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List of Dharmaraja College alumni

This is a List of Old Rajans, they being the alumni of Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Head of State
• His Excellency President William Gopallawa, MBE
- First President of Sri Lanka and last
Governor-General of Ceylon

Political Leaders
• Hon. A. E. Goonesinha - Founder of the first labour
party in Sri Lanka Ceylon Labour Party, First
Ceylonese Mayor of Colombo and First Cabinet

• Hon. A. Ratnayaka - First Cabinet Minister of Food,

Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent
Ceylon and last President of the Senate of Ceylon
• Hon. Sir Bennet Soysa - Former Mayor of the
Kandy Municipal Council
• Hon. Yasaratne Tennakoon - Former Member of
Parliament and Former Deputy Secretary of SLFP
• Hon. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, MP - Cabinet
Minister of Land and Land Development
• Hon. Lalith Dissanayake, MP - Deputy Minister of
Technology and Research
• Hon. Dilum Amunugama, MP - Member of
Parliament
• Hon. Erik Weerawardana, MP - Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon - Former Member of Parliament
• Hon. Sarath Kongahage - Former Member of Parliament and Candidate of Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010
• Hon. Thilina Tennakoon -Member Central Provincial Council, Former Member of Parliament and Leader of the
Opposition of the Kandy Municipal Council
• Hon. Tilak Ratnayake - Former Mayor of the Kandy Municipal Council
• Hon. Anura Daniel - Former Member of Parliament
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Prelates
• Most Venerable Madugalle Sri Sumana Siddharthe Dhammasiddhi Maha Thero - Former Mahanayake Thero of
the Malwatte Chapter, Sri Lanka

Members of the Defence Services

Sri Lankan Army

• Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana  † - Former GOC, 3rd Division Sri Lanka Engineers
• Major General Mohan Jayawardana - Commander of the 53 Division, Anuradhapura and Former Commander of
Sri Lanka Army Area Headquarters, Welioya
• Major General Gamini Jayasundare
• Major General Seevali Wanigasekare
• Brigadier Nirmal Dharmarathna - Commander of Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment
• Brigadier Nissanka Ranawana - GOC of Sri Lanka Army's 61 Division
• Colonel Shantha Dissnayake - Brigade Commander of Sri Lanka Army’s Air Mobile Brigade
• Colonel Athula Ariyaratne - Brigade Commander of Sri Lanka Army’s 62-1 Brigade, Task Force 2
• Colonel Anil Samarasiri - Commanding Officer of 6th Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment (CR)
• Colonel Senaka Wijesuriya - Brigade Commander of Sri Lanka Army’s 59-2 Brigade, 59 Division
• Colonel S S Gunawardena - General Staff of Sri Lanka Army's 52 Division
• Colonel Janaka Ariyaratne - Commander of 9th Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR), 59-3 Brigade
• Lt. Colonel Randula Hathnagoda - Brigade Commander of Sri Lanka Army’s 64-2 Brigade, Task Force 4
• Lt. Colonel Epsitha Dissanayake - Commanding Officer of 8th Regiment Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI), 57-4
Brigade
• Lt. Colonel Vajira Welagedara - Commanding Officer of 8th Gemunu Watch (GW), 58-3 Brigade
• Lt. Colonel Chandana Wickramasinghe - Commanding Officer of 8th Gajaba Regiment, 58 Division
• Major Senaka Lankadhikara
• Major Nalinda Niyangoda - Commanding Officer of 10th Sri Lanka Armoured Corps

Sri Lankan Air Force

• Group Captain Sudarshana Pathirana
• Group Captain Dushyantha Ratnayake
• Wing Commnder Harishchandra M.B. Hearth - Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Special Force and
first Sri Lankan & third South Asian to complete 1,000 parachute jumps
• Wing commnder Manuja Werellagama
• Wing Commander Athula Nanayakkara
• Wing Commander Mahinda Pagoda
• Squadron Leader Dhammika Samarakoon
• Flight Lieutenant G.A.L.P. Gunasinghe   † - WWV Recipient
• Flight Lieutenant M.V.K.H Wijekoon   † - SLAF Regiment, Palali Camp
• Pilot Officer A. F. Kularathna   † - MIA after a daring bombing raid to Germany during World War II flying for
the British Royal Air Force
• Douggie Fernando   † - Royal Ceylon Air Force
• S.U.Mendis
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Sri Lankan Navy

