Board of Governors

The institute is administered by them. The Board make rules for the procedures in the conduct of its affairs.

Prof. Athula Sumathipala
Chairman NIFS (Ex officio)

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Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunge
Board Member - Chairman, UGC (Ex officio)

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Senior Prof. Ranjith Premalal De Silva
Board Member - Director NIFS (Ex officio)

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Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda
Science Advisor to H.E. the President (Ex officio)

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Prof. Lakshman Dissanayake
Board Member - appointed by H.E. the President

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Prof. Nishantha Perera
Board Member - appointed by H.E. the President

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Eng. Nihal Rupasinghe
Board Member - appointed by the Minister

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Dr. Udaya Kalubowila
Board Member - appointed by the Minister

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Prof. Cassim Iqbal
Board Member - elected from the Research Council

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Prof. Deepal Subasinghe
Board Member - elected from the Research Council

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Ms. Shiranthi Rathnayake
Treasury Representative

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Senior Prof. Lalith Jayasinghe
Acting Secretary/ NIFS

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Past Chairmen of NIFS

History of the Chairmen from our beginning in 1981
Name Term of Office Biography
Professor Janaka Ekanayake to Read
Professor Vijaya Kumar to Read
Professor Anura Wickramasinghe to Read
Professor Prasad Amaratunga to Read
H.E. the President of Sri Lanka to Read