Nandadasa Kodagoda

Deshamanya Nandadasa Kodagoda MRCP (31 October 1929 – 2 August 1997) was a Sri Lankan medical doctor and academic who was Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo.

Kodagoda graduated as a MBBS doctor in 1956 and initially worked for government hospitals of Galle, Colombo, & Karawanella.

Later in 1958, he joined the academic staff of the Colombo Medical School as a junior lecturer.

He has also served as the Chairman of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board, and as the Director of the Institute of Indigenous Medicine of the University of Colombo.

During the time he spent as a school boy at Mahinda College, Kodagoda did very well in HSC ( Higher School Certificate) and the practical exam in the university and the interview to enter the Medical College.