• Commander Aruna Tennakoon WWV RSP - Sri Lanka Navy
• Lieutenant Commander N.C.K. Abeysinghe - Squadron Commander of Naval Fast attck craft Squadron (aka
Dvora Squadron), Trincomalee.
• Lieutenant S.H.D.R. Karunarathneo

Sri Lanka Police

• SDIG Gamini Gunawardane - Former Senior Deputy Inspector General and Chairman of the National Lotteries
Board
• DIG Upul Seneviratne   † - Director of Training, Special Task Force
• DIG Pujith Jayasundara - Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG),Central Province
• DIG T.B. Kehelgamuwa - Former Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG)
• DIG Daya Jayasundara - Former Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) and Top Sri LAnkan Rugby refree
• DIG Sarath Jayasundare
• DIG Nimal Jayasundare
• DIG Jayatissa Herath
• DIG Mahinda Baddewela
• SSP T.B.Talwatte
• SSP G.S.Ratnayake
• SSP Daya Samaraweera
• SP Tilak Baddewela
• ASP Sunil Mohottigedara
• Police Inspector Rohan Attudawe   †
• Police Inspecor Upali Mayadunne
• SSP Shantha Udapamunuwa

Civil servants
• Tissa Devendra SLAS - Chairman Public Service Commission, the National Council for Administration(NCA)
and Acclaimed author
• A.B.Damunupola SLAS - Former Government Agent/Kandy & Former Post Master General
• Sunil S. Sirisena SLAS - Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare and
fomer Additional Secretary Ministry of Defence
• T.B. Dissanayake SLAS - President's Counsel and Former Commissioner of Assize
• K. D. G. Wimalaratne SLAS - Director General of the National Archives of Sri Lanka.
• S.S Wijeratne SLAS - Former Head of South Asia Special unit and Co-Chairman of the Joint Advisory
Committee of UNCHR,Principal Legal Counsel of UNHCR and Chairman of Legal Aid Commission of Sri
Lanka
• W.R.B.Rajakaruna SLAS - Former Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Development, Former Chairman of
the Ceylon Fertilizer Corporation
• P.D.Uduwela SLAS - Former Secretary to the Ministries of Public Administration & Social Services, Former
Deputy Secretary to the treasury & Former GA/Badulla
• K Karalliyadda CCS - Former Secretary of the Ministry of Coconut Development, Former Commissioner of
Prisons, Former GA/Matale
• Jaliya Medagama SLAS - Former Secretary to the Ministry of Electrcity & Power,Former Commissioner of
Agrarian Services, Former Chairman of Petroleum Corporation, Director of Lanka Indian Oil Corporation
• W.J.S.Karunaratne SLOS -Former Secretary to the President,Ambassador in Canada
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• L.A.Uduwela CCS - Former Addl.GA/Kandy

• Ganga Prasad Illangasinghe SLAS - Former GA/Anuradhapura
• Milton Weerasinghe - Former Addl.Commissioner of Agrarian Service
• Laksman Perera - Former Deputy Commissioner of Elections,Former GA/Puttlam
• Asoka Ganganath Athurugiriya SLAS - Former Secretary to the Prime Minister
• S.M.Tennekoon SLAS - Former Chief Secretary,Central Province
• Udaya Seneviratne - Deputy Secretary to the Treasury

