Search for and encourage eminent persons to apply for the post of Vice-Chancellor

As per the UGC circular 02/2020, the Council at its special meeting held on May 22, 2020, appointed a Search Committee to search for and encourage eminent persons to apply for the post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

As a part of its efforts to hunt for potential candidates, the Search Committee herewith requests the University community to propose the names of potential applicants who could provide a dynamic and able stewardship to the University, and possess following qualities:

• High academic caliber and outstanding research achievements
• Honesty and integrity.
• Strategic focus and holistic thinking/conceptual skills.
• Leadership qualities and managerial competence.
• Professional communication skills

More information about the stipulated competencies of potential candidates, and application procedure could be obtained from UGC Circular, Annexure I, Annexure-II and Paper Advertisement Tamil, Sinhala and English.

Kindly send your proposal with brief profile(s) of the prospective candidate(s) to the Search Committee at searchcommittee2020@univ.jfn.ac.lk  on or before May 31, 2020.

Search Committee  Members – Post of Vice-Chancellor

• Professor A. Atputharajah (Dean, Faculty of Engineering), Chairman
• Professor P. Pushparatnam (Senior Professor in History), Member
• Professor P. Ravirajan (Senior Professor in Physics), Member
• Mr V. Kandeepan (Registrar, University of Jaffna), Convener

Office of the Registrar,
University of Jaffna
Thirunelvely, Sri Lanka
25.05.2020