List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni

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This is a list of Old Nalandians, alumni of Nalanda College Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Heads of state and government

Presidents and prime ministers

Mahinda Rajapaksa - former President and former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Ministers of Parliament of Sri Lanka

Current

H. E. Mahinda Rajapaksa - MP for Kurunegala, Former President of Sri Lanka
Nimal Siripala de Silva - Cabinet Minister (Transport)
Sisira Jayakody - MP for Gampaha
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera - Cabinet Minister (Sustainable Development & Wildlife)
Sujith Sanjaya Perera - MP for Kegalle
Rajitha Senaratne - Cabinet Minister (Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine)
Thilanga Sumathipala - Deputy Speaker & Chairman of Committees
Chandima Weerakkody - Cabinet Minister (Petroleum & Petroleum Gas)
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa - Cabinet Minister (Disaster Management), General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party

Former

Dharmasena Attygalle - Minister of Indigenous Medicine
Weerasinghe de Silva - MP for Balapitiya
C. A. Dharmapala - Deputy Minister of Industries & Housing
Lal Dharmapriya Gamage - Minister Assisting Foreign Affairs
Chandra Gunasekera - Deputy Minister of Culture and Social Services
Deshabandu Indradasa Hettiarachchi - Minister of Industries
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla – Cabinet Minister (Education and Cultural Affairs)
Tissa Karalliyadde - MP for Anuradhapura
Kamal Karunanayake - Member of Parliament, former Dean of Economics Department Kelaniya University
Asoka Karunaratne - Minister of Social Services, founding member of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
Rupa Karunathilake - Cabinet Minister of Plantations
Nirmala Kotalawala - MP for Kaluthara
Handunnetti Rannulu (H. R) Piyasiri - Minister of Youth Affairs, State Minister of Labor and Vocational Training Commissioners)
Sarath Ranawaka - MP for Kalutara
Maithripala Senanayake – Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Minister (Transport)
Wilfred Senanayake - MP for Homagama; former senior member of Lanka Samasamaja Party
Sarath Weerasekara - MP for Ampara
Dingiri Bandara (D.B) Welagedara - Minister of Plan Implementation, former Governor of the North Central Province
Athula Wijesinghe - Chief Minister North Western Province
H. R. Wimalasiri - MP for Matara District

Provincial councilors and mayors

Eraj Ravindra Fernando - Mayor of Hambanthota
M. W. Aruna Pradeep - Mayor of Ambalangoda
Prasanna Shamal Senarath - Provincial Councilor and Opposition Leader of North Western Province, Sri Lanka Council
Udena Wijerathna - Provincial Councilor, Western Province

Prelates

Buddangala Ananda - resident of Buddangala Forest Hermitage
Aluthwewa Soratha Nayaka Thera - Chancellor of University of Uva Vellassa, Chief Incumbent of Kiriwehera, Katharagama, Chief Sanga Nayake of "Ruhunu Magampattuva"
Kuppiyawatta Bodhananda Thera - founder of Mithuru Mithuro Movement
Piyadassi Maha Thera - former Viharadhikari of the Vajiraramaya Temple Bambalapitiya

Academics

Rahula Anura Attalage - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa
Senesh Dissanaike Bandara - lecturer, Film and Television Studies, Faculty of Industrial and Vocational Technology, University of Vocational Technology, Ratmalana
Chandratilak De Silva - Professor of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Mohan De Silva - Professor of Surgery, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences and University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Ranjith Premalal De Silva - Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University
K N O Dharmadasa - former Professor of Linguistics, Dean of Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya, former Editor-in-Chief of the Sinhala Encyclopaedia
Chandra Embuldeniya - former Vice Chancellor (Founder), Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka the first all entrepreneurial university in Sri Lanka
H A De S Gunasekara – former Professor of Economics (first Sri Lankan) at University of Peradeniya
H.D Gunawardhana - former Professor of Chemistry, Acting Vice Chancellor and Head of Chemistry Department of University of Colombo
Abhaya Induruwa - Professor of Computing at University of Colombo School of Computing, Program Director for research and post-graduate teaching in the School of Law, Criminal Justice and Computing Canterbury Christ Church University United Kingdom
S. D. Jayaratne - Professor of Medicine at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Kamal Karunanayake - former Professor and Dean of Economics Department, Kelaniya University
Nandadasa Kodagoda – former Professor of Medicine, Vice Chancellor and Dean of Medical Faculty of University of Colombo
Don Kulasiri - Professor of Computational Modelling and Head of Centre for Advanced Computational Solutions, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Pushpa Kumarapeli - senior lecturer in Computing and Information Systems at Kingston University, United Kingdom
Deepal Mathew - Professor and Dean of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
H.Y Ranjith Perera - Senior Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa and former Dean of Faculty of Engineering - General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Udaya Ranawaka - senior lecturer in Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
Janaka Ruwanpura - Professor of Project Management Systems, Vice Provost International (VPI)
Nalin Samarasinha - senior scientist, Planetary Science Institute (PSI), Arizona, USA
Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri - former Professor (Adjunct), University of Toronto Canada
Athula Sumathipala - Professor of Psychiatry, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, School for Primary Care Research (SPCR), Faculty of Health, Keele University Staffordshire
Mahinda Vilathgamuwa - Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Sirimevan Waidyasekera - Professor of Medical Physics, Dean of the Faculty of ICT & Media at South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine
Janaka Wijayanayake - senior lecturer and Head of Information Technology Center Department of Industrial Management University of Kelaniya
Ranjith Laxman Wijayawardana - Senior Lecturer in Nuclear Physics University of Peradeniya
Mahinda Wijeratne - Professor of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture University of Ruhuna
Sardha Wijesoma - former Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore, former Head of Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Moratuwa

