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Member of Parliament - Gampaha (2015–present), State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Rural and Ayurveda Hospital Development and Community Health (2020-current)
former acting chairman and board member of the Computer and Information Technology Council (CINTEC), Board Member Natural Resources Energy and Science Authority (NARESA)
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
CCS, MBE - former General Manager of the then Ceylon Government Railway (present Sri Lanka Railways), first Ceylonese Chief Mechanical Engineer of Ceylon Government Railway
Chairman of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI), former Managing Director Agency for Development of the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade in Sri Lanka, former chief executive officer and managing director of Colombo Dockyard
former Deputy Director General (Commercial) of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, former Director of Sinhala Service Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, cricket commentator
President of Sri Lanka Cricket; former president and Chairman of the Gymkhana Club; Colombo Cricket Club; former national player, manager and national coach for squash
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
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This alumni list may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations May 2015 This list may be too long to read and navigate comfortably Please consider splitting content into sub articles condensing it or adding subheadings Please discuss this issue on the article s talk page August 2015 This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of Old Nalandians alumni of Nalanda College Colombo Sri Lanka 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 Crest of Nalanda College Colombo Contents 1 Politicians 1 1 National 1 2 Provincial 2 Religion 3 Academia 4 Civil servants 5 Military 5 1 Army 5 2 Navy 5 3 Air Force 6 Police 7 Diplomats 8 Legal Judiciary 9 Industry and commerce 10 Art 10 1 Authors 10 2 Actors 10 3 Media 11 Sports 12 Architects 13 Medicine 14 Other 15 ReferencesPoliticians EditNational Edit Name Notability ReferenceMahinda Rajapaksa President of Sri Lanka 2005 2015 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 2004 2005 2018 2019 2022 Nimal Siripala de Silva Member of Parliament Badulla 1994 present Leader of the Opposition Sri Lanka 2015 Leader of the House 2005 2015 Cabinet Minister of Justice Human Rights and Legal Reforms 2015 2020 Cabinet Minister of Labour 2020 current Sarath Weerasekara Member of Parliament Colombo 2020 current Member of Parliament Ampara 2010 2015 State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government 2020 current Sisira Jayakody Member of Parliament Gampaha 2015 present State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Rural and Ayurveda Hospital Development and Community Health 2020 current Rajitha Senaratne Minister of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine 2015 2020 Member of Parliament Kalutara 1994 present Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Member of Parliament Kurunegala 1994 present State Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs 2015 2020 Chandima Weerakkody Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka 2010 2015 Member of Parliament Galle 2009 present Sujith Sanjaya Perera Member of Parliament Kegalle 2015 present Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Member of Parliament Kurunegala 2015 2020 Cabinet Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife and Minister of Buddha Sasana 2015 2020 Chief Minister of North Western Province Sri Lanka 1987 1993 Thilanga Sumathipala Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka 2010 2015 Member of Parliament Colombo 2010 to 2015 National List 2015 2020 Vice chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom party State Minister for Technology and Innovation 2015 2020 I M R A Iriyagolla Minister of Education 1965 1970 M D Banda Minister of Food Commerce and Trade 1965 1970 Member of Parliament Maturata 1947 1960 Dharmasena Attygalle Minister of Indigenous Medicine 1980 1982 Member of Parliament Kesbewa 1972 1982 High Commissioner to PakistanM A Adikari Member of Parliament Wariyapola 1956 1964 Lal Dharmapriya Gamage Member of Parliament Anuradhapura 1989 1994 Weerasinghe de Silva Member of Parliament Balapitiya 1970 1977 Member of