Vasanthy Arasaratnam

Sri Lankan Tamil academic

Professor

Vasanthy Arasaratnam

வசந்தி அரசரத்தினம்

Education| University of Madras
University of Colombo
University of Jaffna
Occupation| Academic
Title| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
Term| March 2011 - April 2017
Predecessor| N. Shanmugalingam
Successor| R. Vigneswaran

Professor Vasanthy Arasaratnam (Tamil: வசந்தி அரசரத்தினம்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil biochemist, academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

## Early life[edit]

Arasaratnam obtained a BSc degree from the University of Madras.[1][2] She later received a MSc degree from the University of Colombo and a Phd degree from the University of Jaffna.[1][2]

## Career[edit]

Arasaratnam was head of Department of Biochemistry at the University of Jaffna from January 1990 to September 1996 and from October 1997 to December 2000.[2] She was dean of the Faculty of Medicine between August 2000 and August 2003.[3] She was head of the Department of Pharmacology in September 2003 and was elected to the university's senate in 2004.[2] She was appointed vice-chancellor of the university in March 2011.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Office of the Vice-Chancellor". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
2. ^ a b c d "Prof. (Ms.) V. Arasaratnam". Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna.
3. ^ "History". Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
4. ^ "Vasanthi Arasaratnam becomes Vice Chancellor, Jaffna University". TamilNet. 31 March 2011.