K. Thurairatnam – Member of Parliament for Point Pedro
• Tissa Vitharana – government minister
• Ranil Wickremasinghe – Prime Minister
• Nissanka Wijeyeratne – government minister

Journalism and media

• Mervyn De Silva – editor of the The Times of Ceylon, Ceylon Daily News and Lanka Guardian
• Vijita Fernando – journalist
• K. Kailasapathy – editor of Thinakaran, president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka
• R. Sivagurunathan – editor of Thinakaran

Law

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Basil Fernando

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C. V. Vigneswaran

• Ranjit Abeysuriya – Director of Public Prosecutions
• John De Saram – Director of the Office of the Legal Counsel, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
• H. L. de Silva – lawyer, ambassador
• Basil Fernando – lawyer
• Mark Fernando – Supreme Court judge
• Saleem Marsoof – Supreme Court judge
• Shiva Pasupati – Attorney General
• Satchi Ponnambalam – Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize
• H. D. Thambiah – Chief Justice
• Neelan Tiruchelvam – lawyer, academic and Member of Parliament for National List
• C. V. Vigneswaran – Supreme Court judge, chief minister of the Northern Province
• Upawansa Yapa – Solicitor General

Medicine

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Surendra Ramachandran

• Surendra Ramachandran – consultant physician, nephrologist

Military

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Janaka Perera

• Sepala Attygalle – Commander of the Army
• Janaka Perera – Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
• Chelliah Thurairaja – Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps

Religion

• Bastiampillai Deogupillai – Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna
• S. J. Emmanuel – Roman Catholic Vicar General of the Jaffna Diocese, president of the Global Tamil Forum
• S. Jebanesan – Church of South India Bishop of Jaffna
• Lakshman Wickremasinghe – Anglican Bishop of Kurunegala

Sports

• Hemasiri Fernando – rifle shooter, vice president of the Commonwealth Games Federation
• P. H. D. Waidyatilleka – Vice President of the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka

Other

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Ana Seneviratne

• Sarath Abayawardana – Director of the National Science Foundation
• Gamani Corea – Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police
• Rajan Hoole – human rights activist and lecturer in mathematics
• Nandasiri Jasentuliyana – Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
• A. M. Mubarak – Director of the National Science Foundation
• Rudra Rajasingham – Inspector General of Police
• Ana Seneviratne – Inspector General of Police
• T. Somasekaram – Surveyor General
• Kanagaratnam Sriskandan – civil engineer
• Bala Tampoe – general secretary of the Ceylon Mercantile Union
• P. H. D. Waidyatilleka – civil engineer; senior vice president of the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka