| G. P. Samarawickrama | |
| Order: | 1st |
| Vice Chancellor University of Ruhuna | |
| Term Start: | 1984 |
| Successor: | S. Pinnaduwage |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Birth Name: | Gervin Panduka Samarawickrama |
| Alma Mater: | Mahinda College, Galle[1] University of Ceylon University of London |
| Profession: | Physician Academic |
| Spouse: | Sunethra Manthri née Kehelpannala (m. 11 July 1966) |
| Children: | 1, Rajeeva Samarawickrama |
Gervin Panduka Samarawickrama is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was the inaugural Vice-Chancellor of University of Ruhuna.
Samarawickrama was born 5 July 1938 in Colombo, the son of Stephen Samarawickrama and Darlina née Wijeratne.[2]
Samarawickrama graduated from the University of Ceylon in 1967 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Following which he was the medical officer-in-charge Venereal Diseases Clinic in Galle between 1968 and 1969, employed at the Government Hospital, Hurikaduwa between 1969 and 1971, and a lecturer, then senior lecturer at the University of Peradeniya between 1971 and 1980.[2] In 1975 he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of London. In 1980 he was employed as the head of the department of community medicine at Ruhuna University College.[2] In 1984 following the elevation of the Ruhuna University College to full university status he was appointed the University's inaugural Vice-Chancellor.[2]