Gihan Wikramanayake
- January 10, 2024
- Professor
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Gihan Wikramanayake Biography
| Name | Gihan Wikramanayake |
| Birthday | Jan 17 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Colombo |
| Home Town | Western |
| Birth Country | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Gihan Wikramanayake is one of the most popular and richest Professor who was born on January 17, 1960 in Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka. Professor Gihan Nilendra Wikramanayake FBCS, CITP, SMIEEE, MCS(SL), MNASSL (17 January 1960 – 5 January 2018) was an academic from Sri Lankan academic. The professor was Senior Professor of Computer Science and attached to the Department of Information Systems Engineering. He was director of the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) from the 24th of May 2010 until May 31, 2016. He was the head of the Department of Information Systems Engineering from September 2002 until September 2005. He was also the Director of the UCSC from 2003 to 2006.
In 2002, he became the head of the Department of Information Systems Engineering, UCSC and Deputy Director, UCSC in 2004. From 2007 until 2008, his position was as the interim head, Department of Communication and Media Technologies. He also served as an academic visiting scholar at the University of New Mexico, Stockholm University and Umea University. In 2010, he was named Director of the UCSC and Prof. in Computer Science. He was the director for two terms. director of UCSC.
On 5 January 2018, Gihan passed away at the age of 57 from Motor Neuron Disease.
He was a part of the Sri Lanka Informatics Olympiad since 1998, and was involved in the organization of IOI training from 1998. He was the Deputy Team Leader at IOI 1999. He was also involved in Turkey and also in IOI between 2001 and 2007 2009-2010, 2014, and in 2016 as the team leader. He was an APICTA Sri Lankan judge at APICTA between 2003 and 2007, 2009 to in 2016 and was the principal judge for APICTA 2015. APICTA 2015.
Gihan Wikramanayake Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Professor |
| House | Living in own house. |
Gihan Wikramanayake is one of the richest Professor from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gihan Wikramanayake 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1984, he joined in 1984 the Computer Centre of the University of Colombo as a student programmer. He then transferred into the Department of Statistics and Computer Science as a researcher prior to taking on the role of Assistant Lecturer. In 1990, he became a Professor and Senior Lecturer by the year 1996. Transferring to the new Department of Computer Science in 2000, he was made its acting Head in 2002.
Education was at the St. St. College (Galle) in Colombo and Royal College Colombo, he graduated from the University of Colombo with a BSc in Statistics & Mathematics with First Class Honours in 1984. He then went on to earn an MSc and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wales, College of Cardiff in 1989 and in 1996.
A fellow of the British Computer Society he served as the Chairman of the BCS Sri Lanka Section for five year from 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2014/15. He also served as the chairman of UCSC owned company called Theekshana from 2010-2016. He also served as a board member of LEARN from 2010-2016.
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