Prof. G.H. Peiris appointed as Chancellor of University of Peradeniya

Prof. G.H. Peiris has been appointed as the Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya.   

He received his letter of appointment from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House yesterday.

Peiris received his Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Geography with a First Class Honours from the University of Peradeniya in 1960 and he received his doctoral degree (Economic Geography) from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1965.

He was first appointed to the University of Peradeniya as an Assistant Lecturer and has been a University Lecturer for 44 years.‍

Peiris is an expert who has done much research regarding political changes that took place in various parts of the world.