P. Balasundarampillai

Professor
P. Balasundarampillai
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

  1. ↑ Poolokasingham, C. S. (5 October 2008). "The Spirit of Pluralistic Learning in Jaffna". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Former Deans". University of Jaffna.
  4. ↑ "Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.