Civil servants

P. Amarasinghe - former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, former Chairman of People's Bank
Sarath Kumara de Silva - Chairman of Cey-Nor Foundation Limited, former Chairman of State Engineering Corporation, former Chairman of State Development and Construction Corporation
Tissa Devendra - former Chairman of Public Service Commission, Chairman of Salaries Commission
C. A. Dharmapala - former Permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Security Advisor to President J. R. Jayewardene
Saman Ediriweera - Engineering Consultant Ministry of Mass Media and Information, former Chairman and Board Member Rupavahini (TV) Corporation, former Secretary Ministry of Tertiary Education and Training, Secretary Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, former Director of Telecommunications
Hemasiri Fernando - former Secretary Ministry of Postal Services, former Secretary to the Prime Minister (also listed in Industry and commerce)
V. C. Gunatilleke, PC - former Solicitor General, Attorney General's Department
Abhaya Induruwa - former acting Chairman and board member of the Computer and Information Technology Council (CINTEC), Board Member Natural Resources Energy and Science Authority (NARESA)
Irwin Jayasuriya - former Chairman of the Ceylon Transport Board
Lincoln Perera - former Secretary of Ministry of Plantation Industries, former Chairman of Janatha Estates Development Board (JEDB)
M. J. Perera, CCS – former Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, former Secretary Ministry of Education, first Ceylonese Director General of Radio Ceylon, founder Chairman of Rupavahini (TV) Corporation
Ranjith Perera - former Chairman of Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, former Director General, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka, former Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
B.D Rampala, CCS, MBE - former General Manager of the then Ceylon Government Railway (present Sri Lanka Government Railway), first Ceylonese Chief Mechanical Engineer of Ceylon Government Railway
Ridgeway Thilakeratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, former Chairman / Director General of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Ananda Weerasekara - former Vice Chairman of Airport & Aviation Services, former Director of Rehabilitation Services Prelates)
Prasanna Wickramasuriya - former Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka, former Special Operations Platoon Commander, Sri Lanka Army
Upawansa Yapa, PC - former Solicitor General, Attorney General's Department

Military officers

Sri Lankan Army officers

Piyal Abeysekera - former Deputy Chief of Staff Sri Lanka Army
Donald Hewagama - Sri Lanka's first Judge Advocate General (Sri Lanka) to the armed forces (Army, Navy and Air Force)
Amal Karunasekara - Director Military Intelligence and Infantry
Ruwan Kulatunga - Deputy Vice Chancellor General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Ubaya Madawela - Military Adviser to Sri Lanka mission to the United Nations in New York
Milinda Peiris - Chief of Staff (COS) of the Sri Lanka Army, Vice Chancellor / Commandant of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Samantha Sooriyabandara - former Defence Attaché in the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington D.C, formerly of Commando Regiment and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 53 Division
Janaka Walgama - Director General Operations at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff
Ananda Weerasekara - former coordinating Officer of the North Central Province
Prasanna Wickramasuriya - former Special Operations Platoon Commander, Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Navy officers

H.R. Amaraweera - former Commander of the Western and Southern Naval Area of the Sri Lanka Navy
Justin Jayasuriya - former Commander of Eastern Naval Command
Vijitha Meddegoda - Director of Naval Budget of the Sri Lanka Navy
Sarath Ratnakeerthi - former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy; holds the unique distinction of serving as the Area Commander of all five Naval Commands of the Sri Lanka Navy
Sarath Weerasekara - former Director General of the Civil Security Department
Samantha Wimalathunga - Director of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard

