Karunasena Kodituwakku (born March 21, 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician, academic and diplomat.

Kodituwakku received his higher education at the University of Kelaniya, where he gained a BA (Hons) degree in economics in 1968.

He received his MA degree in economics from the University of New England (Australia) on a Colombo Plan scholarship, and his doctorate (D.Litt.)

In 1983 he was appointed by the then-Sri Lankan president, J.R. Jayawardena, as the competent authority of the university when the incumbent Vice Chancellor resigned his post, and July that year he was appointed its Vice Chancellor which he held till April 1988.

Post-graduate Management Institute (PIM), post graduate studies on forestry department, medical faculty and the library complex were started during his time as the VC.