Management Committee

Institutional Arrangement 

The International Research Centre (IRC) is placed under the purview of the Vice-Chancellor and supported by the Advisory and Management Committee (See Fig. 1). The power of the executive authority of the Centre shall be vested in the Advisory and management committee and will support the following executing team to develop the IRC and deliver the aim and the objectives. The “IRC” is governed/executed by an Executive Director. The secretary of the Advisory and Management committee is Deputy Registrar/Academic Affairs & Publication Branch. The council shall approve the management committee with the recommendation of the Senate. Within these Committees, all genders, races, and religious and less-able members must be included. 

Governance Structure of the IRC

RoleNameDesignation
ChairpersonProf. T. MangaleswaranVice Chancellor
Prof. Gamini SenanayakeUGC Appointed Council Member Former Vice Chancellor of University of Ruhuna.
Dr. M. MalaravanUGC Appointed Council Member Consultant Eye Surgeon
Dr. S. WijeyamohanSenate Representative
Mr.A.UmamaheshwaranSecretary, Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Youth Affairs Northern Province
Prof. Saroj JayasingheNational Eminent Research Expert
Head of the Dept. of Medical Humanities of the Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo. Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences,
Sri Lanka and was the founder of Medicine, Univ. of Colombo.
TBCInternational Eminent Research Expert
Executive DirectorProf. S. SurendranDirector of IRC
Dr. D. S. S. S. SuthaharanDean, Faculty of Technological Studies
Dr. Y. NanthagopanDean, Faculty of Business Studies
MembersDr. Jeyagowri NimalanDean, Faculty of Applied Science
Dr. Sukanya DevaisyChairperson, University Research and Ethics
Mr. T. ThireskumarAdditional Government Agent, Vavuniya District