Father of Information and
Communica Technology in
Sri Lanka.
Professor V.K.Samaranayaka is a land mark figure when talking about the information and
Communication Technology in sir lank. He is
Regarded as the father of the field of ICT in sir lank a.
He was born in 1939 and studied in Rajagiriya Hewawitharana Vidalia, Anada College and Royal College in Colombo. Having finished his school educationprof.samaranayaka entered the University of Ceylon in 1957. He was a brilliant student there in 1961 he was awarded a first class honours degree in Mathemat ics In the same year he joined the University of Colombo as an assistant lectu rer in Mathematics. In 1966 he was awarded the ph. D degree by the University of London.
It is professor Samaranayaka who introduced computer technology to the University of Colombo in 1987. Since then he has dedicated his whole life for the improvement of ICT in this small island. Even before that, as in 1981 he taught computer technology to his students using the one and only computer available which was a total stranger to sir lanka’s education system. Prof. Samaranayaka ’dsdevotion to the field of computer education and his devotion to his students is always remembered by his students who, today, are responsible for the future of ICT in Sri Lanka.
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