Professor Hettige Yasasiri (H.Y) Ranjit Perera is the present Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. He was also a former head of Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka.He was a brilliant student at Nalanda College Colombo and graduated from University of Moratuwa with a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering.He later earned a Doctor of Engineering degree from RWTH Aachen University in Germany.He is also a Charted Engineer, Member of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka and served in regulating the energy sector as Director General, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2010.