Nishan Canagarajah

Professor
Nishan Canagarajah
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2019
Preceded byPaul Boyle
Personal details
Born
Cedric Nishan Canagarajah

1966 (age 57–58)
Sri Lanka
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Salary£254,000 (2021–22)[1]

Cedric Nishan Canagarajah (born 1966) is a British Tamil academic and the current president and vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester.[2] He was previously one of the pro-vice-chancellors of the University of Bristol.[3]

  1. ^ "Annual report and accounts 2021-22". University of Leicester. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Senior staff". University of Leicester. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Senior staff". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.