List of Ananda College alumni

This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Religion

• Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa - former president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and author
• Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero - Sri Lankan scholar monk and a personality of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century

Heads of government

Prime Ministers

• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, MP - former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (note: also listed in "Legislators")^[1]

Ministers and legislators

Current

Government benches

• R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara - Minister Public Administration and Management
• Mohan Lal Grero, MP - State Minister of University Education and Member of Parliament (note: also listed in "Educationalists")
• Achala Jagodage - Member of Parliament
• Karu Jayasuriya - 20th Speaker of the Parliament
• Ajith Perera - Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
• Arjuna Ranatunga - Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping
• Rajitha Senaratne - Cabinet Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine

Opposition benches

• Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - current Member of Parliament
• Dullas Alahapperuma - current Member of Parliament
• P. Dayaratna - current Member of Parliament
• Mohan Lal Grero - chairman, Lyceum Group of Companies; Member of Parliament, Colombo District
• Gitanjana Gunawardena - current Member of Parliament
• Tissa Vitharana - current Member of Parliament, professor of microbiology and leader of the LSSP
• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - current Member of Parliament, Kalutara District

Former

• Ossie Abeygunasekara - former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
• Thomas Amarasuriya - former Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon
• D. P. Atapattu - former Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70
• R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - ex minister of Agriculture
• Rohitha Bogollagama - former minister of Foreign Affairs and ex Member of Parliament
• Anandatissa de Alwis - former Speaker of the National State Assembly in Sri Lanka; Cabinet Minister of State
• William de Silva - former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries; former Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada
• General Sarath Fonseka - leader of Democratic Party and former Member of Parliament
• Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Diplomats")
• Philip Gunawardena - served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet; Minister of Fisheries
• Robert Gunawardena
• Indradasa Hettiarachchi - former Minister of Industries
• Gamini Wijesekera - former Member of the Parliament and General Secretary of United National Party
• I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla - former Minister of Education
• Lakshman Jayakody - former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Presidential advisor
• Wickremabahu Karunaratne - leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party; served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District
• Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi - former Colombo District Minister and Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa)
• Imthiaz Bakeer Markar - former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications
• Sanjeewa Kavirathna - Former Member of Parliament and Member of Central Provincial council. Sri Lanka's first Green Awarded politician.
• V. Navaratnam - former Member of Parliament
• Herbert Sri Nissanka - former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• N. M. Perera - founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister of Finance
• Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra - former Member of Parliament
• Basil Rajapaksa - former Minister of Economic Development and Member of Parliament
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa - former Secretary of Defense
• Lalitha Rajapakse - former Minister of Justice of Ceylon, elected Member of the Senate of Ceylon; former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Suranimala Rajapaksha - former Minister of School Education
• N. R. Rajavarothiam - Ceylon Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament
• Bimal Rathnayaka - former Member of Parliament
• Dingiri Bandara Welagedara - former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation and former Governor of North Central Province
• S.A. Wickramasinghe - former senator and founder of the Sri Lanka Communist Party

Mayors

• Nimal Chandrasiri de Silva - former Mayor of Kurunegala
• Karu Jayasuriya - former Mayor of Colombo, former Minister, MP, and current deputy leader of the United National Party
• N. M. Perera - former Mayor of Colombo; founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister Of Finance

Diplomats

• Oshadhi Alahapperuma - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Sweden
• Ravinath Ariyasinghe- Sri Lanka Ambassador to European Union
• Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE, CCS - Civil Servant, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• J B Disanayake - writer, language specialist, former Head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, and Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand
• Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Ministers" and "Legislators")
• Karu Jayasuriya - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Germany
• Wasantha Karannagoda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Adviser, Commander of the Navy (note: also listed in "Military")
• Lalitha Rajapakse, KC - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

Military

Sri Lankan Army

• Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka - former Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Commander of the Army^[2]
• General Hamilton Wanasinghe - former Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka, Commander of the Army
• General Lionel Balagalle - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
• General Rohan Daluwatte - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
• Major General Lakshman Algama - VSV, USP, NDC, PSC (1940-1999) former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army
• Major General Asoka Jayawardena - Overall Operations Commander of Sri Lanka Army; former Governor of North Eastern Province
• Major General Jagath Dias
• Major General Chagi Gallage
• Major General Kamal Gunarathne
• Major General Prasanna Silva
• Lt. A.P.N.C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene - Sri Lankan commissioned officer
• Brigadier Gamini Angammana
• Brigadier Nilantha Hettiarachchi
• Colonel Lucky Rajasinghe WWV, RWP, RSP, USP - Sri Lankan commissioned officer
• Major General Mahesh Senanayake RWP RSP USACGSC - Special Forces
• Major General CAMN Silva - former Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army/ First commandant of Kothalawala Defence University
• Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa - Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence

