Professor Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera | |
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Governor of the Eastern Province | |
Assumed office 25 September 2024 | |
Preceded by | Senthil Thondaman |
Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University | |
In office February 2017 –November 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | November 1962 (age 61–62) Trincomalee |
Spouse | Mallika Ratnasekera |
Children | son |
Residence(s) | 40 D,Balanagala Road,Katugastota,Sri Lanka |
Alma mater | Nalanda College,Colombo Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
Profession | Professor in Chemistry |
Professor Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera (born November 1962) is a Sri Lankan academic. The current Governor of the Eastern Province. He has served as the Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka,from February 2017 to November 2023.
Ratnasekera's primary education came at Agrabodhi Vidyalaya,Kanthale,and his secondary education at Nalanda College,Colombo,(1972-1980). He graduated from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia,with an honors degree in chemistry in 1988. In 1993 he earned his PhD in Chemistry there.
Ratnasekera joined Rajarata University of Sri Lanka as a Senior Lecturer in August 1996,and was promoted to Professor in Chemistry in 2018. He served as Head of the Department of Physical Sciences from 1996 to 1999,and as Dean of Faculty of Applied Sciences from 1999 to 2005.
Ratnasekera was appointed to the Post of Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka in January,2017. [1] [2] He has served as the Chair of the Committee of Vice Chancellors &Directors (CVCD),during 2021.
His research interests are in renewable energy sources,environmental chemistry,theoretical chemistry,quality assurance in higher education,and science education. [3] Ratnasekera has been a trainer and a resource in numerous training programs and workshops. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He is well known as a freelance journalist,author and translator. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
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