Aggamaha Panditha Senior Professor Most Ven. Dr. Gallelle Sumanasiri Thera has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.
The appointment was made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, with the official letter of appointment handed over to the Thera at the Presidential Secretariat today (October 23).
The letter was presented by Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.
Most Ven. Dr. Sumanasiri Thera is a distinguished Buddhist scholar and academic who serves as the Chief Incumbent of Kotamudungala Rajamaha Viharaya in Molagoda.
He previously held the position of Vice-Chancellor at the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka and also served as Chancellor of Rajarata University. However, he subsequently resigned from the latter position.
His appointment marks his return to a university chancellorship in Sri Lanka's higher education sector.
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