Jayadeva Uyangoda
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Jayadeva Uyangoda is a prominent political scientist and constitutional expert in Sri Lanka
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As a leftist student leader and a member of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
(JVP) movement in the 70s, he was arrested and imprisoned by the government. After the change of regime he went on do his doctoral research in the University of Hawaii on ‘Nationalism and State Formation in Bangladesh. He remains one of Sri Lanka's most controversial commentators on ethnic conflict and human rights. He was involved with Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam in drafting the model constitution in 1999.
He is presently Head of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Colombo
; and Founder-Director of the Centre for Policy Research and Analysis, Colombo. He is former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Foundation, Colombo
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He was the Founder Editor and later co-editor of Pravada, an academic journal in English that focuses on Sri Lanka and South Asia. He continues to write prolifically in Sinhala and English.
He was for two periods in the 1980s a resident of the intellectual neighbourhood of Welikadawatte
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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As a leftist student leader and a member of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...
(JVP) movement in the 70s, he was arrested and imprisoned by the government. After the change of regime he went on do his doctoral research in the University of Hawaii on ‘Nationalism and State Formation in Bangladesh. He remains one of Sri Lanka's most controversial commentators on ethnic conflict and human rights. He was involved with Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam in drafting the model constitution in 1999.
He is presently Head of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Colombo
University of Colombo
The University of Colombo is a public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka...
; and Founder-Director of the Centre for Policy Research and Analysis, Colombo. He is former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Foundation, Colombo
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
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He was the Founder Editor and later co-editor of Pravada, an academic journal in English that focuses on Sri Lanka and South Asia. He continues to write prolifically in Sinhala and English.
He was for two periods in the 1980s a resident of the intellectual neighbourhood of Welikadawatte
Welikadawatte
Welikadawatte, a middle-class housing estate in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka was a result of the first co-operative housing scheme in Sri Lanka.In the mid-1950s, Dr. Seneka Bibile, together with Herbert Keuneman, 'Bonnie' Fernando, Anil and Jeanne Moonesinghe and other members of the radical...
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