Ethnicity Ceylon Tamil Successor K. Kunaratnam Died January 1977 | Name P. Kanagasabapathy Occupation Academic | |
Term October 1974 – January 1977 Alma mater | ||
Prabuddha Bharat - STEP 2018 - Prof. P. Kanagasabapathy
Professor Perampalam Kanagasabapathy was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, academic and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.
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- Prabuddha Bharat STEP 2018 Prof P Kanagasabapathy
- Indian Economy after 2014 Dr P Kanagasabapathy Nationalist1
- Early life and family
- Career
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Early life and family
Kanagasabapathy was born in 1923. He was the son of Iyampillai Perampalam from Elalai in northern Ceylon. He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College. After school he joined the University of Ceylon. He then went to the University of Cambridge, graduating with a master's degree in mathematics.
Kanagasabapathy married Meenambikai in 1949. They had three children (Pathmini, Mythili and Nanada Kumaran).
Career
Kanagasabapathy worked at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya from 1950 to 1974 as a lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of mathematics. He joined the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka in October 1974 as a professor of mathematics. He was head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna campus from October 1974 to January 1977. He died in January 1977.