List of University of Jaffna people explained

The following is a list people associated with the University of Jaffna, including its predecessor, the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.

Chancellors, vice-chancellors and presidents

President! style="background-color:#E0CEF2; vertical-align:bottom;"

Took office	Left office
	1 August 1974	31 July 1977
S. Vithiananthan^[1]	1 August 1977	31 December 1978

Chancellor! style="background-color:#E0CEF2; vertical-align:bottom;"

Took office	Left office
V. Manicavasagar^[2]	1 January 1979	1984
	1984	2004
M. Sivasuriya^[3]
S. Pathmanathan^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Vice-chancellor! style="background-color:#E0CEF2; vertical-align:bottom;"

Took office	Left office
	January 1979	July 1988
	September 1988	April 1994
	April 1994	February 1997
	February 1997	April 2003
	April 2003	March 2006
S. Mohanadas (acting)^[7]	March 2006
R. Kumaravadivel (acting)^[8]	June 2006	December 2007
N. Shanmugalingam^[9]	December 2007	March 2011
Vasanthy Arasaratnam^[10]	March 2011	April 2017
R. Vigneswaran^[11]	April 2017	6 May 2019
S. Srisatkunarajah^[12]	August 2020

Academics

• Srikanthalakshmi Arulanandam - Principle Librarian
• P. Balasundarampillai - professor of geography, dean of the Faculty of Arts and vice-chancellor^{[13] [14]}
• Sucharitha Gamlath - professor of Sinhala and dean of the Faculty of Arts^[14]
• K. Indrapala - professor of history and dean of the Faculty of Arts^[14]
• W. L. Jeyasingham - associate professor of geography, head of the Department of Geography and dean of the Faculty of Arts^[14]
• P. Kanagasabapathy - professor of mathematics, head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and dean of the Faculty of Science^[15]
• R. Kumaravadivel - Emeritus professor of physics, head of the Department of Physics, head of the Computer Unit, dean of the Faculty of Science and acting vice-chancellor^{[8] [15] [16] [17]}
• K. Kunaratnam - emeritus professor of physics, head of the Department of Physics, head of the Department of Computer Science, dean of the Faculty of Science and vice-chancellor^{[2] [16] [17] [15] [18]}
• S. Mohanadas - dean of the Faculty of Agriculture^[19]
• M. Nadarajasundaram - senior lecturer, head of the Department of Commerce and Management Studies, dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce^{[20] [21] [22]}
• S. Selvanayagam - head of the Department of Geography^[23]
• M. Sivasuriya - professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and chancellor.^{[4] [3] [24] [25]}
• K. Sivathamby - emeritus professor and head of the Department of Fine Arts^{[26] [27] [28]}
• Rajini Thiranagama - head of the Department of Anatomy^[29]

Alumni

• S. Jebanesan - Church of South India Bishop of Jaffna^[30]
• M. Nadarajasundaram - Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce^[20]
• Jude Perera - member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly^[31]
• Joseph Ponniah - Roman Catholic Bishop of Batticaloa^{[32] [33]}
• R. Sivagurunathan - editor of Thinakaran^{[34] [35] [36]}
• S. Sritharan - Member of Parliament for Jaffna District^[37]
• Chelvy Thiyagarajah - poet and International PEN award winner^[38]

References

• Book: Arumugam, S.. Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997.

