Vasanthy Arasaratnam

Professor Vasanthy Arasaratnam (Tamil: வசந்தி அரசரத்தினம்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil biochemist, academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

Professor Vasanthy Arasaratnam
வசந்தி அரசரத்தினம்
Education	University of Madras University of Colombo University of Jaffna
Occupation	Academic
Title	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
Term	March 2011 – April 2017
Predecessor	N. Shanmugalingam
Successor	R. Vigneswaran

Early life

Arasaratnam obtained a BSc degree from the University of Madras.[1][2] She later received a MSc degree from the University of Colombo and a Phd degree from the University of Jaffna.[1][2]

Career

Arasaratnam was head of Department of Biochemistry at the University of Jaffna from January 1990 to September 1996 and from October 1997 to December 2000.[2] She was dean of the Faculty of Medicine between August 2000 and August 2003.[3] She was head of the Department of Pharmacology in September 2003 and was elected to the university's senate in 2004.[2] She was appointed vice-chancellor of the university in March 2011.[4]

References

1. "Office of the Vice-Chancellor". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
2. "Prof. (Ms.) V. Arasaratnam". Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna.
3. "History". Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
4. "Vasanthi Arasaratnam becomes Vice Chancellor, Jaffna University". TamilNet. 31 March 2011.