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Institute of Chemistry Ceylon honours senior officials

In recognition of Chartered Chemists who have rendered Yeoman and Honorary services to the educational programs of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon in an exemplary and noteworthy manner, at a meeting held recently.

Prof. S. Sotheeswaran obtained the DSc. in Natural Products from the University of Hull, UK in 1987. He accepted the position of Professor of Organic Chemistry at the College of Chemical Sciences in 2006 and later became the Dean. He was the President of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon from 2011 to 2012.

Prof. Paranagama is a fellow of Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon and Chartered Chemist (CChem). She served as a full time visiting Senior Professor from January 2016 to October 2017 and was the Dean, College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon from June 2016 to October 2017. Currently she is holding the position as Vice President of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon. She is a Director, ath the Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo.

Dr. Sentheshan Muganathan was the President of the ICHEMC in 1972 – 1973. He received an Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon in 2015 at the 44th Annual Sessions of the institute. He was appointed the director of this programme and subsequently became its coordinator.


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