Somasundaram Selvanayagam (28 May 1932 – 23 May 1979) was a Ceylon Tamil geographer, academic and head of the Department of Geography at the University of Jaffna.
[1][2] He joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1953, graduating in 1957 with BA honours degree in geography.
[2] He joined the London School of Economics (LSE) in October 1961 for postgraduate studies, graduating with a MA degree.
[1][2] Selvanayagam joined the Ahmadu Bello University's Department of Geography in 1974 as a senior lecturer.
[1] He left Ahmadu Bello in August 1977 after being appointed head of the Department of Geography at the University of Sri Lanka (Jaffna campus).