Nishan Canagarajah
Nishan Canagarajah | |
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நிஷான் கனகராஜா | |
| Vice Chancellor of the University of Leicester | |
| Assumed office November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Boyle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cedric Nishanthan Canagarajah 1966 (age 59–60) |
| Education | Christ's College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD) |
Sir Cedric Nishanthan Canagarajah (born 1966) is a British academic and the current president and vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester. He was previously one of the pro-vice-chancellors of the University of Bristol.
Canagarajah was knighted in the 2026 New Year Honours for services to higher education.