Shanika first woman UGC head
January 24, 2013, 10:18 pm , the islandby Nilantha Madurawela
Professor Shanika Hirimburegama was appointed as the new Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. She is the first woman to be appointed to this post.
She is currently Vice Chancellor of the Colombo University.
She will assume duties as the new head of the UGC when the incumbent UGC Chairman Professor Gamini Samaranayake retires at the end of this month.
