S. Srisatkunarajah

Professor Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah (Tamil: சிவக்கொழுந்து சிறிசற்குணராஜா) is a Sri Lankan Tamil mathematician, academic and current vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

Professor S. Srisatkunarajah
சி. சிறிசற்குணராஜா
Born	(1961-03-25) 25 March 1961 (age 64)
Alma mater	University of Jaffna Heriot-Watt University
Occupation	Academic
Title	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
Term	28 August 2020 –
Predecessor	R. Vigneswaran

Early life

Srisatkunarajah was educated at Hartley College.^[1] After school he joined the University of Jaffna in 1979, graduating in 1983 with a B.Sc. honours degree in mathematics.^[2][3] He received a Ph.D. degree from Heriot-Watt University in 1988 after producing a thesis titled On the asymptotics of the heat equation for polygonal domains.^[2][4] He also has a postgraduate diploma in education from the Open University of Sri Lanka (2004).^[2][5]

Srisatkunarajah holds dual Australian and Sri Lankan citizenship.^[6]

Career

Srisatkunarajah was head of the University of Jaffna's Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 2009 to 2012.^[2] He became a professor of mathematics in 2010.^[2] He served as dean of the Faculty of Science between July 2013 and July 2016 and dean of the Faculty of Technology from October 2016 to September 2017.^[7][8] In February 2017 the university's council nominated Srisatkunarajah along with T. Velnampy and R. Vigneswaran to be the university's new vice-chancellor.^[9] However, in April 2017 President Maithripala Sirisena chose Vigneswaran to be the new chancellor.^[10]

In August 2020 the University of Jaffna's council nominated Srisatkunarajah along with K. Mikunthan and T. Velnampy to be the university's new vice-chancellor.^[11] Srisatkunarajah was chosen by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.^[12] He assumed duties on 28 August 2020.^[13]