Sir Velupillai Coomaraswamy, CMG (25 September 1892 – 13 November 1972) was a Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat.
[1] Coomaraswamy worked as teacher before joining the Ceylon Civil Service in 1913.
[2] He was then appointed Additional Registrar General, Registrar General, acting Commissioner of Lands, acting conservator of Forests, Food Controller, Controller of Import, Exports and Exchange, Government Agent, Eastern Province in 1945.
[2] He was appointed Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs and Rural Development.
[4][2] Coomaraswamy served as the Deputy Ceylonese High Commissioner in London in 1948.