Nimal Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan-born academic and engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He gained admission to the University of Ceylon in 1973 from where he graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1977.
Asian Institute of Technology honored him as the Notable Alumni Speaker of the May 2017 graduation.
[citation needed] He served as department head and mechanical engineering professor of University of British Columbia.
[citation needed] He has received several prizes and awards for research and professional excellence.