Professor S. Srisatkunarajah | |
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சி. சிறிசற்குணராஜா | |
Born | 25 March 1961 |
Alma mater |
University of Jaffna Heriot-Watt University |
Occupation | Academic |
Title | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna |
Term | 28 August 2020 – |
Predecessor | R. Vigneswaran |
Professor Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah ( Tamil: சிவக்கொழுந்து சிறிசற்குணராஜா) is a Sri Lankan Tamil mathematician, academic and current vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
Srisatkunarajah was educated at Hartley College. [1] After school he joined the University of Jaffna in 1979, graduating in 1983 with a B.Sc. honours degree in mathematics. [2] [3] He received a Ph.D. degree from Heriot-Watt University in 1988 after producing a thesis titled On the asymptotics of the heat equation for polygonal domains. [2] [4] He also has a postgraduate diploma in education from the Open University of Sri Lanka (2004). [2] [5]
Srisatkunarajah holds dual Australian and Sri Lankan citizenship. [6]
Srisatkunarajah was head of the University of Jaffna's Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 2009 to 2012. [2] He became a professor of mathematics in 2010. [2] He served as dean of the Faculty of Science between July 2013 and July 2016 and dean of the Faculty of Technology from October 2016 to September 2017. [7] [8] In February 2017 the university's council nominated Srisatkunarajah along with T. Velnampy and R. Vigneswaran to be the university's new vice-chancellor. [9] However, in April 2017 President Maithripala Sirisena chose Vigneswaran to be the new chancellor. [10]
In August 2020 the University of Jaffna's council nominated Srisatkunarajah along with K. Mikunthan and T. Velnampy to be the university's new vice-chancellor. [11] Srisatkunarajah was chosen by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. [12] He assumed duties on 28 August 2020. [13]
Professor S. Srisatkunarajah | |
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சி. சிறிசற்குணராஜா | |
Born | 25 March 1961 |
Alma mater |
University of Jaffna Heriot-Watt University |
Occupation | Academic |
Title | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna |
Term | 28 August 2020 – |
Predecessor | R. Vigneswaran |
Professor Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah ( Tamil: சிவக்கொழுந்து சிறிசற்குணராஜா) is a Sri Lankan Tamil mathematician, academic and current vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
Srisatkunarajah was educated at Hartley College. [1] After school he joined the University of Jaffna in 1979, graduating in 1983 with a B.Sc. honours degree in mathematics. [2] [3] He received a Ph.D. degree from Heriot-Watt University in 1988 after producing a thesis titled On the asymptotics of the heat equation for polygonal domains. [2] [4] He also has a postgraduate diploma in education from the Open University of Sri Lanka (2004). [2] [5]
Srisatkunarajah holds dual Australian and Sri Lankan citizenship. [6]
Srisatkunarajah was head of the University of Jaffna's Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 2009 to 2012. [2] He became a professor of mathematics in 2010. [2] He served as dean of the Faculty of Science between July 2013 and July 2016 and dean of the Faculty of Technology from October 2016 to September 2017. [7] [8] In February 2017 the university's council nominated Srisatkunarajah along with T. Velnampy and R. Vigneswaran to be the university's new vice-chancellor. [9] However, in April 2017 President Maithripala Sirisena chose Vigneswaran to be the new chancellor. [10]
In August 2020 the University of Jaffna's council nominated Srisatkunarajah along with K. Mikunthan and T. Velnampy to be the university's new vice-chancellor. [11] Srisatkunarajah was chosen by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. [12] He assumed duties on 28 August 2020. [13]