Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Professor Indika Karunathilake has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

He received the relevant letter of appointment from the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat today (23), according to the President's Media Division (PMD).

He is the 20th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo.

Indika Mahesh Karunathilake is the first ever professor in Medical Education at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

He is currently the Head of the Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and the Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Medical Education, Faculty of Me...