Academics
• Professor Stanley Wijesundera - Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo
• Professor Ananda W.P. Guruge - Emeritus Professor of Religious studies, Dean of Academic Affairs and Director
of the International Academy of Buddhism at University of the West, California. Vice president of the World
Fellowship of Buddhists, Patron of the European Buddhist Union, Chairman of the World Buddhist University
Council and Former Senior Special Adviser to the Director General of UNESCO
• Professor J B Disanayake - Emeritus Professor, one of the leading authorities of the Sinhala Language, Sri lankan
Ambassador to Thailand.
• Professor W. S. Karunaratne - Former Senior lecturer of University of Kelaniya, and Former Sri lankan
Ambassador to USA
• Professor Anuradha Seneviratna - Former Senior Professor in the Department of Sinhala, University of
Peradeniya; 'Kala Keerthi', 'Dharma Shastra Visharadha Kirthi Sri'
• Professor Sunanda Mahendra - Department of Mass Communication, Kelaniya University
• Professor Dhammika Ganganath Dissanayake - Former Chairman, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
• Professor H.P.M. Gunasena - A world authority on rice, Former Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of
Peradeniya and Advisor to the Agro Forestry Development International Research Centre.
• Professor Susantha Herath - Business Computer Information System Department, St. Cloud State University.
• Professor B.M.Ratnayake Bandara - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya
• Professor Jayantha Weerasinghe - Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of
Peradeniya
• Professor Vajira Weerasinghe - Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
• Professor S.W.R.D.A.Samarasinghe - Department of Economics, University of Peradeniya
• Professor V. Ariya Sumanasinghe, Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture,University of
Peradeniya
• Dr. Manjula Sandirigama - Head of the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University
of Peradeniya
• Dr. Janaka Wijayakulasooriya - Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Peradeniya
• Dr. Manjula Nanayakkara - Head of the Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
University of Peradeniya
• Dr. Sarith Mahanama - Associate Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Dr. Milinda Abeykoon - Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
• Dr. Krishan Deheragoda - Chairman of the Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA) and former Dean of the Faculty
of Geography at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Dr. Viskam Wijewardana - Research Scientist, Center for Vaccine Research , University of Pittsburgh.
• Dr. Sanjeeva Balasuriya - J.H. Michell Medallist Mathematics Department Connecticut College.
• Dr. Lilantha Samaranayake - Senior lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
• Dr. Duminda Randeniya - Engineering Science and Technology Research Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL)
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• Dr. Ashoka Polpitiya - Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

• Dr. Lalith Perera - Research Scientist, University of North Carolina.
• Dr. Sanjeewa Gamagedara - Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science & Technology
• Dr. Justin Perera - Faculty of Education, University of Peradeniya
• Dr. Athula Kulatunga - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Purdue University
• Dr. Sarath Tennakoon - Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University
• Dr. Saman Amarakoon, Senior Scientist,Natural Resources,Canada
• Dr. Nishan Sudheera Kalupahana - Department of Physiology, Faculty of medicine, University of Peradeniya
• Dr.Upali Jayasuriya, Scientist UK
• Dr. Pandula Athauda-arachchi - Academic clinician- Gates Scholar at University of Cambridge and Cardiologist,
Edinburgh, UK.

Medicine
• Deshabandu Dr. M.G.H.K. Siriwardena - Famous Physician
• Dr. J.B.Wedanda - Famous Surgeon.
• Dr. C A B Makuloluwa - Senior Eye Surgeon.
• Dr. Saliya Pathirana - Senior Eye Surgeon.
• Dr. V. W. Jagath Vasanthathilaka - Consultant Rheumatologist, General Hospital Kandy.
• Dr. Mudiyanse - Consultant Paediatrician.
• Dr. Dharshana de Silva - Consultant Gynaecologist.
• Dr. Madhurawa - Consultant Cardiologist.
• Dr. Chandana Kanakaratna - Consultant physician/ Geriatrician in the UK
• Dr. Ashan Gunaratne - Specialist Registrar in Cardiovascular medicine & Clinical pharmacology, UK.
• Dr. J B Abayakoon - Specialist Dental Surgeon, Royal Air Force of Oman.
• Dr. Lalith Baduraliya - General Physician (Family medicine) Australia
• Dr. Ranjith Seneviratne-Consultant Surgeon (General Surgery) Sri Lanka
• Dr. M.S.Uduwela - Former Chief Medical Officer,Peradeniya University
• Dr. Priyantha Uduwela - MOH,Talatuoya
• Dr. Chirantha Uduwela - Consultant Anaesthetist, General Hospital Kandy.
• Dr. Athula Uduwela - Jayawardanepura Hospital
• Dr. Ranil Uduwela,GP Sheppaton,Australia [Former National Badminton Champion]
• Dr. Asoka Premaratne - Former DMO/Gampaha
• Dr. Anthony
• Dr. Uditha Bulugahapitiya - Specialist in Diabetics
• Dr. Athula Chandana Weeraratne - Consultant Physician
• Dr. Pandula Athauda arachchi- Specialist Registrar and interventional Cardiologist, Edinburgh, UK
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Industrialist & Corporate Executives

