Hurt criticized it for ‘inequalities in the typeface fonts between the main text and disconcerting tables’ Since 2000, Sri Kantha joined the academia as an associate professor at the Gifu University and had continued his career as visiting professor at the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute (2002–05) and Gifu Pharmaceutical University (2006–10). While George Eberhart recommended ‘this volume is useful as a quick fact-finder’ and Laurie Brown found it ‘more interesting reading, because of its colorful entries and extensive bibliography and index’, C.D. Particularly good on sexually transmitted diseases.' Īfter moving to Japan in 1991 to join the group of Osamu Hayaishi (1991–94) at the Osaka Bioscience Institute, Sri Kantha worked on his second reference book, An Einstein Dictionary (1996). Accordingly, the extensive list of relevant items will be exceptionally useful to researchers.' Vern Bullough and Lilli Sentz annotated this book as, 'Is somewhat broader than the title indicates and includes general and history, anthropology, sociology, psychology and mental health. David Friedrichs, reviewing this work for the American Reference Books Annual 1992, indicated, 'Currently, of course, there is intense concern with prostitution as a source for the transmission of AIDS. Prostitutes in Medical Literature: an annotated bibliography (1991). in Marine Biochemistry in 1989.ĭuring his second post-doctoral stint (1989–90) at the then Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sri Kantha collected material for his first reference book. Then, he moved to Japan as a Monbusho scholar at the University of Tokyo during 1986 –88 and was awarded a second Ph.D. in Food Chemistry from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (1986).

For doctoral studies, Sri Kantha left for USA in 1981 and earned his first Ph.D.

While at this university, Sri Kantha also actively engaged students in Tamil dramas by directing a few in cultural festivals. Subsequently, he earned his master's degree in Biochemistry from University of Peradeniya (1980). During his undergraduate days, he was active in Tamil student drama circle, and held the presidency of University of Colombo Tamil Society during 1974-75, when it celebrated its Golden Jubilee. In 1972, he entered University of Colombo and graduated in Zoology in 1976.

A native of Point Pedro, Sri Lanka, Sachi Sri Kantha received his early education in 1960s at the Colombo Hindu College (Bambalapitiya and Ratmalana) and at the Aquinas University College, Colombo.

Ribi sachi l