The Council
  The Council of the University, constituted in terms of Section 44 of the Universities Act. No. 16 of 1978 as amended by Section 24 of the Universities (Amendment) Act. No. 07 of 1985, consisted of the following members during the year 2012.
Ex-officio members
    Prof. S B S Abayakoon Vice-Chancellor
    Prof. V.S. Weerasinghe Deputy Vice-Chancellor
    Prof. K Samarasinghe Dean/Agriculture
    Prof. (Ms.) A Abhayaratne Dean/Arts
    Prof. U B Dissanayake Dean/Dental Sciences
    Prof. S B Weerakoon Dean/Engineering
    Dr. G Buthpitiya Dean/Medicine
    Prof. S H P P Karunaratne Dean/Science
    Prof. P Abeynayake Dean/Vet Medicine
    Dr. D B M Wickramaratne Dean/AHS
     
Members elected by the Senate
    Prof. P.W. M. B. B Marambe Faculty of Agriculture
    Prof. A. Wickramasinghe Faculty of Science
       
       
Members appointed by the UGC
    Ms. M. Abeygunasekera Mr. U. W. Attanayake
    Mr. B.M.N. Balasooriya Mr. H.K.J.R. Bandara
    Mr. R. Chandrasekera Dr. A. U. Gamage
    Mr. A. Hewage Mr. G. Jayaratne
    Ms. P. Jayasekera Mr. M.S. Premawansa
    Mr. S. Ratwatte Mr. M. Samaranayake
    Dr. L. Weerasinghe