Ananda W.P. Guruge

Dr. Ananda W.P. Guruge, BA (Hons), PhD, DLitt, was the Dean of Academic Affairs and the director of the International Academy of Buddhism at the University of the West, Rosemead, California, and Visiting Professor of Buddhist and Peace Studies at California State University, Fullerton, and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Formerly the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, France and the United States of America, he was also the Senior Special Adviser to the Directory General of UNESCO.  Active in international Buddhist leadership, he was the Vice President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists and the Partorn of the European Buddhist Union.  He was also the President of the World Buddhist University Council.  Hist Publications include forty-eight books in Sinhalese and English, and one hundred fifty research papers.