Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera
Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera | |
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Vice Chancellor / Professor | |
Personal details | |
Born | November 1962 Trincomalee |
Spouse(s) | Mallika Ratnasekera |
Children | son |
Residence | 40 D, Balanagala Road, Katugastota, Sri Lanka |
Alma mater | Nalanda College, Colombo Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
Profession | Professor in Chemistry |
Professor Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera is a Sri Lankan academic. He serves as Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka.
Early life[]
Ratnasekera's primary education came at Agrabodhi Vidyalaya, Kanthale, and his secondary education at Nalanda College, Colombo, (1972-1980). He graduated from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, with an honors degree in Chemistry in 1988. In 1993 he earned his PhD in Chemistry there.
Career[]
Ratnasekera joined Rajarata University of Sri Lanka as a Senior Lecturer in August 1996, and was promoted to Professor in Chemistry in 2018. He served as Head of the Department of Physical Sciences from 1996-1999, and as Dean of Faculty of Applied Sciences from 1999-2005.
Ratnasekera was appointed to the Post of Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka in January, 2017.[1][2] He was elected as Chair of the Committee of Vice Chancellors & Directors (CVCD), for 2021.
His research interests are in renewable energy sources, environmental chemistry, theoretical chemistry, quality assurance in higher education, and science education.[3] Ratnasekera has been a trainer and a resource in numerous training programs and workshops.[4][5][6][7][8][9] He is well known as a freelance journalist, author and translator.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]</ref>[17]
References[]
- ^ "Prof. Ratnasekera,Uva Wellassa University Vice Chancellor". Sunday Observer. November 27, 2020.
- ^ "Prof. Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera reappointed VC for Uva Wellassa University".
- ^ "Prof. Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "Career Guidance Program 2021 - Session 03" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Message to Public" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "පැතිකඩ |Pathikada|2020/04/14" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "උපාධි ප්රමිතිය විමසන ස්වාධීන ආයතනයක් අත්යවශ්යයයි! Pathikada 12.03.2021" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "IQAC Workshop Self-Assessment 2018|| Department of Dramatics CU" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Graduation ceremony of the Maharaja Institute of Management held successfully today" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Sri Lanka: Few Hints for Filling University Admission Application".
- ^ Nadeera, Dilshan. "India's COVID Crisis – Threat to the Entire World".
- ^ "How ethical is secret recording of calls? | Daily FT". www.ft.lk.
- ^ "Need for Self-Discipline During Pandemic – LankaPuvath".
- ^ "ජයන්ත ලාල් රත්නසේකර - Jayantha Lal Rathnasekara - කතුවරු". grantha.lk.
- ^ Nadeera, Dilshan. "Some hints for filling university admission applications".
- ^ "Global Politics of COVID-19 Vaccination".
- ^ "Sri Lanka: Be Aware of Delta".
External links[]
- Sri Lankan Buddhists
- Sinhalese academics
- Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo
- Living people
- 1962 births