List of Maliyadeva College alumni
125th Anniversary
This is a list of alumni of Maliyadeva College, located in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
Ministers and parliamentarians
- Hon. Salinda Dissanayake – Minister of parliament
- Hon. T.B. Ekanayaka – Minister of Parliament
- Hon. S.B. Navinna – Minister of Parliament
- Hon. Laksman Seneviratne – Minister of Parliament
- Late Hon. U.B. Wanninayake – former Cabinet Minister of Finance
- Mr. Athula Wejesinghe – member of North Western Province Council
- Late Hon. P. Wijesinghe – Member of Parliament
Legislators and officials
- Lakshman Hulugalle – Director General, Media Centre for National Security, Sri Lanka[1]
- Niel Iddawela – Deputy Secretary General, Sri Lanka Parliament
- Dr.P.B. Jayasundara – Secretary to the Ministry of Finance
- E. Mahinda Medagoda – Commissioner of the Inland Revenue
- Dr. Mahinda Moragolle - United Nations official, Chairman of Lanka Mineral Sands Ltd (fully government owned), Additional Secretary to Prime Minister's Office, Additional Secretary Ministry of Resettlement (SLAS)
- Major General Sarath Munasinghe – former Deputy Speaker of Parliament
- His Excellency Jayantha Palipane – Sri Lankan Ambassador to State of Qatar
Senior members of the defence services
Sri Lanka Army
- General R. M. Daya Ratnayake, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP, ndu, psc was the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
- Major Lalith Buddhadasa[2] – former second in command of the Elephant Pass military base
- Major General V.R. De Sliva RSP, USP, NDU, IG – former Director of Operations of Joint Operation Command; current Prisons Commissioner[3]
- Major General Upali Edirisinghe – Commander of Security Forces, Wanni
- Brigadier Sarath Embowa RWP, RSP, USP, MSc[4] – Director, Senehasa Education Research Resource Information Centre
- Major General Ananda Hamangoda[5] – former Jaffna Military Commander, Brigadier; killed by an LTTE suicide attack on 4 July 1996 in Jaffna
- Major General Kempitiya
- Major General Sarath Munasinghe, RWP, RSP, USP – former Deputy Speaker of Parliament; former Commander Security Forces Headquarter Jaffna; Deputy Director position at the Military Intelligence; first military spokesman of the defence ministry[6]
- Colonel Yashodha Neomal Palipane RWP, RSP; killed by LTTE suicide attack on 8 August 1992 in Jaffna[7]
- Major Sumedha Bandara Rangama RSP psc – Assistant Adjutant of Sir John Kotelawala Defense University
- General R.M.D. Ratnayake RWP, RSP, USP, NDU, psc – Former Military Spokesman, former Commander-Security Forces in Charge of Maintenance areas in Jaffna, former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army, former commander of the Sri Lankan Army
- Colonel W.R.B. Ratnayake – the first Old Boy of Maliyadeva College to join as a cadet officer of the Army in 1966[3]
- Major General Sunil Thennakoon – former Commander Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna; military spokesman
- Major General Asoka Thoradeniya – Provost Marshal and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police; Chairman of Sri Lanka Petroleum; son of the later English teacher; cadet platoon instructor of Maliyadeva College in 1970 era Sir Robert Thoradeniya; Scout in Maliyadeva Scout Group
- SSP Ravi Vaidyalankara – director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka[8]
- Major Sahan Wijerathna psc – General Staff Officer II (Training), 57 Division, Kilinochchi; former Officer Commanding of the Combat Rider Squadron- 1st Regiment Special Forces
Sri Lanka Air Force
- Squadron Leader Thushara Bandara – senior air traffic controller
- Air Commodore Vijitha Gunaratne, USP, psc, M.Sc (J'Pura), MA (USA), M.LS (Col), MA (OUSL), ctf-ndu (USA) FITD, FCPM – Commandant of Sri Lanka Air Force Academy; Base Commander SLAF Base China Bay
- Group Captain Priyantha Gunasinghe RSP, MSC, psc, QFI – Base Commander of Anuradhapura airbase, Sri Lanka Air Force
- Squadron Leade Kuragamuwa – VIP helicopter pilot
- Squadron Leader Chandana Ratnayake – qualified flying instructor
- Squadron Leader Malinga Senanayaka [9][10][11][12] – fighter pilot, QFI
Judges and lawyers
- Hon. Nimal Gamini Amaratunga – Supreme Court judge
- Hon. Tissa Boyagoda – former Magistrate/District Judge, Hulftsdorff; Senior Counsel, Canada
- Mr. Aritha De Zylva - lawyer/counsel
- Lt.Col. P.W.K. Embowa – lawyer
- Hon. Chethiya Goonasekera – Senior State Counsel
- Hon. Neil Iddawala – former District Judge, Kurunegala
- Mr. Chandra Jayasekera – prominent civil lawyer and president of the Bar Association of Kurunegala
- Hon. Jayantha Jayasuriya – Additional Solicitor-General, President's Counsel
- Hon. R.M.P.S.K Rathnayake – High Court judge
- Hon. Wimal Samarakoon – High Court judge
- Mr. G.B. Senanayake – former teacher in the school; warden of the college hostel; senior lawyer; current president of the Bar Association of Kurunegala
- Mr. Wijaya Senevirathne – senior lawyer
Artists
- Mangala Jayakody[13][14] – singer
- T.M. Jayarathne[15] – singer
- Thissa Wijerathne – musician
- Laksman Wijesekara[16] – singer
Sports men
Cricket
- Rangana Herath – international Test cricket player
- Jeewantha Kulatunga – international cricketer
