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The University of Jaffna started campaigning for the establishment of a Faculty of Agriculture at the university in 1981. [15] The University Grants Commission gave its approval in 1985. [15] The town of Kilinochchi was identified as a suitable location for the new faculty and construction of a new building began in 1986. [15]
The Jaffna University Helidrop was the first of the operations launched by the Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) aimed at disarming the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by force and capturing the city of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in the opening stages of Operation Pawan during the Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War.
The Jaffna University Helidrop was the first of the operations launched by the Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) aimed at disarming the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) by force and securing the town of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in the opening stages of Operation Pawan during the active Indian mediation in the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Vice-chancellors of the University of Jaffna Vice-chancellor Took office Left office S. Vithiananthan [1] [2] January 1979: July 1988 A. Thurairajah [1] September 1988: April 1994 K. Kunaratnam [1] April 1994: February 1997 P. Balasundarampillai [1] February 1997: April 2003 S. Mohanadas [1] April 2003: March 2006 S. Mohanadas (acting) [7 ...
Established in 1972 by amalgamating the four existing universities, it was the only university in Sri Lanka from 1972 until 1978. The university was based at six campuses in Colombo, Peradeniya, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kelaniya, Moratuwa and Jaffna. The university was dissolved in 1978 and its six campuses became independent universities.
The Jaffna hospital massacre occurred on October 21 and 22, 1987, during the Sri Lankan Civil War, when troops of the Indian Peace Keeping Force entered the premises of the Jaffna Teaching Hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, an island nation in South Asia, and killed between 60 and 70 patients and staff. [4]
Jaffna is known in Tamil as Yalpanam and earlier known as Yalpanapattinam.A 15th-century inscription of the Vijayanagara Empire mentions the place as Yalpaanayanpaddinam. [citation needed] The name also occurs on copper plates issued by Sethupathi kings of the same era. [4]
Chancelloris the head of the university and is responsible for awarding all the academic degrees. Usually, the chancellor is a distinguished person in an academic discipline . Otherwise, it is a distinguished person or a clergy in the civil society.