Prof. GG Peiris has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya.
Prof. Peiris received his letter of appointment from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House last evening (6).
He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Geography with First Class Honours from the University of Peradeniya in 1960 and later received his Doctorate in Economic Geography from the University of Cambridge in 1965.
Prof. Peiris was first appointed as an Assistant Lecturer at the Peradeniya University and has since been a university lecturer for 44 years.
He is an expert with research experience on political changes that took place around the world.
