Kshanika Hirimburegama

Kshanika Hirimburegama
17th Vice-chancellor -
University of Colombo
In office
2 January 2008 – 31 January 2013
Preceded by Prof. T. Hettiarachchy
Succeeded by Yet to be appointed
Personal details
Born (1958-01-01) January 1, 1958
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Spouse(s) Dr. Wijaya Hirimburegama
Children 2 sons
Alma mater Visakha Vidyalaya
University of Colombo
University of Peradeniya
Catholic University
Profession Professor
Religion Buddhism

Sannas Mudiyanselage Kshanika Kumari Hirimburegama (known as Kshanika Hirimburegama) (born January 1, 1958) is a Sri Lankan academic. She was the 17th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo. Prior to the appointment she was Head of the Department of Plant Sciences and a Member of the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka.[1] She vacated the position of Vice Chancellor when she assumed duties as the President of the University Grants Commission in 2013.

Early life and career

Hirimburegama was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is the daughter of Nalini Ratnayaka and Dr. Punchi Bandara Sannasgala, an academic researcher on Sinhala language, Sinhala literature, Pali and Sanskrit. He is the author of `Sinhala Saahithya Wanshaya' in the 1960s. She is the fourth out of five daughters born to the Sannasgala family. Her early education was at prestigious Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo.

She entered University of Colombo in 1977 and specialised in Botany. She then entered the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA), Peradeniya and passed out in 1985 with her Masters in Agricultural Sciences. In the same year she left for Belgium to join the Catholic University of Leuven for her PhD. Kshanika married Wijaya Hiriburegama in 1986 whom she met at University of Peradeniya.[2]

She and her husband returned to Sri Lanka in 1989 and joined the Botany Department in Colombo University as a Senior Lecturer in January, 1990. She was later made the Head of the Plant Sciences Department before she was appointed as Vice-chancellor in January, 2008.[3]

See also

  1. ↑ Professor Kshanika Hirimburegama is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
  2. ↑ Work has been our passion, Sunday Observer 16 November 2008
  3. ↑ Work has been our passion, Sunday Observer 16 November 2008
Academic offices
Preceded by
Prof. T. Hettiarachchy		 Vice Chancellor of University of Colombo
1 January 2008–31 January 2013 		Succeeded by

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