Parliament Galle District 1994 2000 Indradasa Hettiarachchi Member of Parliament Horana 1977 1989 Kamal Karunanayake Member of Parliament National List 1989 1994 Chandra Gunasekera Member of Parliament Kottawa 1970 1977 C A Dharmapala Member of Parliament Hakmana 1952 1960 Tissa Karalliyadde Member of Parliament Anuradhapura 1994 present Asoka Karunaratne Member of Parliament Rambukkana 1960 1970 1977 1989 Rupa Karunathilake Member of Parliament Bentara Elpitiya 1977 1989 Minister of Plantations Ambassador to NetherlandsNirmala Kotalawala Member of Parliament Kalutara 2004 2020 H R Piyasiri Member of Parliament Matara 1989 1994 Ambassador to MyanmarSarath Ranawaka Member of Parliament Kalutara 1989 2009 Maithripala Senanayake Member of Parliament Medawachchiya 1947 1989 Leader of the House 1970 1977 Governor of North Central Province 1994 1998 Wilfred Senanayake Member of Parliament Homagama 1970 1977 C V Velupillai Member of Parliament Talawakelle 1947 1953 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara Member of Parliament Kurunegala 1952 1956 1965 1970 1977 1988 Governor of North Central Province 1988 1989 Athula Wijesinghe Chief Minister North Western Province 2002 2013 H R Wimalasiri Member of Parliament Matara 1994 2000 Provincial Edit Name Notability ReferenceM W Aruna Pradeep Mayor of AmbalangodaPrasanna Shamal Senarath Provincial Councilor and Opposition Leader of North Western Province Sri Lanka CouncilUdena Wijerathna Provincial Councilor Western ProvinceReligion EditName Notability ReferencePiyadassi Thera Former Chief Incumbent of the Vajiraramaya Temple Bambalapitiya Former Sinhala Editor at the Buddhist Publication SocietyAluthwewa Soratha Thera Chancellor of Uva Wellassa UniversityAnanda Weerasekara Resident of Buddhangala Forest HermitageKuppiyawatta Bodhananda Thera Founder of Mithuru Mithuro MovementAcademia EditName Notability ReferenceJayantha Lal Ratnasekera Vice Chancellor of the Uva Wellassa University Professor of ChemistryRanjith Premalal De Silva Vice Chancellor University of Vocational Technology former Vice Chancellor Uva Wellassa UniversityMilinda Peiris Vice Chancellor Commandant General Sir John Kotelawala Defence UniversityRahula Anura Attalage Professor of Mechanical Engineering Deputy Vice Chancellor University of MoratuwaMohan De Silva Professor of Surgery Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri JayewardenepuraK N O Dharmadasa former Professor of Linguistics Dean of Faculty of Arts University of PeradeniyaChandra Embuldeniya former Vice Chancellor Founder Uva Wellassa University of Sri LankaH D Gunawardhana former Professor of Chemistry Acting Vice Chancellor and Head of Chemistry Department University of ColomboAbhaya Induruwa Inaugural Professor of Computing University of Colombo School of ComputingS D Jayaratne Professor of Medicine University of Sri JayewardenepuraKamal Karunanayake former Professor and Dean of Economics Department Kelaniya UniversityNandadasa Kodagoda former Professor of Medicine Vice Chancellor and Dean of Medical Faculty University of ColomboDon Kulasiri Professor of Computational Modelling Lincoln University Canterbury New ZealandUdaya Ranawaka Senior lecturer in Neurology Department of Medicine University of KelaniyaJanaka Ruwanpura Professor of Project Management Systems Vice Provost InternationalNalin Samarasinha Senior Scientist Planetary Science Institute PSI Arizona USASuwanda H J Sugunasiri former Professor Adjunct University of Toronto CanadaAthula Sumathipala Professor of Psychiatry Keele University StaffordshireMahinda Vilathgamuwa Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Queensland University of Technology AustraliaRanjith Laxman Wijayawardana Senior Lecturer in Nuclear Physics University of PeradeniyaCivil servants EditName Notability ReferenceP Amarasinghe former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank former Chairman of People s BankTissa Devendra former Chairman of Public Service Commission Chairman of Salaries CommissionC A Dharmapala former Permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Security Advisor to President J R JayewardeneSaman Ediriweera former Secretary Ministry of Tertiary Education and Training Secretary Ministry of Posts and TelecommunicationsHemasiri Fernando Current Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Chief of Staff of the President Chairman Board of Investment of Sri Lanka former Secretary Ministry of Postal Services former Secretary to the Prime