H. Y. Ranjith Perera

Hettige Yasasiri Ranjith Perera is a Sri Lankan academic and the founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.^[1] He was also a former head of Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka.^[2] Between 2013 and 2015 he served as the Chairman of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies.

Born in a remote village in the eastern edge of Colombo district he completed his school education at Nalanda College Colombo and graduated from University of Moratuwa with a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering whereafter he worked for the Ceylon Electricity Board as an engineer.

He later earned a Doctor of Engineering degree from RWTH Aachen University in Germany where he enjoyed a distinguised academic career. He is a Chartered Engineer, Member of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka and served in regulating the energy sector as Director General, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2010.^[3]

General sources

• "Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka Launches its Official Website". Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
• "Sri Lanka LNG power plant push is outside the law: officials". Lanka Business Online. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

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