President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prof. T. Mangaleswaran as the first Vice Chancellor of the 13th University of Sri Lanka, which will be renamed as the University of Vavuniya from August 1.
Until now, the university was run as the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna and Prof. Mangaleswaran served as the Rector of the campus.
The University of Vavuniya will be officially operational from August 1 and its official opening ceremony will be held on August 11 under the patronage of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.