About V. Appapillai
Lived 1913 – 2001 (aged 87). V. Appapillai was a Sri Lankan academic.
Velupillai Appapillai (13 November 1913 – 4 July 2001) was a Sri Lankan physicist and academic. He was the dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.
Early life and family Appapillai was born on 13 November 1913 in Batticaloa in eastern Ceylon. He was educated at Jaffna Central College, graduating in 1931. He was asked in 1963 to organise and develop a new Department of Physics at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. The University of Peradeniya has named one of its annual prizes after Appapillai.
Appapillai moved to the USA to live with his daughter.
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Who was V. Appapillai?
Sri Lankan Tamil academic
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V. Appapillai was born on 13 November 1913 in Batticaloa.
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V. Appapillai died on 4 July 2001 in Connecticut.
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V. Appapillai was an academic.
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V. Appapillai was Sri Lankan.
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