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List of University of Peradeniya people

List of University of Peradeniya people

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This is a list of notable University of Peradeniya people. This includes distinguished alumni of various fields and distinguished faculty people.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Law, politics and international relations

Academics

Professors and scholars

University Presidents, Chancellors and Vice Chancellors

Deans

Medicine

Science and technology

  • Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary – soil researcher; development engineer[51]

Military and police

Literature

Film, theatre and television

Arts

  • Stanley Kirinde SLAS – one of Sri Lanka's most outstanding artistic talents of the 20th century; former state secretary of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping; painter of the President's House (Kandy and Colombo), the Foreign Ministry, the Military Academy[71][72]
  • Tilak Samarawickrema – artist, architect and designer[73]

Music

Religion

Journalists

Civil servants

Business and finance

  • D. K. Rajapaksa – managing director, DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd.[85]

Faculty

Librarians

Sportsmen and sports administrators

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