Birth Name:

V. K. Samaranayake

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, May 22, 1939

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Age:

85

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

0°

Gem

17'

About V. K. Samaranayake

Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake, MBCS, MCS(SL), FNASSL, MIEEE (Sinhala:වී.කේ.සමරනායක) (1939 – 6 June 2007) pioneered computing & IT development industry and usage in Sri Lanka and thus considered as the "Father of Information Technology" in Sri Lanka. He was a Professor of Computer Science and former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. Prof Samaranayake played a major role in the development of IT and IT related education in Sri Lanka. He was at the time of his death the chairman of the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka and was the founding and former director of the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC).

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for V. K. Samaranayake: Sun 0 Gemini, Moon 10 Cancer, Mercury 12 Taurus, Venus 2 Taurus, Mars 29 Capricorn, Jupiter 2 Aries, Saturn 25 Aries, Uranus 18 Taurus, Neptune 20 Virgo, Pluto 29 Cancer, Sun Trine Mars, Mercury Conjunct Uranus, Sun Sextile Jupiter, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Sun Sextile Pluto, Venus Square Mars, Venus Semi Sextile Jupiter, Venus Conjunct Saturn, Venus Square Pluto, Mars Sextile Jupiter, Mars Square Saturn, Mars Opposition Pluto, Jupiter Semi Square Uranus, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Square Pluto, Uranus Trine Neptune

Categories related to V. K. Samaranayake: 2007 deaths, May 22 births, Alumni of Kings College London, Alumni of Imperial College London, Colombo, 1939 births, Sinhalese academics, Academics of the University of Colombo, Alumni of Royal College, Senior Members of the IEEE, Alumni of Ananda College, Sri Lankan computer scientists, Members of the British Computer Society, Vidya Jyothi, Harvard Kennedy School staff, Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Colombo)

Photo attribution: Mr Anuradha Ratnaweera (අනුරාධ රත්නවීර මහතා), Sir Arthur C. Clarke with Professor V. K. Samaranayaka & Danese Cooper