• Mervin Jayasinghe – Deputy Chairman of Ceylinco Consolidated
• Dr. Anura Ekanayake - Former Director of Unilever Sri Lanka and Deputy Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of
Commerce
• Thilak Godamanna - Managing Director of Ninehearts (pvt) Ltd and Member of the Ceylon Chamber of
Commerce
• W.Karanajeewa[BA] - Chairman of Peoples Bank,Former Chairman ETF,Former Working Director,Fisheries
Coporation
• Gamini Jayasinghe – Deputy Chairman of Ceylinco Consolidated
• Chinthaka Wijesuriya - General Manager of Sri Lanka Telecom,Region 1 and President of the Lions Club of
Senkadagala
• P.B. Kahawatte - Managing Director of JB Enterprisers, Mirihana
• Gamini Gunawardane[BA] - DIG & Former Chairman, National Lotteries Board
• Ananda Jayasundera[BA] - Deputy General Manager of Bank of Ceylon
• Ananda Uduwela- Former General Manager,Thamankaduwa Agro.Fertilizer Co. and Former Investigation
Manager,Ceylon Fertilizer Co,Ltd.(Ministry of Agriculture)
• Indika De Zoysa - Country Business Manager, Intel Sri Lanka
• Priyantha Talwatta - Head of American Express Credit Cards, Sri Lanka
• Rajitha Dahanayake - CEO of eMarketingEye,Sri Lanka's largest Internet Marketing Company and Winner of the
coveted Ad:Tech Award
• Dr. Ananda K. Seneviratne- Principal Scientist Biopharmaceutical Formulation, Allergan, California, USA
• Dudley Boyagoda[BA]-Former Deputy Governor,Central Bank
• Keerthi Bandaranayake [BA] - Manager,People's Bank
• Asoka Basnayake-Asst General Manager,Bank of Ceylon
• Keerthi Premaratne[BSc] - Former Manager, State Distilleries Corporation
• Ranjith Uduwela[BSc] - Former Manager, State Distilleries Corporation
• Salika Bandaranayake - Consultant Hydrogeologist, National Water Supply & Drainage Board
• Senerath Jayasundara - Manager, Bank of Ceylon
• Sunil Rajaguru - Manager,Bank of Ceylon / Seylan Bank

Educationalists
• Hon. Sir Bennet Soysa - Patron of Mahamaya Girls' College
• Colonel S.L.B. Amaranayake - Former Principal of Dharmaraja College
• H.D. Sugathapala - Former Headmaster of Royal Preparatory School
• A.P. Gunaratne - Former Principal of Dharmaraja College and Ananda College
• T.B. Damunupola - Former Principal of Dharmaraja College and Ananda College
• Dr. Asoka Senani Hewage - Principal of D. S. Senanayake College
• Dr. Dammike Bibile - Deputy Director General,National Institute of Education
• Dr. H.S.S.Nissanke - Researcher on Rebirth
• Karunatilake Bandara - Former President(Principal),Mahaveli College of Education,Polgolla
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Poets, Novelists, Journalists & Academic Writers

• Wimalaratne Kumaragama - Great sinhala poet of the Colombo era
• Acharya Godwin Samararatne - One of the best known meditation teachers of Sri Lanka,in recent times
• Dharma Sri Munasinghe – Award winning Radio play writer for SLBC (Writer of ‘Monarathenna’ and co-writer
of ‘Muvan Palassa’) and Tele drama/Film screenwriter & Director
• David Karunaratne – Expert translator (Translator of An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon by Robert
Knox)
• Sarath Kongahage - Former CEO of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• Percy Jayamanna – Veteran science journalist, Editor "Navayugaya" and Media consultant to UNFPA
• Sisil Jinadasa – Head of “Kandurata Sewaya” of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• Shirley Anil De Silva – News Director of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
• Premalal Wijesinghe – Senior Programme Organizer of “Kandurata Sewaya” of Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation
• Pushpananda Ekanayake – Prominent Computer letter-artist in Sri Lanka and the creator of the sinhala font
package “The Fontmaster”
• Chandrarathna Bandara - Prominent sinhala author; winner of National Literary award and the D.R. Wijewardene
commemoration award for the Best Sinhala Novel
• Tissa Hewawissa - Veteran journalist and Cartoonist
• Channa Dolapihilla - Veteran journalist and author
• Susil Premaratne - Renown comic strip writer
• Chaminda Variyagoda - Science journalist
• B.H.Hemapriya - Veteran historian and author
• Tissa Iriyagama – Veteran Author
• D.C.Karunaratne – Veteran journalist and Artist
• Bandula Mudannayake – Vetern Journalist and Songwriter
• Muditha Wijesundara - Popular anchor and Producer of Swarnawahini
• Dinusha Piyadasa - Popular anchor and presenter of SLRC
• Uvindu Kurukulasooriya – Convener of the Free Media Movement

