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| honorific_prefix = Professor | name = K. Kunaratnam | honorific_suffix = FRAS CPhys FInstP | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|4|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Erlalai, Sri Lanka | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|09|1934|4|30|df=yes}} | death_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = Union College, Tellippalai [1] | alma_mater = University of Ceylon, Colombo Imperial College London | occupation = Academic | title = Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna | term = April 1994 – February 1997 | predecessor = A. Thurairajah | successor = P. Balasundarampillai | party = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }}Kanthia Kunaratnam (30 April 1934 – 9 September 2015) was a Sri Lankan Tamil physicist, academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.[2] Early lifeKunaratnam joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo in 1954 and graduated in 1958 with a first class honours B.Sc. degree in physics.[3] CareerAfter university Kunaratnam worked at the University of Ceylon, Colombo and University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.[3] He studied at Imperial College London between October 1960 and July 1963, obtaining a DIC and a PhD degree.[3] Kunaratnam was visiting fellow and lecturer in geophysics at the Department of Geology, University of Durham between January 1971 and September 1971.[3] He was visiting fellow at the Department of Physics, Queen Elizabeth College from October 1971 to December 1971.[3] Kunaratnam was appointed Founder Head of the Department of Physics at the University of Sri Lanka Jaffna campus in April 1975.[4] He remained head of the department until October 1980.[4] He was visiting lecturer at the School of Physics, University of Science, Malaysia between Jan 1981 and October 1981.[3] He then returned to the University of Jaffna and resumed being Head of the Department of Physics, serving until February 1985.[4] He was visiting fellow and professor at the Department of Geophysics, University of Edinburgh between October 1988 and August 1989.[3] He was visiting fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences, Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge between Sept 1989 and October 1989.[3] Kunaratnam was Head of the Department of Computer Science at the university between January 1991 and November 1993.[5] He then served as Head of the Department of Physics from March 1994 and April 1994.[4] Kunaratnam served as dean of the Faculty of Science twice, from January 1977 to May 1978 and January 1985 to March 1988.[6] He served as vice-chancellor of the university between April 1994 and February 1997.[7] Kunaratnam retired in April 2000.[3] He served as an emeritus professor at the Department of Physics till his death.[8][9] Kunaratnam was elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1998 and fellow and chartered Physicist of the Institute of Physics in 1999.[3] He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Jaffna in 2001.[3] He published several papers in scientific journals on magnetic anomalies in earth magnetic field.[10] Kunaratnam died on 9 September 2015 in Colombo.[11][12] References1. ^http://www.onlineuthayan.com/obituarymemo/62 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunaratnam, K.}}2. ^[https://books.google.ca/books?id=Qq4UAQAAIAAJ&q=Kanthia+Kunaratnam&dq=Kanthia+Kunaratnam&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwA2oVChMIlonLtp3yxwIVwyuICh2QIAYw] 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web|title=Prof.K.Kunaratnam|url=http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/phy/staffdetail.php?action=show&name=Kunaratnam&id=Kunaratnam5|publisher=Department of Physics, University of Jaffna|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112130252/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/phy/staffdetail.php?action=show&name=Kunaratnam&id=Kunaratnam5|archivedate=12 January 2014|df=dmy-all}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.phy.jfn.ac.lk/about.php|publisher=Department of Physics, University of Jaffna|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112130636/http://www.phy.jfn.ac.lk/about.php|archivedate=12 January 2014|df=dmy-all}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Heads of the Department|url=http://www.csc.jfn.ac.lk/index.php/about|publisher=Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Dean's Office|url=http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/deansOffice.html|publisher=Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111204441/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/deansOffice.html|archivedate=11 January 2014|df=dmy-all}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka|url=http://www.jfn.ac.lk/aboutusmore.htm|publisher=University of Jaffna|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322160808/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/aboutusmore.htm|archivedate=22 March 2008}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Academic Staff|url=http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/phy/staff.php?action=academic1|publisher=Department of Physics, University of Jaffna|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112135905/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/phy/staff.php?action=academic1|archivedate=12 January 2014|df=dmy-all}} 9. ^http://www.phy.jfn.ac.lk/morenews.php?action=show&id=130 10. ^http://www.earthdoc.org/publication/search/?pubauthorname=K.|Kunaratnam 11. ^{{cite web|title=Emeritus Professor Kanthia Kunaratnam|url=http://www.jfn.ac.lk/index.php/officers-menu/39-professor-kanthia-kunaratnam|publisher=University of Jaffna}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Former VC of Jaffna University Professor Kunaratnam passes away in Colombo|url=http://tamildiplomat.com/former-vc-of-jaffna-university-professor-kunaratnam-passes-away-in-colombo/|work=Tamil Diplomat|date=9 September 2015}} 19 : 2015 deaths|Academics of Durham University|Academics of Queen Elizabeth College|Academics of the University of Cambridge|Academics of the University of Ceylon (Colombo)|Academics of the University of Ceylon (Peradeniya)|Academics of the University of Edinburgh|Academics of the University of Jaffna|Academics of the University of Sri Lanka (Jaffna)|Alumni of Imperial College London|Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Colombo)|Alumni of Union College, Tellippalai|Fellows of the Institute of Physics|Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society|Sri Lankan Tamil academics|Sri Lankan Tamil physicists|Sri Lankan Tamil writers|Vice-Chancellors of the University of Jaffna|1934 births |
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