V. K. Samaranayake

male, deceased (2007)
information technology, sri lankan, Academic, IEEE, British Computer Society, UniversityofColombo…University of Colombo School of Computing
Vidyaj Yothi Professor V. K. Samaranayake B.Sc (Ceyl), D.I.C., Ph.D.(Lond), D.Sc.(Colombo), MBCS, MCS(SL), FNASSL, MIEEE (1939 - June 6, 2007)...
Jayadeva Uyangoda

Jayadeva Uyangoda

male
Political scientist, Center for Policy Alternatives, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, UniversityofColombo, leftist, colombo
Dr. Jayadeva Uyangoda is a prominent political scientist and constitutional expert in Sri Lanka. As a leftist student leader and a member of...
Savitri Goonesekere

Savitri Goonesekere

female
family law, jurist, child labour, writer, Child Labour in Sri Lanka Learning from the Past, Violence, Law, and Women's Rights in South Asia…UniversityofColombo, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Senior Professor of Law Emeritus, United Nations University
Savitri Goonesekere, Ph.D. is a jurist and academic from Sri Lanka. She is an international expert on the rights of children. A prolific writer,...
Deepika Udagama

Deepika Udagama

female
sri lankan, Academic, Human Rights, UniversityofColombo, director, International Advisory Board…Center for Study of Human Rights
Dr. Deepika Udagama is the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. Her specialisation is international Human Rights law. She is Sri...
Malathi de Alwis

Malathi de Alwis

female
Malathi (Mala) de Alwis, Feminist, sri lankan, activist, UniversityofColombo, The Island…University of Chicago
Dr. Malathi (Mala) de Alwis is a feminist scholar and activist at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. She also teaches...
Walpola Rahula

Walpola Rahula

male, deceased (1997)
Sri Jayawardenapura University, The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera, bhikkhu, Sinhalese, Scholar, theravada buddhism…University of Calcutta, UniversityofColombo, University of Kelaniya, Northwestern University
The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera (1907-1997) was a Buddhist monk, scholar and writer. He is considered to be one of the top Sri...
Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

male, deceased (2006)
Economist, Libertarian, Macroeconomics, American, free-market economics, Nobel Laureate…University of Chicago alumni, University of Chicago faculty, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Fellow of the Econometric Society elected in 1949, Fellow of the Econometric Society
Milton Friedman (July 31 1912 - November 16 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. An advocate of laissez-faire...
Gunadasa Amarasekara

Gunadasa Amarasekara

male, 80 years old
Old Nalandian, Sinhalese language, Mahinda College, Jaathika Chinthanaya, Gunadasa Amarasekera, Sri Lankan literature…University of Ceylon, UniversityofColombo
Gunadasa Amarasekera (born in 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka. Born in Yattalamatta close to Galle, he...
Roger Stern

Roger Stern

male
principal, SSC, senior lecturer, University of Reading, UniversityofColombo, Department of Applied Statistics…Institute of Agricultural Research
Roger is interested in teaching statistics and in statistical computing. He is a principal author of the statistical package Instat and the Excel...