Nishan Canagarajah

Professor
Nishan Canagarajah
Born 1966 (age 51–52)
Sri Lanka
Other names C. N. Canagarajah
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Occupation Academic

Professor Cedric Nishan Canagarajah (born 1966; known as Nishan Canagarajah) is a British Tamil academic and one of the pro-vice-chancellors of the University of Bristol.[1]

Early life and family

Canagarajah was born in 1966 in Sri Lanka.[2][3] His mother was a teacher.[4] He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna.[5] After school he joined the University of Cambridge from where he received a BA honours degree in electronics and information sciences in 1989 and a Ph.D. in digital signal processing in 1993.[2][3][6]

Canagarajah is married to Thabitha.[4] They have a daughter (Aarabi) and two sons (Sujan and Dheeran).[4]

Career

Canagarajah joined the University of Bristol in 1993 as a research assistant.[2][3] He was promoted to lecturer in 1994, senior lecturer in 1999 and reader in 2001.[3] He became professor of multimedia signal processing in 2004.[2][3] He was promoted to research director at the university's Faculty of Engineering in 2006 and head of Department of Computer Science in 2009.[2] He became head of Merchant Venturers School of Engineering in 2010 before becoming dean of the Faculty of Engineering in 2011.[2] He was appointed pro-vice-chancellor for research and enterprise in August 2014.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Senior staff". University of Bristol.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah". University of Bristol.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Professor Nishan Canagarajah". Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol.
  4. 1 2 3 "Speaking Personally" (PDF). LynchPin: 19. Spring 2009.
  5. ↑ "Professor Nishan Canagarajah's Appointment as Pro-Vice Chnacellor of Bristol University". Tha Lifestyle. 1 (3): 1. March 2014.
  6. ↑ "University of Bristol appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor". University of Bristol. 11 March 2014.


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