- Ranjith Madurusinghe – international Test cricket player
- Eric Upashantha – international Test cricket player
Rugby
- R.M.D Dayarathna Bandara – Sri Lanka navy rugby player
- Nishantha Dias – Captain, CH&FC
- Sandun Herath – international rugby player
- Saranga Jayakody[17] – international rugby player
Senior academics
- Professor Nimal Ekanayake[18] – Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Professor Lalith Jayasinghe – Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS), Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Engineer P.G. Jayathilake (Ph.D.) (B.Sc. First Class Honours) – lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa[19]
- Dr. Assela Pathirana[20] – senior lecturer in Urban Drainage and Sewerage, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE), Delft, The Netherlands
- Dayan Rajapakse – Managing Director of ESOFT Computer Studies
- Professor Indrakeerthi Siraweera – historian; former Vice Chancellor of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Engineering
- Prof. Nimal Ekanayake – senior professor, University of Peradeniya[21]
- Dr. S. A. H. A. Suraweera – senior lecturer at University of Peradeniya[22]
- Eng. Ruwan Weerasooriya – civil Eengineer, Department of Irrigation
Medicine
- Dr. Shamintha Amaratunga[23]
- Dr. Suren De Zylva – consultant urological surgeon, Hamilton, Bermuda
- Dr. Kashyapa Dissanayake
- Dr. Tilak Dissanayake – former President Rural Doctors Association of NSW; ex-Councillor Warrumbungle Shire council NSW; ex-Victorian Director of ACRRM; state councillor of Liberal party, Kooyong, Melbourne, Australia; member of the Victorian board of the Medical Board of Australia
- Dr. Upul Dissanayake – consultant physician
- Dr Anuradha Ellepola – consultant psychiatrist
- Dr. Arjuna Ellepola – consultant psychiatrist
- Dr. Harsha Gamage – consultant gastrointestinal surgeon, TH Karapitiya
- Dr. D. M. Sumana Handagala – consultant thoracic surgeon , Welisara Chest Hospital
- Dr. Akalanka Jayasinghe – consultant orthopedic surgeon
- Dr. Kamal Jayasinghe;- Director of Medical Supplies
- Dr. Sarathchandra Kodikara – consultant in judicial medicine; lawyer
- Dr. Aruna Liyanage – Director, Top End Medical Services, Darwin, Australia
- Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya – consultant paediatric neurologist; President of GMOA[24]
- Dr. W.S. Pathirana first medical student From Maliyadeva College, 1959; Provincial Director Of Health Services, NWP (MBBS (Ceylon), MSc (London), FRIPHH (England)
- Dr. Kapila Ranasinghe – consultant psychiatrist
- Dr. Thilak Ratnayake – consultant psychiatrist, UK
- Dr Saman Seneviratna MBBS FRANZCOG – consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Brisbane; senior lecturer, University of Queensland Australia
- Dr. Chandraguptha Udugama – consultant in nuclear nedicine
- Dr. W.A.L. Wickramasinghe – consultant psychiatrist
Other prominent alumni
- Dr. Chadrawansa Pathiraja – Chairman, former JEDB, and present Chairman, Development Lotteries Board
- Venerable Madawala Seelawimala] (known as Bhante Seelawimala)[25][26] – founder and current president of the American Buddhist seminary Temple[27] at Sacramento, California[28]
See also
External links
- Official website of Maliyadeva College
- Official website of the Maliyadeva College Alumni Association (Maliyadeva College Old Boys Association)
- Facebook page of Maliyadeva College
References
- ↑ Mr. Lakshman Hulugalle Director General, MCNS
- ↑ Heroes of Elephant Pass
- ↑ Mayhem in the East *War on terror revisited
- ↑ Murder of Brigadier Ananda Hamangoda – 4 July 1996
- ↑ http://defencewire.blogspot.com/2008/03/major-general-sarath-munasinghe-has.htm Major General Sarath Munasinghe has passed.
- ↑ Memories of My Jaffna Days
- ↑ Ravi Vaidyalankara appointed director of the CID
- ↑ Malinga Senanayake - LinkedIn profile
- ↑ The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - No. 1,608 – FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009
- ↑ How a Tiger plane was destroyed over Mullaitivu
- ↑ Fighter pilots flirted with danger
- ↑ Mangala Jayakody
- ↑ http://www.sinhalajukebox.org/feature/MangalaJayakody.php
- ↑ T. M. Jayaratne
- ↑ Laksman Wijesekara
- ↑ Saranga Jayakody collapses at practices!
- ↑ Prof. E.M.N. Ekanayake
- ↑ Engineer Pahala Gedara Jayathilake
- ↑ http://www.unesco-ihe.org/About/Academic-departments/Urban-Water-and-Sanitation/UWS-Staff/%28profile%29/apa
- ↑ Ekanayake, Nimal. "The Staff". Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. University of Peradeniya.
- ↑ Suraweera, S. A. H. A. "The Staff". Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. University of Peradeniya.
- ↑ Dole, Nilma (24 April 2011). "Never neglect cataract problems" (2011). The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Sunday Observer. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ↑ "Government Medical Officers' Association". http://www.gmoa.lk/index.php/committees/executive-committee/. Retrieved 26 August 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Bhante Seelawimala and the Institute of Buddhist Studies
- ↑ Madawala Seelawimala
- ↑ American Buddhist seminary Temple
- ↑ Madawala Seelawimala
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