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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 Prof. Ranjith Bandara, Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka His excellency Sirisena Amarasekara – Sri Lankan High commissioner to South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Angola, Botswana, and Eswatini. Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala, SLOS – former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Amarasiri Dodangoda – former Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs of Sri Lanka Hon. Justice Mark Fernando – former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Nandana Gunathilake – former Cabinet minister of posts and telecommunications Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka SLOS – Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations at Geneva; Consul General for Switzerland Sri Lankabhimanya Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar – diplomat, politician and lawyer 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 Hon. W. J. M. Lokubandara – Speaker of the Parliament (2005–2010) Athuraliye Rathana Thero – Jathika Hela Urumaya MP 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 Ranjit Uyangoda – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan; current Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Prof. Wiswa Warnapala – former Minister of Higher Education, Sri Lanka 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 Prof. K. N. O. Dharmadasa – editor-in-chief, Sinhala encyclopaedia 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 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 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 Prof. Ashley Halpe – Professor emeritus of English; poet, playwright and scholar 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 Prof.Saman Warnakulasuriya – OBE- Emeritus Professor King's College London, UK & Director WHO Collaborating Centre on Oral Cancer Prof. Amal Jayawardane – Sri Lankan historian; visiting professor at the American University; research scholar at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics Prof. David Kalupahana – Buddhist scholar; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii 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 Prof. P.D. Premasiri – Buddhist scholar; Professor Emeritus of Pali and Buddhist Studies at the University of Peradeniya. Dr. Michael Roberts – historian 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; 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 Kala Keerthi, Dharma Shastra Visharadha Kirthi Sri, Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna – scholar Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne – professor of archaeology; Fulbright Visiting Professor at Cornell University and Carleton College; archaeological director of the UNESCO programs at Anuradhapura Prof. Pandula Andagama – Anthropologist; Head of the Anthropology Division, and assistant director of the National Museum of Colombo. 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 Prof. Sarath Amunugama – Vice Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Prof. C. L. V. Jayathilake – Chancellor of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya Prof. S. "Sam" Karunaratne – former Vice Chancellor of University of Moratuwa; current Chancellor of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology 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 Dr. Indira Samarasekara – President of the University of Alberta, Canada Prof. Chandima Wijebandara – scholar of Buddhism; Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura Deans Prof. Nalin de Silva – former Dean of the Faculty of Science University of Kelaniya; commission member of UGC Prof. M. P. Ranaweera – former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya Medicine Prof. Aloka Abey Bandara – developer of an antibiotic vaccine to control infectious Brucellosis 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 the.... Discover the Robin Mayhead popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Robin Mayhead books.