P. Balasundarampillai
Professor P. Balasundarampillai | |
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Native name | பொ. பாலசுந்தரம்பிள்ளை |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Alma mater | Jaffna Hindu College |
Occupation | Academic |
Title | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna |
Term | February 1997 – April 2003 |
Predecessor | K. Kunaratnam |
Successor | S. Mohanadas |
Professor Ponnuthurai Balasundarampillai (Tamil: பொன்னுத்துரை பாலசுந்தரம்பிள்ளை) is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
Early life and family
Balasundarampillaih was educated at the Jaffna Hindu College.[1]
Career
Thurairajah was Professor of Geography at the University of Jaffna in the 1980s.[2] He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university from March 1991 to March 1997.[3] He then served as vice-chancellor of the university between February 1997 and April 2003.[4]
References
- ↑ Poolokasingham, C. S. (5 October 2008). "The Spirit of Pluralistic Learning in Jaffna". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Hoole, Rajan (1190). "Appendix IV: A statement issued by 50 university teachers during the run-up to the Provincial Council elections of November 1988". Broken Palmyra. University Teachers for Human Rights.
- ↑ "Former Deans". University of Jaffna.
- ↑ "Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
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