N. Shanmugalingam

Nagalingam Shanmugalingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil sociologist, academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

Nagalingam Shanmugalingam
Alma materUniversity of Colombo
University of Jaffna
OccupationAcademic
TitleVice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
TermDecember 2007 March 2011
SuccessorVasanthy Arasaratnam

Early life

Shanmugalingam obtained a BEd degree from the University of Colombo.[1] He later received MA and PhD degrees from the University of Jaffna.

Career

Shanmugalingam joined the University of Jaffna in 1981 as an assistant lecturer in sociology and eventually became professor of sociology.[2] He was later head of the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the university.[3][4] He was appointed vice-chancellor of the university in December 2007.[5] Shanmugalingam stood for re-election but in March 2011 President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed Vasanthy Arasaratnam to the post of vice-chancellor.[6][7]

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