Minister former Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom People s Bank Sri Lanka and the Airport and Aviation Authority former Chairman National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka also listed in Industry and commerce V C Gunatilleke PC former Solicitor General Attorney General s DepartmentAbhaya Induruwa former acting chairman and board member of the Computer and Information Technology Council CINTEC Board Member Natural Resources Energy and Science Authority NARESA 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 CorporationB D Rampala CCS MBE former General Manager of the then Ceylon Government Railway present Sri Lanka Railways first Ceylonese Chief Mechanical Engineer of Ceylon Government RailwayRidgeway Thilakeratne CCS former Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting former Chairman Director General of Sri Lanka Broadcasting CorporationAnanda Weerasekara former Vice Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services former Director of Rehabilitation Services PrelatesPrasanna Wickramasuriya former Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka former Special Operations Platoon Commander Sri Lanka ArmyUpawansa Yapa PC former Solicitor General Attorney General s DepartmentMilitary EditArmy Edit Name Notability ReferencePiyal Abeysekera Major General Deputy Chief of Staff Sri Lanka Army Prabath Dematanpitiya Major General Chief of Staff Sri Lanka Army 2020 present Prasad Edirisinghe Major General Rector General Sir John Kotelawala Defence UniversityDonald Hewagama Brigadier Judge Advocate General 1967 1982 Amal Karunasekara Major General Chief of Staff Sri Lanka Army 2017 2018 Commandant of the National Defence College Sri LankaJeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga Major General Commandant Defence Services Command and Staff College Deputy Vice Chancellor General Sir John Kotelawala Defence UniversityUbaya Madawela Major General Chief of Staff Sri Lanka Army 2016 2017 Milinda Peiris Major General Chief of Staff Sri Lanka Army Vice Chancellor Commandant General Sir John Kotelawala Defence UniversitySamantha Sooriyabandara Major General Commander 53 Division Defence Attache Sri Lankan Embassy USA Janaka Walgama Major General Commander Security Forces East Commandant Defence Services Command and Staff CollegeAnanda Weerasekara Major General Commanding Officer North Central ProvincePrasanna Wickramasuriya Colonel Commander 1st Gajaba Battalion Chairman of Airport and Aviation ServicesAjith Wickramasinghe Major General Director General Supply and Transport Sri Lanka Army Navy Edit Name Notability ReferenceH R Amaraweera Rear Admiral Director Operations Sri Lanka Navy Justin Jayasuriya Rear Admiral Commander of Eastern Naval CommandVijitha Meddegoda Rear Admiral Director Naval BudgetSarath Ratnakeerthi Rear Admiral Chief of Staff Sri Lanka Navy Sarath Weerasekara Rear Admiral Director General Civil Security DepartmentSamantha Wimalathunga Rear Admiral Director Sri Lanka Coast Guard 2015 present Air Force Edit Name Notability ReferenceGagan Bulathsinghala Air Chief Marshall Commander of the Air Force 2015 2016 Ambassador to AfghanistanKapila Jayampathy Air Chief Marshall Commander of the Air Force 2016 2019 High Commissioner to MalaysiaSumangala Dias Air Chief Marshall Commander of the Air Force 2019 2020 High Commissioner to ItalyRuchira Samarasinghe Air Vice Marshall Director Civil EngineeringKapila Wanigasooriya Air Vice Marshall Director WelfareChandana Welikala Air Vice Marshall Director AdministrationPrashantha De Silva Air Vice Marshall Director Inspection and SafetyP D J Kumarasiri Air Vice Marshall Director Aeronautical EngineeringE P B Liyanage Air Vice Marshall Director General Engineering Director Investigation and SafetyBuddhi Siriwardene Air Commodore Base commander Sri Lanka Air Force Base KatunayakePolice EditName Notability ReferenceNilantha Jayawardena Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Chief of State Intelligence Service Sri Lanka Sisira Mendis Deputy Inspector General of Police Chief of State Intelligence Service Sri Lanka Sumith Liyanage Deputy Inspector General of Police 1996 Diplomats EditName Notability ReferenceSumangala Dias High Commissioner to ItalyKapila Jayampathy High Commissioner to MalaysiaGagan Bulathsinghala Ambassador to AfghanistanH R Piyasiri former Ambassador to MyanmarRupa Karunathilake former Ambassador to NetherlandsDharmasena Attygalle former High Commissioner to