Dr. Kavan Ratnatunga was educated at Royal College, Colombo and at the University of Colombo from where he received a BSc in Physics, in 1976. He commenced his career in Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, where he completed a M.Sc. degree in Astronomy. He read for a PhD at the Australian National University.
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