Notes and References

1. Wijesundera. Stanley. Stanley Wijesundera. Professor Subramaniam Vithianandan. Tamil Times. February 1989. VIII. 3. 17. 0266-4488.
2. Web site: Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka. University of Jaffna. https://web.archive.org/web/20080322160808/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/aboutusmore.htm. 22 March 2008.
3. News: Jaffna Campus holds convocation. TamilNet. 6 October 2005.
4. Web site: Office of the Vice-Chancellor . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004103621/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/vc.html . 2013-10-04 .
5. News: National Trust Lecture: Getting to know Sri Lanka’s kovils. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 27 July 2014.
6. News: Kovils of Sri Lanka by Prof. S Pathmanathan. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 28 July 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140927205016/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=entertainment/cultural-diary-28-07-2014. 27 September 2014.
7. News: Fernando. Chinthaka. Minister not involved in VC appointment. The Sunday Leader. 19 March 2006.
8. Web site: Prof.R.Kumaravadivel . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217222910/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/phy/staffdetail.php?action=show&name=Kumaravadivel&id=Kumaravadivel6 . 2014-12-17 .
9. News: Shanmugalingan appointed new Vice-Chancellor of Jaffna University. TamilNet. 27 December 2007.
10. News: Vasanthi Arasaratnam becomes Vice Chancellor, Jaffna University. TamilNet. 31 March 2011.
11. News: Prof. R. Wigneswaran appointed the New VC of the University of Jaffna. 7 May 2017. Tamil Diplomat. 29 April 2017. London, U.K..
12. News: Vice Chancellor . 28 August 2020 . Jfn.ac.lk. 28 August 2020. Jaffna,Sri Lanka.
13. Book: Hoole, Rajan. Broken Palmyra. 1190. University Teachers for Human Rights. Appendix IV: A statement issued by 50 university teachers during the run-up to the Provincial Council elections of November 1988. Rajan Hoole.
14. Web site: Former Deans. Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130505003110/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/arts/index.php/home/2012-02-28-04-04-29. 2013-05-05.
15. Web site: Dean's Office. Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111204441/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/deansOffice.html. 2014-01-11.
16. Web site: History. Department of Physics, University of Jaffna. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140112130636/http://www.phy.jfn.ac.lk/about.php. 2014-01-12.
17. Web site: Academic Staff. Department of Physics, University of Jaffna. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140112135905/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/phy/staff.php?action=academic1. 2014-01-12.
18. Web site: Heads of the Department. Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
19. Web site: About Us. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna. 2013-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20130617015648/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/agri/index.php/about-us. 2013-06-17. dead.
20. News: Manicawasagar. Kalabhooshanam Chelvatamby. Golden rules in Time Management. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 9 May 2010. 29 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051441/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/05/09/spe50.asp. 4 March 2016. live.
21. Web site: About. Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130303005628/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/maco/index.php/about-2. 2013-03-03.
22. News: IPM opens branch in Jaffna. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 March 2012.
23. Book: The Glowing Tributes Paid to Late Prof. S. Selvanayagam.
24. News: Jayasinghe. Ananda. Jubilee celebrations of Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya; 50 years in Medical Education part 2. The Island (Sri Lanka). 2 January 2012.
25. News: Jaffna University holds 22nd convocation. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 22 October 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050307090200/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/10/22/new20.html. 7 March 2005.
26. Web site: About Us. Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130208081736/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/arts/finearts/index.php/about-us. 2013-02-08.
27. News: Tamil scholar Sivathamby passes away. The Hindu. 8 July 2011.
28. News: Professor Sivathamby passes away. TamilNet. 6 July 2011.
29. Web site: Rajini: 20th Death Anniversary of a True Tamil Heroine. dbsjeyaraj.com. D. B. S. Jeyaraj.
30. News: Thiruvarangan. Mahendran. Rev. Dr. S. Jebanesan - a versatile personality. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 5 April 2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085436/http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/04/05/fea05.htm. 27 May 2009.
31. Web site: Mr Jude Perera. Parliament of Victoria.
32. News: New Bishop appointed for East. TamilNet. 26 February 2008.
33. News: Rev. Fr. Ponniah Joseph new Auxiliary Bishop, Trinco-Batticaloa Diocese. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 29 May 2008.
34. News: Veteran Tamil newspaper Editor Sivagurunathan passes away. TamilNet. 9 August 2003.
35. News: Veteran journalist Siva dies. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 11 August 2003. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070217214146/http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/08/11/new25.html. 17 February 2007.
36. News: Maniccavasagar. Chelvatamby. Kalasuri R. Sivagurunathan: A veteran journalist. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 7 September 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130619214132/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/09/07/fea06.asp. 19 June 2013.
37. News: TNA's Sritharan Top Scorer. Ceylon Today. 20 August 2015. A4.
38. Web site: PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060825132706/http://www.pen.org/freedom/bga.htm . 2006-08-25 .