PakistanSiri Perera former High Commissioner to IndiaA S P Liyanage Ambassador for Qatar former High Commissioner to Nigerian RepublicUdayanga Weeratunga former Ambassador to Russian FederationJaliya Wickramasuriya former Ambassador in Washington D C United States of AmericaLegal Judiciary EditName Notability ReferencePriyantha Jayawardena President s Counsel Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri LankaSobhitha Rajakaruna Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri LankaV C Gunatilleke President s Counsel Solicitor General of Sri Lanka 1977 1981 Upawansa Yapa President s Counsel Solicitor General of Sri Lanka 1996 1998 H L de Silva President s Counsel Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United NationsT B Dissanayake President s Counsel former Commissioner of AssizeSiri Perera QC High Commissioner to India 1 2 Industry and commerce EditName Notability ReferenceVinya Ariyaratne Executive Director of Sarvodaya lecturer in Community Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri JayewardenepuraMohan De Silva Chairman of University Grants Commission Sri LankaFelix R de Zoysa founding Chairman of Stafford Motor Ltd Stafford International School and Atlas Hall philanthropistChandra Embuldeniya President National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka CEO Informatics Group of CompaniesHemasiri Fernando Chairman of People s Bank Sri LankaS 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 GoogleA S P Liyanage Chairman of ASP Group of CompaniesEastman Narangoda Chairman of George Steuart Finance former Chairman of Seylan Bank former CEO and General Manager of National Savings BankYoga Perera Chairman and managing director of Autoland Director Airport and Aviation Services LtdThilanga Sumathipala Chairman of Sri Lanka CricketChandima Weerakkody former Chairman State Mortgage and Investment BankRanjith Laxman Wijayawardana Chairman of Atomic Energy Authority AEA of Sri LankaMangala Yapa Chairman of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka BOI former Managing Director Agency for Development of the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade in Sri Lanka former chief executive officer and managing director of Colombo DockyardArt EditAuthors Edit Name Notability ReferenceGunadasa Amarasekara dental surgeon writer poetAnura C Perera science writer and authorSiri Perera Siri Aiya of Radio CeylonSuwanda H J Sugunasiri author of poetry in EnglishAsoka Weerasinghe Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada poet co founder of the Gloucester Spoken Art Series in Ottawa CanadaActors Edit Name Notability ReferenceHiran Abeysekera British theatre actorKamal Deshapriya actor commentatorSenesh Dissanaike Bandara film director television presenterGamini Hettiarachchi film teledrama actorNiroshan Illeperuma film and teledrama actorDhamma Jagoda theatre actor English and Sinhala Henry Jayasena playwright actorMilinda Madugalle film actor singerBandu Munasinghe first stunt director of the Sri Lankan CinemaG D L Perera actor film director of the Sri Lankan CinemaRavindra Rupasena film actor of early Sinhala cinema in the 1950sSisira Senaratne singerDhammika Siriwardana film teledrama producer directorAnanda Weerakoon film actor of early Sinhala cinema in the 1950sNamel Weeramuni dramatist play producerTissa Wijesurendra film actor in the 1970sMedia Edit Name Notability ReferenceDenzil Peiris Editor of The Ceylon Observer 1961 1970 Chitrananda Abeysekera poet former Director of Sinhala Service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting CorporationKarunaratne Abeysekera poet songwriter created history in the world of radio by being the first ever Sinhala cricket commentator over airwaves of Radio CeylonAPremasara Epasinghe cricket commentator private secretary and media consultant to Minister of Education former head of public relations Bank of CeylonRajeewa Jayaweera Newspaper columnistSrimath Indrajith Liyanage Television and radio presenter actorPalitha Perera former Deputy Director General Commercial of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation former Director of Sinhala Service Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation cricket commentatorSuwanda H J Sugunasiri columnist Toronto Star Ontario CanadaNalaka Vithanage theatre television and cinema directorSports EditName Notability ReferenceIshara Amerasinghe former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketerHemantha Devapriya former