List of Ananda College alumni

This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Religion

Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa - former president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and author
Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero - Sri Lankan scholar monk and a personality of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century

Ministers and legislators

Current

Government benches

Karu Jayasuriya - 20th Speaker of the Parliament
R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara - Minister Public Administration and Management
Mohan Lal Grero, MP - State Minister of University Education and Member of Parliament (note: also listed in "Educationalists")
Daya Gamage - Minister of Primary Industry
Ajith Perera - Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
Arjuna Ranatunga - Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping
Rajitha Senaratne - Cabinet Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine
Achala Jagodage - Member of Parliament
Chathura Senarathne - Member of Parliament

Opposition benches

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - current Member of Parliament
Dullas Alahapperuma - current Member of Parliament
P. Dayaratna - current Member of Parliament
Mohan Lal Grero - chairman, Lyceum Group of Companies; Member of Parliament, Colombo District
Gitanjana Gunawardena - current Member of Parliament
Tissa Vitharana - current Member of Parliament, professor of microbiology and leader of the LSSP
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - current Member of Parliament, Kalutara District

Former

Thomas Amarasuriya - former Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon
S. A. Wickramasinghe - former senator and founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka
N. M. Perera - founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister of Finance
William de Silva - former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries; former Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada
D. P. Atapattu - former Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70
R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - ex minister of Agriculture
Anandatissa de Alwis - former Speaker of the National State Assembly in Sri Lanka; Cabinet Minister of State
General Sarath Fonseka - leader of Democratic Party and former Member of Parliament
Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Diplomats")
Dharmasiri Senanayake - former Cabinet Minister of Media, Tourism and Civil Aviation & General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe - former Speaker of the Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Industries & Scientific Affairs
Philip Gunawardena - served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet; Minister of Fisheries
Indradasa Hettiarachchi - former Minister of Industries
P. B. G. Kalugalla - former Minister of Finance
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla - former Minister of Education
Lakshman Jayakody - former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Presidential advisor
Wickremabahu Karunaratne - leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party; served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi - former Colombo District Minister and Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa)
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar - former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications
Sanjeewa Kavirathna - Former Member of Parliament and Member of Central Provincial council. Sri Lanka's first Green Awarded politician.
V. Navaratnam - former Member of Parliament
V. Yogeswaran former Member of Parliament
Herbert Sri Nissanka - former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra - former Member of Parliament
Rohitha Bogollagama - former minister of Foreign Affairs and ex Member of Parliament
Basil Rajapaksa - former Minister of Economic Development and Member of Parliament
Ossie Abeygunasekara - former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
Gotabaya Rajapaksa - former Secretary of Defense
Lalitha Rajapakse - former Minister of Justice of Ceylon, elected Member of the Senate of Ceylon; former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Suranimala Rajapaksha - former Minister of School Education
N. R. Rajavarothiam - Ceylon Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament
Bimal Rathnayaka - former Member of Parliament
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara - former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation and former Governor of North Central Province

Mayors

Karu Jayasuriya - former Mayor of Colombo, former Minister, MP, and current deputy leader of the United National Party
N. M. Perera - former Mayor of Colombo; founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister Of Finance

Diplomats

Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE, CCS - Civil Servant, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
J B Disanayake - writer, language specialist, former Head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, and Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand
Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Ministers" and "Legislators")
Karu Jayasuriya - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Germany
Wasantha Karannagoda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Adviser, Commander of the Navy (note: also listed in "Military")
Lalitha Rajapakse, KC - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

Military

Sri Lankan Army

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka - former Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Commander of the Army^[1]
General Hamilton Wanasinghe - former Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka, Commander of the Army
General Lionel Balagalle - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
General Rohan Daluwatte - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
Major General Lakshman Algama - VSV, USP, NDC, PSC (1940-1999) former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army
Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi - former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
Major General Jagath Dias - former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army
Major General Kamal Gunaratne - Commander 53rd division of the Sri Lankan Army
Lt. A.P.N.C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene - Sri Lankan commissioned officer
Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa - Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence

Sri Lankan Navy

Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda - Commander of the Navy, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Advisor^[1]

Sri Lanka Police

Osmund de Silva - former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
Mahinda Balasuriya - former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka^[2]
Sumith Liyanage - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
Kanchana Senerat Kadigawe - former Senior Superintendent of Police