Sri Lankan Navy

• Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Advisor, Commander of the Navy (note: also listed in "Diplomats")^[2]

Sri Lanka Police

• Mahinda Balasuriya - former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka^[3]
• Ruwan Gunasekara - police spokesman, Sri Lanka Police
• Sumith Liyanage - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
• Ajith Rohana - former police spokesman of Police, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Air Force

• Group Captain Harendra Perusinghe

Academics

• Stanley Wijesundera - former Professor of Chemistry; Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
• LH Sumanadasa - aviator, engineer, educator; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
• Chandratne Patuwathavithane - former Professor of Engineering & Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa
• K. D. Arulpragasam - first Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, Sri Lanka
• Charles Dahanayake - Writer, Professor of Physics & Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• Harendra de Silva - Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama
• Chandre Dharma-wardana - scientist, Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Université de Montréal
• Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe - Professor of Civil Engineering; Founding Dean (Emeritus), Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
• D. Shelton A. Gunaratne - Professor of Mass Communications Emeritus affiliated with Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA
• Nimal Rajapakshe - Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Kumaradasa Rajasuriya - former Professor of Medicine, University Of Ceylon
• M. P. Ranaweera - Professor of Civil Engineering; Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
• V. K. Samaranayake - Professor of Computer Science and former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
• W.S. Karunaratne - late Professor in Buddhist Philosophy & Comparative Religion at Peradeniya University; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and a member of the Board of Regents of University of Sri Lanka
• Wickremabahu Karunaratne - Lecturer of Electronics at Peradeniya University; leader of Nava Samsamaja Party
• Ravindra Fernando - Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
• Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri - Professor of Theology, University of Toronto
• P.W. Epasinghe - Chancellor of University of Peradeniya, former Professor of Mathematics, University of Colombo
• Karu Esselle - Professor of Electronic Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia
• Athula Ginige - Professor of Information Technology, University of Western Sydney, Australia
• Gemunu Herath Gunaratne - Professor of Physics, University of Houston, Texas, United States
• Bogoda Premaratne - author, former Principal of Royal College, Colombo
• Hiroshan Hettiarachchi - professor and academic officer, United Nations University, Dresden, Germany^[4]
• Indika Liyanage - Associate Professor in TESOL at Deakin University, Australia
• Shelton Peiris - Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics (Director of Statistics Teaching Program and Sub-Dean of Faculty of Science), University of Sydney, Australia
• L.P.N. Perera - Vice Chancellor and Professor of Pali Language (Emeritus) University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Sunil J. Wimalawansa – physician; scientist; MD, PhD, MBA, DSC; Chief of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition; Director of Regional Osteoporosis Center, New Jersey, USA; originator of therapies for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis; recipient of many awards for innovation, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sri Lanka Foundation, Los Angeles for his contributions to science, humanity, and society
• Srini De Mel - scientist and inventor, Wayne State University, Michigan, United States
• Aruna Prasad Seneviratne - Professor of Telecommunications, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Unil Perera - Professor of Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University
• Saman Halgamuge - Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
• Lalith Jayawickrama - Professor, Department of Biology, University of Dubuque, Iowa, United States
• Kamal Premaratne - Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Florida, United States
• Udaya Annakkage - Professor of Electrical Engineering and former Head of the Department, University of Manitoba, Canada
• Upul Senaratne - Professor of Physics, University of Toledo, Ohio, United States
• Amittha Wickrema - Associate Professor of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Saman Abeysekera - Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Gayanath Fernando - Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
• Anura Jayasumana - Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Colorado State University

Industrialists and corporate executives

• Dr Nalaka Godahewa - Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism; former Managing Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
• Ananda Goonatilleke - former Director of Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd,; Director Operation of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd; Director of Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd; Chairman of Common Amenities Board of Sri Lanka; Executive Director of Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka and Working Director of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• Ratnapala Samaraweera - Chairman and CEO of Maliban Biscuits, Maliban Milk and Little Lion Foods
• Thilan Wijesinghe - former Chief of BOI; CEO of Forbes & Walker Ltd.

International Civil Servants

• Dr. Gamini Abeysekera United Nations International Civil Servant: Former Chief Planning Officer, UNICEF, Nigeria. Former Senior Programme Officer, UNICEF Sudan. Former UNICEF Country Representative for Palestine. Former UNICEF Country Representative for Thailand.
• Dr. Nimal Hettiaratchy Ph.D. Cornell University, NY USA. UNITED Nations International Civil Servant: Former Chief of Nutrition, UNICEF, Nigeria. Former UNICEF Senior Regional M&E Officer for the Middle East and North Africa Region, Amman, Jordan. Former UNICEF Senior Policy Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa Region, Amman, Jordan. Former UNITED Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Director for the Sudan. Former UNICEF Representative for UP in India.

