Death of Lanka's ICT champion

The ICT industry in Sri Lanka lost its most valued member with the passing away of Prof. V. K. Samaranayake on Wednesday, aged 68, in Stockholm whilst attending a review of the Swedish government's ICT development assistance program.

Prof. Samaranayake was the Chairman of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka from 2004. He was also the Emeritus Professor of Computer Science of the University of Colombo.

He was the founder Director, University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC). He served the University of Colombo for a continuous period of 43 years since his first appointment in 1961 immediately following his graduation from the same University.