Sri Lanka Air Force officers

Gagan Bulathsinghala - Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force
Prashantha De Silva - former Director of Inspection and Safety, Sri Lanka Air Force
Sumangala Dias - Director of Logistics, Sri Lanka Air Force
Kapila Jayampathy - Director of Operations, Sri Lanka Air Force
PDJ Kumarasiri - former Director of Aeronautical Engineering, Sri Lanka Air Force
E. P. B. Liyanage - former Director of Investigation and Safety, AFHQ Cbo
Buddhi Siriwardene - former Base Commander, Sri Lanka Air Force, Katunayake
Chandana Welikala - Director of Administration, Sri Lanka Air Force

Sri Lanka Police

Sisira Mendis - former DIG

Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Dharmasena Attygalle - former High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Pakistan
H.L. de Silva, PC - former Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations, New York, United States of America
K. S. C. Dissanayake - Ambassador for Sri Lanka in Cuba^[1]
Rupa Karunathilake - former Ambassador for Sri Lanka in the Netherlands
A.S.P Liyanage - former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Nigerian Republic
Siri Perera, PC - former High Commissioner to India
Handunnetti Rannulu (H. R) Piyasiri - former Sri Lankan Ambassador in Myanmar
C.D.S. Siriwardene, PC - former Sri Lankan Representative in Russia
Asoka Weerasinghe - former Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada
Udayanga Weeratunga - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russian Federation
Jaliya Wickramasuriya - former Sri Lankan Ambassador in Washington D.C., United States of America
Hemachandra Wijeratne - former Consul General of Sri Lanka in Turkey

Lawyers and judges

H.L. de Silva, PC - former Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)
T.B. Dissanayake, PC - former Commissioner of Assize
Visty C. Gunathilake, PC - former Solicitor General, Attorney General's Department
Priyantha Jayawardena, PC - Judge of the Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Siri Perera, QC^[2]^[3]
Sobhitha Rajakaruna - Deputy Solicitor General, Attorney General's Department
Upawansa Yapa, PC - former Solicitor General, Attorney General's Department

Industry and commerce

Sarath Abayawardana - CEO/Director of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka
Gamini Abeysekera - former Chairman of National Savings Bank, Sri Lanka
Vinya Ariyaratne - Executive Director of Sarvodaya, lecturer in Community Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Mohan De Silva - Chairman of University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka
Felix R de Zoysa – founding Chairman of Stafford Motor Ltd, Stafford International School & Atlas Hall; philanthropist
Chandra Embuldeniya - President, National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka, CEO Informatics Group of Companies
Hemasiri Fernando - Chairman of People's Bank, Sri Lanka
Lal Fonseka - Chairman and founder of Kaizen Productivity Ltd; productivity consultant
Vipula Gunatilleke - Group Chief Corporate Officer/Director of Aitken Spence Group Ltd
S. D. Jayaratne - Chairman of State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka and State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC)
Dilan Jayawardane - co-founder and CTO of Scoopler, software engineer at Google
A.S.P Liyanage - Chairman of ASP Group of Companies
Sisira Mendis - Chief of State Intelligence Service, Sri Lanka
Eastman Narangoda - Chairman of George Steuart Finance, former Chairman of Seylan Bank, former CEO and General Manager of National Savings Bank
Yoga Perera - Chairman and Managing Director of Autoland, Director Airport and Aviation Services Ltd
Nishan Silva - General Manager of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
Susantha Sisilchandra - CEO Ceyhinz Link International, Inc Texas USA, Chairman of RIOCOCO Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Deepal Subasinghe RSP, USP - CEO and Managing Director of Delvon Computers
Thilanga Sumathipala – Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket
Chandima Weerakkody - former Chairman State Mortgage and Investment Bank
M. Wickramasinghe - CEO and General Manager of People's Bank
Ranjith Laxman Wijayawardana - Chairman of Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) of Sri Lanka

Writers

Gunadasa Amarasekara – dental surgeon, writer, poet
Anura C. Perera - science writer and author
Siri Perera - "Siri Aiya" of Radio Ceylon
Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri - author of poetry in English
Asoka Weerasinghe - poet, co-founder of the Gloucester Spoken Art Series in Ottawa, Canada

News media and journalism

Chitrananda Abeysekera - poet, former Director of Sinhala Service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Karunaratne Abeysekera - poet, songwriter, created history in the world of radio by being the first ever Sinhala cricket commentator over airwaves of Radio Ceylon
Premasara Epasinghe - cricket Commentator, Private Secretary & Media Consultant to Minister of Education, former Head of Public Relations Bank of Ceylon
Srimath Indrajith Liyanage - veteran TV and radio presenter; actor
Palitha Perera – former Deputy Director General (Commercial) of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, former Director of Sinhala Service Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, renowned cricket commentator
Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri - columnist, Toronto Star, Ontario, Canada
Nalaka Vithanage - theater, television and cinema director
Bernie Wijesekara - veteran sports journalist

