Dean, Faculty of Arts
Prof. S. Raguram
Professor in Media Studies
B.Sc. in Visual Communication
(University of Madras, India)
Master of Journalism and Mass Communication
(Madurai Kamaraj University, India)
PhD
(‘Using Tamil Folk Media in Development Communication’ – Gandhigram Rural University, India)
Phone: +94 21 222 3091
Email: deanarts@jfn.ac.lk
| 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 |
| Prof.K. Suthakar | Jan 2017- Jan 2023 |