page_title: List of University of Ceylon people
section_title: Academia
hierarchical_section_title: List of University of Ceylon people / Alumni / Academia
caption_attribution_description: English: Siri Gunasinghe සිංහල: සිරි ගුනසිංහ
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable people associated with the University of Ceylon, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and University of Ceylon, Colombo.
context_section_description: 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
  Chitra Fernando – lecturer in linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia
  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
  Valentine Joseph – professor of mathematics.
  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
  K. Sivathamby – professor
  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
caption: Siri Gunasinghe
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