List of Maliyadeva College alumni

The term Devans is being used to call the former/present pupils of Maliyadeva College (Sri Lanka).

This is a list of some illustrious Devans, they being alumni of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.

Ministers and parliamentarians

• Hon. S.B Navinna - A Minister of Parliament.
• Hon. salinda dissanayake - A Minister of parliament
• Hon. T.B Ekanayaka - A Minister of Parliament.
• Mr. Athula Wejesinghe - Chief Minister of the North Western Province Council
• Mr Piumal Herath - Member of North Western Province Council
• Mr Asanka Nawarathne - Member of North Western Province Council
• Late Mr G.M. Premachandra - Former Cabinet minister of Labour
• Geeth sharitha

Legislators and officials

• Major General Sarath Munasinghe - Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament
• Lakshman Hulugalle - Director General, Media Centre for National Security – Sri Lanka^[1]
• E. Mahinda Medagoda - Commissioner of the Inland Revenue.
• Niel Iddawela - Deputy Secretary General - Sri Lanka Parliament
• Dr.P.B.Jayasundara -Secretary to the Ministry of Finance

Senior Members of the Defence Services

Sri Lanka Army

• Major General Daya Rathnayake RWP, RSP, USP, NDU^{[disambiguation needed ]}, PSC^{[disambiguation needed ]} - Former Military Spokesman, Commander-Security Forces in Charge of Maintenance areas in Jaffna, present Chief of Defence Staff in sri lankan Army
• Major General Sarath Munasinghe, RWP, RSP, USP- Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Former Commander Security Forces Headquarter Jaffna., Deputy Director position at the Military Intelligence, First military spokesman of the defence ministry^[2].
• Major General Sunil Thennakoon - Former Commander Security Forces Headquarter Jaffna and Military Spokesman.
• Major General Asoka Thoradeniya - Provost Marshal and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police, Chairman of Sri Lanka Petrolium.
• Major General V.R De Sliva RSP, USP, NDU^{[disambiguation needed ]}, IG - Former Director-operations of Joint Operation Command, Prisons Commissioner at present^[3].
• Major General Upali Edirisinghe - Commander Security Forces - Wanni.
• Major General Ananda Hamangoda^[4] - Former Jaffna Military Commander, Brigadier Ananda Hamangoda was killed by an LTTE suicide attack on 4 July 1996 in Jaffna.
• Major Neomal Palipana also killed by LTTE suicide attack on 4 July 1996 in Jaffna^[5].
• SSP Ravi Vaidyalankara director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka^[6].
• Major Lalith Buddhadasa^[7], Former second in command of the Elephant Pass military base.
• Major Sumedha Bandara Rangama RSP psc, Assistant Adjutant of Sir John Kotelawala Defense University
• W.R.B. Ratnayake - The first Old Boy of Maliyadeva College to join as a cadet officer of the Army in 1966^[3].
• Major General Kempitiya
• Brigadier Sarath Embowa,RWP,RSP,USP,MSc. - Director, Senehasa Education Research Resource Information Centre

Sri Lanka Air Force

• Air Commodore Vijitha Gunaratne, USP, psc^{[disambiguation needed ]}, M.Sc (J'Pura), MA (USA), M.LS (Col), MA (OUSL), ctf-ndu (USA) FITD, FCPM--Commandant Sri Lanka Air Force Academy and Base Commander SLAF Base China Bay.
• Group Captain Priyantha Gunasinghe RSP, MSC^{[disambiguation needed ]}, PSC^{[disambiguation needed ]}, QFI - Base Commander of Anuradhapura airbase, Sri Lanka Air Force.

Judges and lawyers

• Hon. Nimal Gamini Amaratunga - Supreme Court judge.
• Wimal Samarakoon - High Court judge.
• Chandra Jayasekera - A Prominent civil lawyer and president of the Bar Association of Kurunegala.
• G.B Senanayake - A senior Lawyer and current president of the Bar Association of Kurunegala.
• Jayantha Jayasuriya - Deputy Solicitor-General
• Chethiya Goonasekera - Senior State Counsel
• Tissa Boyagoda. - Former Magistrate - Hulftsdorff, Senior Counsel - Canada

Artists

• T.M. Jayarathne^[8] - A prominent singer.
• Laksman Wijesekara^[9] - A prominent singer.
• Mangala Jayakody^[10] - A prominent singer.
• Thissa Wijerathne - A prominent musician

Sports men

Cricket

• Ranjith Madurusinghe - An International Test cricket player.
• Rangana Herath - An International Test cricket player.
• Eric Upashantha - An International Test cricket player.
• Jeewantha Kulatunga - An International cricketer.

Rugby

• Nishantha Dias (Captain CH&FC)
• Saranga Jayakody^[11] - An international rugby player.

Senior academics

• Professor Nimal Ekanayake^[12] - Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
• Professor Lalith Jayasinghe - Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS), Kandy, Sri Lanka.
• Dr. Assela Pathirana^[13] - Senior Lecturer in Urban Drainage and Sewerage, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE), Delft, The Netherlands
• Chaminda Hettiarachchi ^[14] - Associate Director at Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Medicine & Engineering

Dr.Anuruddha Padeniya consultant paediatric neurologist head ,GMOA

Other prominent Alumni

• Professor Indrakeerthi Siraweera - Prominent historian and former Vice Chancellor of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.
• Venerable Madawala Seelawimala (known as Bhante Seelawimala)^[15][16] - Founder and current president of the American Buddhist seminary Temple at Sacramento, California.
• Engineer P.G. Jayathilake (Ph.D.)(B.Sc. First Class Honours) - Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa^[17].

See also

• Official website of Maliyadeva College
• Maliyadeva College
• Battle of the Rocks

References

1. ^ Mr. Lakshman Hulugalle Director General, MCNS
2. ^ Major General Sarath Munasinghe has passed away
3. ^ ^{a b} Ranaviru Felicitation Ceremony in Maliyadeva Vidyalaya
4. ^ Murder of Brigadier Ananda Hamangoda - 4th July 1996
5. ^ Memories of My Jaffna Days
6. ^ Ravi Vaidyalankara appointed director of the CID
7. ^ Heroes of Elephant Pass
8. ^ T. M. Jayaratne
9. ^ Laksman Wijesekara
10. ^ Mangala Jayakody,[1]
11. ^ Saranga Jayakody collapses at practices!
12. ^ Prof. E.M.N. Ekanayake
13. ^ [2]
14. ^ [3]
15. ^ Bhante Seelawimala and the Institute of Buddhist Studies
16. ^ Madawala Seelawimala
17. ^ Engineer Pahala Gedara Jayathilake