Vale: In Appreciation of Dr. Sisira Jayasuriya, A Committed Scholar-by Sarath Rajapatirana & Premachandra Athukorala Source:Thuppahis whose appraisal is entitled “In Memoriam: Sisira Jayasuriya, 1946-2025″ Source:Thuppahis The distinguished economist Professor Sisira Kumara Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka-born and a scholar who spent much of his professional life in Australia, passed away on 18 February 2025, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Sisira was a remarkable man: a highly respected economist whose intellectual contributions ranged far and wide; an influential public intellectual; a wonderful teacher, mentor, and institution-builder; and a deeply loved friend to many people across cultures and all over the world. Sisira was born on 22 June 1946 into a middle-class academic family in Bandaragama, a semi-urban village in Sri Lanka. His parents were both schoolteachers. He was the second child in the family, with an older sister and a younger sister. All three siblings graduated from the leading university in the ...