Civil servants

• Anandatissa de Alwis - former Governor of North-North Western Province of Sri Lanka
• V. M. Panchalingam - former District Secretary for Jaffna

Sports

• Marvan Atapattu - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain
• Dinesh Chandimal - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Ajit de Silva - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Akalanka Ganegama - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Avishka Gunawardene - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Chandika Hathurusingha - former Test cricketer and National Junior Coach
• Dinuka Hettiarachchi - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Thilina Kandamby - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Brendon Kuruppu - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Muthumudalige Pushpakumara - Sri Lankan ODI cricketer
• Lt. Col. Daya Rajasinghe - rifle shooting - national champion, SAF Games gold medalist
• Col. Lucky Rajasinghe - rifle shooting - national champion, SAF, Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medalist
• Arjuna Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain and Member of Parliament; 1996 World Cup-winning team captain
• Dammika Ranatunga - Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Nishantha Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka ODI cricketer, Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket
• Sanjeeva Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Dulip Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Thilan Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer^[5]
• Charith Senanayake - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Sachithra Senanayake - Sri Lanka T20 and ODI cricketer
• Mahela Udawatte - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Sanjeewa Weerasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Mithra Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Sidath Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Sunil Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Opening Batsman
• Hemantha Wickramaratne - former ODI Cricketer

Engineers and architects

• Oshadhi Alahapperuma - engineer in Telecommunications; General Manager at Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka
• Chandana Edirisooriya - chartered architect and past President of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
• Devsiri P. Hewawidana - engineer, Rolls Royce Company of UK
• Prof. Anul Perera - engineer
• Jayantha Perera - chartered architect and past President of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
• B. D. Rampala - engineer, former General Manager of Ceylon Railways
• Salinda Rathugama - chartered architect, architect of Sathmahala Project and Hony. Assistant Treasurer of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
• S.M.J.S Samarasinghe - Superintendent of Surveys, Survey department of Sri Lanka
• L. H. Sumanadasa - aviator, engineer, educator; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon;founder of the University of Moratuwa
• Dr Narada Warakagoda - research scientist (telecommunication systems), SINTEF, Norway
• R. G. de S. Wettimuny - Buddhist writer and double chartered engineer (mechanical and civil)
• D. J. Wimalasurendra - engineer, Pioneer of hydro power in Sri Lanka

Judges and lawyers

• G.P.A de Silva - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
• Ananda Goonatilleke - senior lawyer and legal consultant
• Chan Htoon - Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, and the architect of the first constitution of Burma in 1947
• Ye Htoon - Burmese lawyer and entrepreneur
• Yasantha Kodagoda - Deputy Solicitor General
• Shiva Pasupati - former Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
• Gamini Perera - senior lawyer and legal consultant
• V. Sivasubramaniam - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• J. F. A. Soza - former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• P. Sriskandarajah - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• Yuvanjana Wijayatilake - Attorney General of Sri Lanka
• Arthur Wijewardene - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka

