Aggamaha Panditha Senior Professor Most Venerable Dr. Gallelle Sumanasiri Thera has been appointed the new Chancellor of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The appointment letter was presented to the Thera at the Presidential Secretariat today (23) by Presidential Secretary Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.

The Thera is the Chief Incumbent of Kotamudungala Rajamaha Viharaya in Molagoda and a former Vice-Chancellor of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.

He previously served as Chancellor of Rajarata University before resigning from the post.