Sri Lanka A Cricket team coachKumar Dharmasena former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketerSriyantha Dissanayake athlete former Sri Lanka 100m record holder 1990 Asian Games silver medalistChamara Dunusinghe former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketerYohan Goonasekera former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketer Best Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 1976 Kusal Goonewardena Australian physical therapist and health lecturerRoshan Guneratne former Sri Lanka Test cricketerAsanka Gurusinha former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketer manager of Sri Lanka national cricket teamMilinda Jayasinghe former Sri Lankan rugby union playerStanley Jayasinghe former all Ceylon and Leicestershire County Cricket Club cricketerSunil Jayasinghe former One Day International cricketerMahela Jayawardena former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain Chairman Sri Lanka National Sports Council NSC Shantha Kalavitigoda former Sri Lanka Test cricketerLalith Kaluperuma former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketer former Chairman of Selectors Sri Lanka CricketSanath Kaluperuma former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketerSumith Liyanage former Olympian boxerRoshan Mahanama former Sri Lanka Test One Day International Cricket Captain Elite Panel Referee of International Cricket CouncilDilshan Munaweera Sri Lankan T20 cricketer Sri Lanka A cricketerYoga Perera motor car racing championAnura Ranasinghe former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketerKeerthi Ranasinghe former One Day International cricketer professional Middlesex CCC cricket coachGihan Rupasinghe Sri Lankan T20 cricketer Sri Lanka A cricketerJayantha Seneviratne represented the National Cricket Team from 1973 to 1980 Chairman of the Coaching Committee of Sri Lanka CricketSachithra Serasinghe Sri Lanka A cricketerShammi Silva President of Sri Lanka Cricket former president and Chairman of the Gymkhana Club Colombo Cricket Club former national player manager and national coach for squashRoy Silva first Sri Lankan to play for United States national cricket teamManjula Damith Siripala Sri Lankan rugby union playerAshan Priyanjan Subasinghe captain of Sri Lanka A cricket team One Day International cricketerP 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 LecturerBandula Warnapura Sri Lanka s Inaugural Test cricket captainPriyankara Wickramasinghe former Sri Lanka A cricketer Malaysian National CricketerGamini Wickremasinghe former Sri Lanka Test One Day International cricketerArchitects EditName Notability ReferenceJustin Samarasekera architect past President of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of ScienceGamini Wijesuriya architect archaeologist winner of ICCROM Heritage award 2021Medicine EditName Notability ReferenceHudson Silva Founder President of the International Eye Bank Tissue Bank and the Sri Lanka Eye Donation SocietyVajiranath Lakshman De Silva Founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri LankaMohan De Silva Professor of Surgery at University of Sri JayewardenepuraP T De Silva President of Ceylon College of Physicians 1984 PhysicianVinya Ariyaratne Faculty of Medical Sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura General Secretary of SarvodayaSarath Samarage National Consultant World Health Organization Physician recipient of knighthood 2019Udaya Ranawaka Professor Senior Consultant Lecturer Neurologist North Colombo Teaching Hospital NCTH Faculty of Medicine University of KelaniyaPrasanna Gunasena neurosurgeon Lanka Hospitals Chairman of State Pharmaceutical Company SPC of Sri LankaW D L Fernando Forensic pathologist and Judicial Medical Officer JMO for ColomboOther EditName Notability ReferencePradeep Nilanga Dela Diyawadana Nilame Chief Lay Head or Trustee of the Kandy Temple of the ToothSarath Gunapala Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAIndrani Iriyagolla humanitarian activistHarischandra Wijayatunga President of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha BhoomiputraReferences Edit Death of Anil Obeyesekere PC Dailynews lk Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 09 10 Tribute to Siri Perera QC Dailynews lk 2010 02 10 Archived from the original on 2011 06 04 Retrieved 2011 09 10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni amp oldid 1150951370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
