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  1. Early life and family

  2. Career

  3. References

  4. External links

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Professor Cedric Nishan Canagarajah (born 1966; known as Nishan Canagarajah) is a British Tamil academic and one of the pro-vice-chancellors of the University of Bristol.[1]

Early life and family

Canagarajah was born in 1966 in Sri Lanka.[2][3] His mother was a teacher.[4] He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna.[5] After school he joined the University of Cambridge from where he received a BA honours degree in electronics and information sciences in 1989 and a Ph.D. in digital signal processing in 1993.[2][3][6]

Canagarajah is married to Thabitha.[4] They have a daughter (Aarabi) and two sons (Sujan and Dheeran).[4]

Career

Canagarajah joined the University of Bristol in 1993 as a research assistant.[2][3] He was promoted to lecturer in 1994, senior lecturer in 1999 and reader in 2001.[3] He became professor of multimedia signal processing in 2004.[2][3] He was promoted to research director at the university's Faculty of Engineering in 2006 and head of Department of Computer Science in 2009.[2] He became head of Merchant Venturers School of Engineering in 2010 before becoming dean of the Faculty of Engineering in 2011.[2] He was appointed pro-vice-chancellor for research and enterprise in August 2014.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Senior staff|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/governance/constitutionaldocs/universityofficers/senior-staff/|publisher=University of Bristol}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/governance/constitutionaldocs/universityofficers/senior-staff/pvc-research.html|publisher=University of Bristol}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Professor Nishan Canagarajah|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/people/person/nishan-n-canagarajah/index.html|publisher=Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol}}
4. ^{{cite journal|title=Speaking Personally|journal=LynchPin|date=Spring 2009|page=19|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/media/publications/lynchpinspring2009.pdf}}
5. ^{{cite journal|title=Professor Nishan Canagarajah's Appointment as Pro-Vice Chnacellor of Bristol University|journal=Tha Lifestyle|date=March 2014|volume=1|issue=3|page=1|url=http://issuu.com/thalifestyle/docs/mar_april_2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=University of Bristol appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2014/march/new-pro-vice-chancellor.html|publisher=University of Bristol|date=11 March 2014}}

External links

  • {{Url|1=researchgate.net/profile/CN_Canagarajah|2=C.N. Canagarajah, ResearchGate}}
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10 : 1966 births|Academics of the University of Bristol|Alumni of St. John's College, Jaffna|Alumni of the University of Cambridge|British people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent|Living people|People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan Tamil academics|Sri Lankan academic administrators|British academic administrators

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