, Member of Parliament(Jaffna District), Principal & Staff of
Jaffna Hindu College and well-wishers to deliver a guest lecture at the 73rd Commemoration Day and Achievers' Special Lecture Event of the Rotary Club of
Jaffna, which was held at Jaffna Hindu College on 15 April 2014. Sivananthan was born in Madduvil South near
Chavakachcheri in northern
Ceylon. His father was a Tamil scholar from
Valvettithurai and his mother was teacher of religion and science. After school he joined the
University of Peradeniya's Science Faculty in 1976, graduating in 1980 with a
BS degree in physics. ==Career==