Sivapathasundaram Mageswaran was a Sri Lankan chemist. Primarily associated with the University of Jaffna, he became the inaugural head of the chemistry department in 1975, and later Dean of the university's Faculty of Science.
He published several papers in scientific journals.
Mageswaran died on 2 February 1998. Since then, memorial lectures have been held annually at the University of Jaffna in his memory.
References
- "University of Jaffna - Chemistry Department". University of Jaffna. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "Faculty of Science – University of Jaffna". www.sci.jfn.ac.lk. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "Prof. Mageswaran succumbs to heart illness". TamilNet. 4 February 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "LATE PROF S MAGESWARAN MEMORIAL LECTURES – Department of Chemistry". che.jfn.ac.lk. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- 1998 deaths
- Academic staff of the University of Jaffna
- Academic staff of the University of Ceylon (Peradeniya)
- Alumni of Kokkuvil Hindu College
- Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Peradeniya)
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- People from Jaffna District
- Sri Lankan academics
- Sri Lankan Tamil people
- Sri Lankan chemists