Dean, Faculty of Arts
Dr. K. Suthakar
Senior Lecturer Gr.I
B.A. [Hons] (Jaffna), M.A.(Colombo),
PG. Dip. in Remote Sensing & GIS (IIRS)
M.Tech. (India), Ph.D.(Singapore).
Phone: +94 21 222 3091
Email: deanarts@jfn.ac.lk
Former Deans
| Prof.K.Indrapala | 1974 – May 1976 |
| Prof.K.Kailasanatha Kurukkal &Prof.S.Gamalath (Co – Deans) | June 1976 – December 1978 |
| Prof.W.L.Jeyasingam | December 1978 – January 1979 |
| Prof.S.Rajaratnam | January 1979 – January 1981 |
| Prof.S.Kailasapathy | January 1981 – December 1982 |
| Prof.K.Indrapala | December 1982 – July 1984 |
| Prof.N.Balakrishnan | July 1984 – March 1991 |
| Prof.P.Balasundarampillai | March 1991 – March 1997 |
| Prof.A.Sanmugadas | March 1997 – June 1999 |
| Prof.S.Balachandiran | June 1999 – October 2001 |
| Prof.P.Gopalakrishna Iyer | November 2001 – August 2004 |
| Prof.R.Sivachandran | August 2004 – August 2007 |
| Prof.S.Krishnarajah | August 2007 – May 2009 |
| Prof.N. Gnanakumaran | May 2009-July 2012 |
| Prof.V.P.Sivanathan | July 2012-July 2015 |
| Prof.N. Gnanakumaran | July 2015-Jan 2017 |