11 Notable alumni of
University of Peradeniya
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The University of Peradeniya is 2779th in the world, 695th in Asia, and 2nd in Sri Lanka by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from the University of Peradeniya sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Anura Kumara Dissanayaka
- Enrolled in the University of Peradeniya
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP, also known by his initials AKD, is a Sri Lankan socialist politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the Colombo District, the current party leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (from 2014) and the National People's Power (from 2019). A former presidential candidate in 2019, he has been named as the National People's Power presidential candidate for the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election.
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Nyanaponika Thera
- Occupations
- Bhikkhu
- Biography
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Nyanaponika Thera or Nyanaponika Mahathera was a German-born Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar who, after ordaining in Sri Lanka, later became the co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society and author of numerous seminal books and articles on Theravada Buddhism. He mentored and taught a whole generation of Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.
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Bhikkhu Anālayo
- Occupations
- Bhikkhu
- Biography
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Bhikkhu Anālayo is a bhikkhu, scholar, and meditation teacher. He was born in Germany in 1962, and went forth in 1995 in the Theravāda monastic tradition Sri Lanka. He is best known for his comparative studies of Early Buddhist Texts as preserved by the various early Buddhist traditions.
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Dharmasena Pathiraja
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. He has been referred to as a 'rebel with a cause', an ‘enfant terrible of the '70s', and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Sri Lankan cinema’s 'second revolution'. He is also renowned as an academic, playwright and poet.
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W. J. M. Lokubandara
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara, was a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2010 and Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province from 2010 to 2015. He was a lawyer by profession, and wrote books, poems, and songs. He held several ministries in the government of Sri Lanka before his appointment as Speaker of the House.
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Jayantha Dhanapala
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Jayantha Dhanapala was a Sri Lankan diplomat. A career diplomat in the Sri Lanka Overseas Service, he served as the Under Secretary General to re-establish the Department of Disarmament from 1998 to 2003; Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva from 1984 to 1987; and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States from 1994 to 1997.
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Athuraliye Rathana Thero
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero, is a Sri Lankan [Sinhala Buddhist] Bhikkhu politician and a Member of Parliament. He is the only representative from Our Power of People's Party in the current parliament.
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Siva Sivananthan
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Professor Sivalingam Sivananthan is an American academic, scientist, businessman and Director of the Microphysics Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Lalith Wijerathna
- Biography
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Vijalath Pathirannehelage Lalith Wijeratne, popularly as Lalith Wijerathna, was a Sri Lankan politician and militant leader. He was a member of the JVP party in the period 1983-1990. He was known to be appointed as the third leader of the JVP after Rohana Wijeweera and Saman Piyasiri Fernando.
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Anoma Gamage
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anoma Gamage is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. She was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture in January 2015 and Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Gas in September 2015 by President Maithripala Sirisena. Mrs. Gamage is married to United National Party National Organizer & Minister Daya Gamage.
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W. S. Karunaratne
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Wijesinghe Sugathadasa Karunaratne (24 December (1928 – 1986) was a well-known Buddhist scholar. He was affectionately known by the Sri Lankan masses as "W. S." and as "The Don" by the academia. Karunaratne was born in Katugastota, a small village in the Kandy district in Sri Lanka.
