Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary

Background

His father named him after the Pole Star, "Dhuruvan Natchathra".

Education

In his student years, Dhuruvasangary attended Hartley College, and completed his M.Sc at Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1977 and his The Master of Philosophy at Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka in 1983 (Assessment of Drainage Effects in the Mahaweli Area Master of Philosophy Thesis PGIA, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka).

Career

He is the youngest from 12 siblings. As a soil research and development engineer, Dhuruvasangary hard work and perseverance finally paid by receiving a patent for a microscope which capable of converting into a telescope. The uniting thesis of his work was that pre-colonial ancient societies such as Sumeria, Indus Valley, Sri Lanka, Mesopotamia, et cetera, had complex science and technology, the content of which he developed utilizing available forms of evidence, including: archaeological, literary, mythological, and religious practices.

These, he argued, were forms of true science, which involved a process of verification placing the human factor first, as opposed to what he called capitalist era pseudo-science, which uses profit as its measure of verification.

Achievements

• Apart from the achievements, he also designed a world clock and developed other inventions such as solar oven, and a device to measure snow and hail precipitation.