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.
Role | Name | Designation |
Chairperson | Prof. T. Mangaleswaran | Vice Chancellor |
Prof. Gamini Senanayake | UGC Appointed Council Member Former Vice Chancellor of University of Ruhuna. | |
Dr. M. Malaravan | UGC Appointed Council Member Consultant Eye Surgeon | |
Dr. S. Wijeyamohan | Senate Representative | |
Mr.A.Umamaheshwaran | Secretary, Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Youth Affairs Northern Province | |
Prof. Saroj Jayasinghe | National 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. |
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TBC | International Eminent Research Expert | |
Executive Director | Prof. S. Surendran | Director of IRC |
Dr. D. S. S. S. Suthaharan | Dean, Faculty of Technological Studies | |
Dr. Y. Nanthagopan | Dean, Faculty of Business Studies | |
Members | Dr. Jeyagowri Nimalan | Dean, Faculty of Applied Science |
Dr. Sukanya Devaisy | Chairperson, University Research and Ethics | |
Mr. T. Thireskumar | Additional Government Agent, Vavuniya District |