Artists

Senesh Dissanaike Bandara - teledrama and feature film director
Gamini Hettiarachchi - film and teledrama actor
Niroshan Illeperuma - film and teledrama actor
Dhamma Jagoda- theatre professional (English and Sinhala)
Henry Jayasena - playwright, novelist film and teledrama actor (portrayed "Sudu Seeya" in the popular teledrama Doo Daruwo)
Milinda Madugalle - film actor and singer
Ranil Mallawarachchi - singer
Ravindra Rupasena - film actor of early Sinhala cinema in the 1950s
Sisira Senaratne - singer
Dhammika Siriwardana - film and teledrama producer and director
Ananda Weerakoon - film actor of early Sinhala cinema in the 1950s
Namel Weeramuni - dramatist, play producer
Tissa Wijesurendra - film actor in the 1970s

Sportsmen and sports administrators

Ishara Amerasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer
Hemantha Devapriya - head coach of Fingara International Cricket Academy, former Sri Lanka "A" Cricket team coach
Kumar Dharmasena - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer; member of World Cup-winning cricket team 1996; Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (1989)
Sriyantha Dissanayake - athlete, former Sri Lanka 100m record holder 1990, Duncan White award winner for Athletics, Asian Games silver medalist
Chamara Dunusinghe - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer
Yohan Goonasekera - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer, Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (1976)
Roshan Guneratne - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
Asanka Gurusinha - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer; member of World Cup-winning cricket team 1996; Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (1985)
Stanley Jayasinghe - former all Ceylon and Leicestershire County Cricket Club cricketer
Sunil Jayasinghe - former One Day International cricketer
Mahela Jayawardena - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain, Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year runner-up (1994)
Shantha Kalavitigoda - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
Lalith Kaluperuma - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer; former Chairman of Selectors Sri Lanka Cricket
Sanath Kaluperuma - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer
Sumith Liyanage - former Olympian boxer
Roshan Mahanama - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International Cricket Captain, Elite Panel Referee of International Cricket Council, member of World Cup-winning cricket team 1996, Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (1983 & 1984)
Dilshan Munaweera - Sri Lankan T20 cricketer, Sri Lanka A cricketer
Carl Obeysekera - former all Ceylon Cricketer
Yoga Perera - motor car racing champion
Anura Ranasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer, Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (1974 & 1975)
Keerthi Ranasinghe - former One Day International cricketer; professional Middlesex CCC cricket coach, trains youth at the Finchley Academ
Gihan Rupasinghe - Sri Lankan T20 cricketer, Sri Lanka A cricketer
Jayantha Seneviratne - represented the National Cricket Team from 1973 to 1980, Chairman of the Coaching Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket
Sachithra Serasinghe - Sri Lanka A cricketer
Shammi Silva - President and Chairman of the Gymkhana Club, Colombo Cricket Club; former national player, manager and national coach for squash
Ashan Priyanjan Subasinghe - captain of Sri Lanka A cricket team, One Day International cricketer
P. H. D. Waidyatilleka - civil engineer; Chairman of Technical Committee Asian Masters Athletics; first Sri Lankan to be appointed as an International Technical Officer (ITO) by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF); only Sri Lankan to qualify as an IAAF Lecturer
Bandula Warnapura - Sri Lanka's Inaugural Test cricket captain
Priyankara Wickramasinghe - former Sri Lanka A cricketer; Malaysian National Cricketer
Gamini Wickremasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test/One Day International cricketer

Architects

Justin Samarasekera - architect, past President of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science

Medicine

Vinya Ariyaratne - Faculty of Medical Sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Mohan De Silva - Professor of Surgery at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
P. T. De Silva - former President of Ceylon College of Physicians 1984; physician
Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva - founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka
W. D. L. Fernando - former Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Colombo
Prasanna Gunasena - neurosurgeon, former Secretary of Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA)
S. D. Jayaratne - Professor of Medicine at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Vidya Jyothi Wijaya Godakumbura - consultant surgeon and President of the Safe Bottle Lamp Foundation
Rakitha Malewana - medical researcher
Udaya Ranawaka - consultant neurologist, former President Ceylon College of Physicians
Sarath Malcolm Samarage - consultant community physician, National Consultant World Health Organization, former Deputy Director General of Health Services
Hudson Silva – founder President of International Eye Bank, Tissue Bank & Eye Donation Society, Honorary Fellow of the College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka

Other

Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara - Diyawadana Nilame (Chief Lay Head or Trustee) of the Kandy Temple of the Tooth
Sarath Gunapala - senior research scientist, Principal Member of the Engineering Staff & Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA USA, Former Scientist Bell Laboratories USA
Indrani Iriyagolla - humanitarian activist
P. M. Jayatilaka - former Principal of Thurstan College, Colombo, founder Principal of Ibbagamuwa Central College
Harischandra Wijayatunga - President of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra party

References

↑ Nalanda College Alumni
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