04/03/2011
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Sunday Observer
Professor Vasanthi Arasaratnam has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna. She is the first woman Vice Chancellor of the University.
Prof. Arasaratnam joined the Medical Faculty of Jaffna as a lecturer, and was appointed as the head of the Faculty in 1990.
In 2000 she was appointed as the first Dean of the Medical Faculty of Jaffna.
Professor Arasaratnam succeeds Prof. K. Shunmugalingam as the Vice Chancellor.