Lucia Navamani Virasinghe-Chinnappa (30 December, 1894 - 1980) was a Sri Lankan medical doctor specialising in maternal and infant health.
[1] She was appointed superintendent of the maternity and child welfare scheme in Madras, and developed a network of health centres with women medical officers to cover the city.
From 1930 until her retirement in 1948, she served as assistant director of public health, in charge of maternity and child welfare in Madras.
The couple had a son, James Chandrasekaran Virasinghe Chinnappa, and a daughter, Malati, who also became medical doctors.
[2] The Lucia Navamani Virasinghe Chinnappa Chapel is located at the hostel of St. John's College in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.