Sportspersons
• Chamara Kapugedera - Vice captain of the Sri Lanka Twenty20 cricket team and Sri Lanka Test Cricketer
• T.B. Kehelgamuwa - Former Sri Lankan cricketer,Former Manager of the Sri Lankan cricket team and Former
Chairman of the Selection Committee of Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka
• Heshan Unamboowe - International level Sri Lankan swimmer
• Arthur Alwis - Prominent Cricket coach and First Centurion of Dharmaraja College
• Berty Weerasinghe - Former national Bridge champion
• Sonny Yatawara - Former Ceylon Cricket Association and Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) cricketer
• D.M. Dharamatillake - Prominent Cricket coach
• Daya Jayasundara - Former Sri Lanka Rugger Captain & Rugger coach
• Indrajith Bandaranayake - Former Kandy SC and Sri Lankan Rugby captain
• Radhika Hettiarachchi - Former Kandy SC and Sri Lanka Rugby Captain
• Hemantha Yatawara - Former Kandy SC and Sri Lankan Rugby captain
• Ajantha Samarakoon - Former Kandy SC and Sri Lankan Rugby captain
• KPB Nissanka - District Sports Officer/Kandy, Former DRC Football Captain,Hockey Captain & Cricketer
• Upananda Jayasundara -Former Director of Sports,KMC/ Fomer DRC Cricket Captain/First Cricket coach of
Kumar Sangakkara
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• S.M.Piyatissa-Former Srilanka Football Player

• S.M.Marikkar - Former Srilanka Football Player
• A.V. Pathiratne-Former Srilanka Football Player/Former Srilanka Hockey Player
• Ananda Jayapadma Herath - Former Sports Officer,Hop step and jump record holder
• J.B.Herath - Former Sports Officer,Kandy,Famous Karate Coach
Artists,Actors,Vocalist
• Professor Dharmasena Pathiraja - Film Director and Screenwriter
• H.D Sugathapala - Acclaimed Dramatist
• Sudath Mahadivulwewa – Film Director
• Kapila Kumara Kalinga - Famous Director, Scriptwriter and Lyricist
• Sarath Dassanayake - Famous Music Director
• K.D.K.Dharmawardane - Former Radio Broadcaster and Lyrics Writer
• Sarath Wickrema – Award winning music director
• Ananda Perera - Famous Musician and Leader of the Musical group Siha Shakthi
• Bandara Athauda - Famous Vocalist
• Keerthi Pasquel - Famous Vocalist
• Dayan Vitharana - Famous Vocalist
• Amarasiri Kalansuriya - Famous Actor
• Sumith Bibile - Famous Actor
• Daya Tennakoon - Famous Actor
• D.B. Gangodaratne - Famous Actor
• Roshan Pilapitiya - Famous Actor and Producer
• Amila Abeysekera - Famous Actor
• Indika Ginige - Famous Actor
• Deltota Chandrapala - Famous lyricist
• Parakrama de Silva - Film director and Cinematographer
• Lal Wickremaarachchi – Renown Cinematographer
• Chathura Jayathilake - Film critic and Tele-drama Director
• SUSIL PREMARATHNE - Famous Vocalist, Musician and Artist

Other Prominent Alumni

• J. H. De Saram - The first native Chief Commissioner of Scouting in Ceylon
• Major General Gamini Jayasundara - Commander National Cadet Corps
• Gamini Dissanayake - Renown Draftsman
• Deshabandu Dr. Nihal Karunaratne - Well known activist for the preservation of nature and the environment
• Jagath Wijenayake - One of the most Renowned Economists and Lecturers in Accountancy in Sri Lanka and
Acclaimed movie producer
• Ananda Mivanapalana - Renown Buddhist Scholar and Co-founder of the World Fellowship of Buddhists
• Cyril Jayasundara-Famous Lawyer/Kandy
• W.B.A.Jayasekare-Chemical Engineer
• D.J.A.Udugama-Charted Engineer
• Dammika Vithanage - Engineer [Australia], ex College Cricket Captain
• Anura Jayasundara - Lawyer/Kandy
• Parakrame Jayasundare - Former Engineer,Govt. Railways
• Lal Wijenayake [BSc,LLB] - Former Provincial council member, Senior Lawyer