Academics

Stanley Wijesundera - former Professor of Chemistry; Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
LH Sumanadasa - aviator, engineer, educator; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
Chandratne Patuwathavithane - former Professor of Engineering & Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa
K. D. Arulpragasam - first Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, Sri Lanka
Charles Dahanayake - Writer, Professor of Physics & Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
K.K.Y.W. Perera - Professor of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Harendra de Silva - Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama
Chandre Dharma-wardana - scientist, Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Université de Montréal
Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe - Professor of Civil Engineering; Founding Dean (Emeritus), Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
D. Shelton A. Gunaratne - Professor of Mass Communications Emeritus affiliated with Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA
Nimal Rajapakshe - Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences Simon Fraser University, Canada
M. P. Ranaweera - Professor of Civil Engineering; Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
V. K. Samaranayake - Professor of Computer Science and former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
W.S. Karunaratne - late Professor in Buddhist Philosophy & Comparative Religion at Peradeniya University; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and a member of the Board of Regents of University of Sri Lanka
Wickremabahu Karunaratne - Lecturer of Electronics at Peradeniya University; leader of Nava Samsamaja Party
Ravindra Fernando - Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri - Professor of Theology, University of Toronto
Bogoda Premaratne - author, former Principal of Royal College, Colombo
Vicumpriya Perera - Professor of Mathematics, Kent State University

Industrialists and corporate executives

Dr Nalaka Godahewa - Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism; former Managing Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
Thilan Wijesinghe - former Chief of BOI; CEO of Forbes & Walker Ltd.
Harsha Purasinghe - founder Microimage

Civil servants

Anandatissa de Alwis - former Governor of North-North Western Province of Sri Lanka
V. M. Panchalingam - former District Secretary for Jaffna
Tissa Devendra - Writer, former Civil Servant

Sports

Marvan Atapattu - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain
Dinesh Chandimal - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
Ajit de Silva - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
Akalanka Ganegama - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
Avishka Gunawardene - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
Chandika Hathurusingha - former Test cricketer and National Junior Coach
Dinuka Hettiarachchi - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
Thilina Kandamby - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
Brendon Kuruppu - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara - Sri Lankan ODI cricketer
Daya Rajasinghe - rifle shooting - national champion, SAF Games gold medalist
Arjuna Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain and Member of Parliament; 1996 World Cup-winning team captain
Dammika Ranatunga - Sri Lanka Test cricketer
Nishantha Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka ODI cricketer, Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket
Sanjeeva Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
Dulip Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
Thilan Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer^[3]
Charith Senanayake - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
Sachithra Senanayake - Sri Lanka T20 and ODI cricketer
Mahela Udawatte - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
Mithra Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
Sidath Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
Sunil Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Opening Batsman
Hemantha Wickramaratne - former ODI Cricketer

Engineers and Architects

B. D. Rampala - engineer, former General Manager of Ceylon Railways
L. H. Sumanadasa - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
R. G. de S. Wettimuny - Buddhist writer and double chartered engineer (mechanical and civil)
D. J. Wimalasurendra - engineer, Pioneer of hydro power in Sri Lanka
Jayantha Perera - Chartered Architect and Past President of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

Legal

Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
Shiva Pasupati - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
Yuwanjana Wijayatilake - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
Chan Htoon - Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, and the architect of the first constitution of Burma in 1947
Ye Htoon - Burmese lawyer and entrepreneur
Gamini Perera - senior lawyer and legal consultant
V. Sivasubramaniam - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
J. F. A. Soza - former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
P. Sriskandarajah - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
Irwin Jayasuriya - lawyer and former Chairmen of Ceylon Transport Board

Medical professionals

Prof. Harendra de Silva – Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
Prof. Ravindra Fernando – Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
C G Uragoda – physician, author, folklorist, historian and conservationist
Gamini Wickremasinghe – MD, Informatics Group

Poets, novelists and academic writers

Sunanda Mahendra - author and critic
G. B. Senanayake - Sinhala writer

Media personalities and journalists

Nishantha Ranatunga - CEO of CSN TV
Regi Siriwardena - Sri Lankan journalist, poet, writer, playwright and writer of screenplays
Tarzie Vittachi - journalist and former UNICEF Deputy Executive Director of External Relations

Artists

Premakeerthi De Alwis - composer and narrator
Malaka Dewapriya - video artist and short filmmaker
Lucky Dias - TV and film actor
Dayananda Gunawardena - playwright, actor, lyricist, radio play producer, and Sinhala radio play writer
Nalaka Gunawardene - journalist
Bathiya Jayakodi - singer
Kasun Kalhara - music director, singer, composer
Indrachapa Liyanage - singer
D. B. Nihalsinghe, film director; founding CEO and General Manager of the State Film Corporation; pioneer of Sri Lanka television production
Titus Thotawatte - film director
Wijeratne Warakagoda - veteran actor in stage, movie and tele-drama
Jagath Wickramasinghe - singer

References

1 2 "Distinguished Old Anandians".
↑ "Distinguished Old Anandians, Page 1". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
↑ "PROFILE: THILAN SAMARAWEERA".

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