Dr Senake Dias Bandaranayake, a noted scholar, has been appointed Sri Lanka`s next High Commissioner to India, it was officially announced on Tuesday. Bandaranayake will fill the slot vacated a few months back by Mangala Moonesinge. Since then, Prasad Kariyawasam has been discharging duties as acting High Commissioner. The 62-two-year-old Bandaranayake, at present Vice-Chancellor of Kelaniya University, has held several important positions in UNESCO and universities of London and Maryland. Bureau Report