{"id":1994,"date":"2021-07-30T06:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T06:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=1994"},"modified":"2026-08-07T03:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:39:58","slug":"administrative-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/administrative-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of the Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Prof.M.Thanihaichelvan<\/span>
Professor in Electronics<\/span><\/p>

+94 21 221 8197<\/span>
+94 21 222 2685<\/span><\/p>

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Former Heads of the Department<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>

Name<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

From<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

To<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.K.Kunaratnam<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

April 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

October 1980<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr .V.Ramachandran<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

October 1980<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

October 1981<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.K.Kunaratnam<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

October 1981<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

February 1985<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.R.Kumaravadivel<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

February 1985<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

February 1988<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.K.Kandasamy<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

March 1988<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

March 1994<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.R.Kumaravadivel<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

April 1994<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

November 1999<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.K.Kandasamy<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

March 2000<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

March 2003<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr.L.Jeyanathan<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

March 2003<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

June 2004<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr.S.Sivaraya<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

June 2004<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

April 2005<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr.N.Sivayogan<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

June 2006<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

June 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.K.Kandasamy<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

September 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

August 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.P.Ravirajan<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

October 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

September 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr.K.Vignarooban<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

October 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

February 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.P.Ravirajan<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

March 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

May 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr.T.Pathmathas<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

June 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

June 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr.A.Thevakaran<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

July 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

June 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prof.M.Thanihaichelvan<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

July 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td>

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Head of the Department Prof.M.ThanihaichelvanProfessor in Electronics +94 21 221 8197+94 21 222 2685 headphysics@univ.jfn.ac.lk Former Heads of the Department Name From To Prof.K.Kunaratnam April 1975 October 1980 Dr .V.Ramachandran October 1980 October 1981 Prof.K.Kunaratnam October 1981 February 1985 Prof.R.Kumaravadivel February 1985 February 1988 Prof.K.Kandasamy March 1988 March 1994 Prof.R.Kumaravadivel April 1994 November 1999 Prof.K.Kandasamy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_front_end_style_editor":"no","ocean_post_layout":"full-width","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"on","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5842,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions\/5842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}