| Honorific Prefix: | Professor |
| P. Kanagasabapathy | |
| Birth Date: | 1923 |
| Death Date: | January 1977 |
| Alma Mater: | Jaffna Hindu College University of Ceylon University of Cambridge |
| Occupation: | Academic |
| Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Sri Lanka (Jaffna campus) | |
| Term: | October 1974 - January 1977 |
| Successor: | K. Kunaratnam |
Perampalam Kanagasabapathy (1923–1977) was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, academic and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.
Kanagasabapathy was born in 1923.[1] He was the son of Iyampillai Perampalam from Erlalai in northern Ceylon.[1] He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College.[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon.[1] He then went to the University of Cambridge, graduating with a master's degree in mathematics.[1]
Kanagasabapathy married Meenambikai in 1949.[1] They had three children (Pathmini, Mythili and Nanada Kumaran).[1]
Kanagasabapathy worked at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya from 1950 to 1974 as a lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of mathematics.[1] He joined the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka in October 1974 as a professor of mathematics.[1] He was head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna campus from October 1974 to January 1977.[2] [3] He died in January 1977.[1] He published number of papers in Mathematical Journals.[4] [5]