Madura Kulatunga | |
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Born | (1980-03-23) March 23, 1980 (age 44) Matara, Sri Lanka |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | MSc IT |
Alma mater | Sikkim Manipal University |
Occupation | Software engineer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Known for | Founder of Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary |
Website | www |
Madura Kulatunga (Sinhala: මධුර කුලතුංග; born March 23, 1980) is a Sri Lankan software engineer and the founder of Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary.[1][2][3]
Kulatunga studied at Royal College, Colombo 7 and earn his Master of Science in Information Technology degree in Sikkim Manipal University.[4][5] He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.[6][7]
Kulatunga saw an opportunity to transform the printed English-Sinhala dictionaries,[8][9][10] which was difficult to use.[11][12][13] He decided to create an electronic English-Sinhala dictionary.[14][15][16] Then he went on to develop the Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary computer software which has popular in Sri Lanka.[17][18][19] He was the founder of the world's first online English-Sinhala dictionary.[20][21][22][23]