It is with great sorrow that we inform the demise of Emeritus Prof. H. Y. Ranjit Perera, former Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Professor H Y Ranjit Perera was an Emeritus Professor in Electrical Engineering who obtained his first Degree from the University of Moratuwa and postgraduate degrees from the prestigious Rheinische Westfaelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen in Germany. After graduating in 1978, he joined Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) as an Electrical Engineer. After a year and a half spell at CEB he returned to the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa as an Assistant Lecturer. Having concluded his doctoral studies in Germany with high accolades he returned to the department as a Senior lecturer and was promoted to Professor and Senior Professor positions in 2004 and 2012 respectively. He was appointed Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering from April 2004 to April 2008.
Prof. Ranjit Perera has served the Sri Lankan power and energy industry and also the higher education sector in many capacities. He has served as the Director General/CEO of Public Utilities Commission, Sri Lanka (PUCSL) for two years from April 2008. Prof. Ranjit Perera was also the founder Dean at the Faculty of Engineering in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. He has also served as the Chairman, Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT) from October 2013 to February 2015.
He is an award winning researcher having over 30 local and international publications to his credit. His research interests span over power system reliability analysis, renewable energy development and performance evaluation & modelling of communication systems. He is a chartered Engineer and a cooperate member of IESL.
The department wishes to extend deepest sympathies to Prof. Perera's family.