Profession Teacher Education Jaffna Hindu College Role Teacher | Name B. Gajatheepan Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil | |
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Born 30 April 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-04-30 ) Other political
affiliations Tamil National Alliance Alma mater Jaffna Hindu College
Kopay Teacher Training College Political party Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | ||
Balachandran Gajatheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.
Gajatheepan was educated at Jaffna Hindu College and Kopay Teacher Training College. He was a teacher at Analativu Sathasivam Maha Vidyalayam and Union College, Tellippalai. He is leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's youth wing.
Gajatheepan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council. After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on tourism. He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.
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