Medical professionals

• Dr. S. C. Abeysuriya - senior consultant neurosurgeon, first president and a founder member of Neurosurgeons Association of Sri Lanka (NSASL)
• Prof. N.A. De S. Amarathunga - Professor of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery; former Dean, Faculty of Dental Sciences of the University of Peradeniya
• Dr. Upali Banagala - senior consultant orthopedic surgeon
• Prof. Harendra de Silva – Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
• Prof. W.A.S. de Silva - former Professor of Medicine of the University of Ruhuna
• Prof. Ravindra Fernando – Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Late Prof. M. N. T. Fonseka - the first Professor of Surgery in the Ruhuna Medical Faculty
• Late Dr. R. L. Jayakuru - the Head of the Sexual Transmitted Disease Unit of the Health Ministry
• Lt. Col. (Dr.) Senaka Goonetileke - consultant pediatrician; Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Kotelawala Defence University
• Prof. K. Jayasena - the Professor of Pharmacology of the University of Peradeniya
• Prof. Saroj Jayasinghe - Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Dr. A. T. W. P. Jayawardena - senior consultant anaesthetist
• Late Dr. Dammika Jayawickrama - consultant neurosurgeon, Teaching Hospital, Kandy
• Late Prof. M.T.M Jiffry - Professor of Physiology; founder Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Prof. Athula Kaluarachchi - senior lecturer in Faculty of Medicine, Colombo
• Dr. Himashi Kularatne - senior consultant neurosurgeon; head of neurosurgery, National Hospital of Sri Lanka; a founder member of Neurosurgeons Association of Sri Lanka
• Late Dr. E. H. Mirando - consultant paediatrician; has worked in both the curative and preventive branches of paediatrics
• Late Prof. P.S.S. Panditharathne - former Professor in Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Dr. Rajeeva Peiris - senior cardiothoracic surgeon, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
• Dr. H.S. Perera - consultant cardiothoracic surgeon of the General Hospital; performed the now popular coronary artery bypass graft for the first time in Sri Lanka in 1984
• Dr. Sunil Perera - senior consultant neurosurgeon, former president and a founder member of Neurosurgeons Association of Sri Lanka; Visionary of Neurotrauma Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka
• Late Prof. D. A. Ranasinghe – Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Professor E. K. Rodrigo - Professor of Psychiatry of the University of Peradeniya
• Prof. M.S.L. Salgado - the Chief Judicial Medical Officer, Colombo; Professor of Forensic Medicine in the North Colombo Medical College
• Late Prof. N. Saravanapavananthan - the first Professor of Forensic Medicine in the University of Jaffna
• Prof. Jayamini Senevirathne - Professor of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Sri Jayawardanapura
• Prof. Harshalal Seneviratne – former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Colombo.
• Dr. Hudson Silva - started the Eye Donation Society, has pioneered eye donation in Sri Lanka and abroad; his work received international fame and he has received awards from Japan and Bangladesh
• Prof. Jayantha Sirisena - former head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the University of Kelaniya
• C G Uragoda – physician, author, folklorist, historian and conservationist
• Prof. Tissa Vitarana - MP, a senior minister in the cabinet, leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
• Dr. S. A Wickramasinghe - Member of Parliament; the founder leader of the Ceylon Communist Party
• Gamini Wickremasinghe – MD, Informatics Group
• Dr. Preethiraj Wijegoonawardena - past president of the SLMA and the College of General Practitioners; Regional President of World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), South Asia
• Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa - Professor of Medicine in the New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry, USA
• Prof. Sunil J. Wimalawansa - physician, scientist; MD, PhD, MBA, DSC, Chief of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition; Director of the Regional Osteoporosis Center, New Jersey, USA; received a coveted Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sri Lanka Foundation, Los Angeles, California for his contributions to science, humanity, and society; the International Society for Clinical Densitometry recognized his contributions by awarding him the 2007 Dr. Oscar S. Gluck Humanitarian Award^[6]

Poets, novelists and academic writers

• Ananda Goonatilleke - poet and writer
• Sunanda Mahendra - author and critic
• G. B. Senanayake - Sinhala writer
• P. B. Senanayake - Sinhala writer

Media personalities and journalists

• Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi - former Director General, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation; former Group Director, Maharaja Group/MTV-MBC; former Director, Hiru TV; Managing Director, OnAir World Ceylon Ltd.^[7]
• Sunil Madhawa Premathilaka - journalist and writer
• Nishantha Ranatunga - CEO of CSN TV
• Regi Siriwardena - Sri Lankan journalist, poet, writer, playwright and writer of screenplays
• Tarzie Vittachi - journalist and former UNICEF Deputy Executive Director of External Relations

Artists

• Dalton Alwis - songwriter
• Kularatne Ariyawansa - lyricist
• Vickrama Bogoda - actor
• Moris Dahanayake - singer
• Premakeerthi De Alwis - composer and narrator
• Malaka Dewapriya - video artist and short filmmaker
• Lucky Dias - TV and film actor
• Harshana Dissanayake - singer
• Nimantha Heshan Gamage - singer
• Dayananda Gunawardena - playwright, actor, lyricist, radio play producer, and Sinhala radio play writer
• Nalaka Gunawardene - journalist
• Bathiya Jayakodi - singer
• Bathiya Jayakody - singer, composer
• Isuru Jayarathne - singer
• Kasun Kalhara - music director, singer, composer
• Indrachapa Liyanage - singer
• D. B. Nihalsinghe, film director; founding CEO and General Manager of the State Film Corporation; pioneer of Sri Lanka television production
• K.A.W. Perera - producer, film director and screenplay writer
• Meemana Premathilaka - poet and newspaper editor
• Sahan Ranwala - singer, composer, leader of Ranwala Balakaya^[8]
• K. M. Rathnapala - singer, composer, instructor, maestro violinist
• Titus Thotawatte - film director
• Wijeratne Warakagoda - veteran actor in stage, movie and tele-drama
• Jagath Wickramasinghe - singer

Designers

• Mohamed Zafferhullah Hussain - designer

References

1. "Anandians in Politics". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
2. "Distinguished Old Anandians".
3. "Distinguished Old Anandians, Page 1". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
4. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi
5. "PROFILE: THILAN SAMARAWEERA".
6. http://www.wimalawansa.org
7. "Man with dreams, Daily News".
8. "sahan ranwala-ranwala balakaya". KATAYAM INTERNATIONAL. Retrieved 23 November 2015.