C.L.V. Jayathilake

C.L.V. Jayathilake BSc Eng(Hons) (Ceyl), DIC, PhD (Lond), CEng, FIESL, JP
Chancellor of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
In office January 2002 – April 2013
Preceded by	W. D. Amaradeva
Succeeded by	Tuley de Silva
Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	A. P. R. Aluwihare
Succeeded by	J. M. Gunadasa
Personal details
Born	Sri Lanka
Alma mater	Imperial College, London University of Ceylon Royal College Colombo
Profession	Academic, Engineer

Emeritus Professor C.L.V Jayathilake, FIESL, JP is a Sri Lankan engineer and academic. He was the Chancellor of Wayamba University and the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya.

Jayathilake was educated at the Royal College, Colombo where he won the De Abrew Memorial Prize. He then went on to graduate with First Class Honours from the University of Ceylon with a BSc in engineering and soon after receiving the Ceylon Government University Scholarship (1960), for best performance at the engineering degree examination to study for a postgraduate Diploma of Imperial College (1963) in Thermal Process Engineering where he won the Unwin Memorial Scholarship. In 1966 he gained a PhD from the Imperial College, London for research in Heat Transfer.

Joining the newly established Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ceylon in 1966, he became one of its most senior professors in engineering and the Dean of the Faculty. Later he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya. After his tenure he transferred to the University of Ruhuna as Dean, Faculty of Engineering. He had also served as the Director General of the National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technical Education; was the Chairman of the National Education Commission, Presidential Commission on Youth and a Faculty Consultant, Colombo Plan Staff College in Manila.

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