T. Somasekaram

Sri Lanka Sikhamani Thamotharam Somasekaram (22 September 1934 – 11 March 2010) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil geographer and Surveyor General.

Early life and family Somasekaram was born on 22 September 1934. He was educated at the Jaffna Hindu College. After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo from where he graduated in 1956 with a BSc degree.

Somasekaram married Sathanithi. They had three children (Damayanthi, Jayanthi and Arjun).

Career After university Somasekaram joined the Government Survey Department as an Assistant Superintendent of Surveys. He came up with the idea of the Sri Lankan Atlas and chaired the committee charged with creating it. In 1998 he was admitted as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Jaffna. and Arjuna's A-Z Street Guide.

He died on 11 March 2010.