# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/indira-samarasekera
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:49:02.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/indira-samarasekera"
name: "Indira Samarasekera"
slug: "indira-samarasekera"
description: "Indira Vasanti Samarasekera is the former president and former vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. She has been a member of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, which advises on appointments to the Senate of Canada, since 2016."
tagline: "Sir Lankan engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indira_V._Samarasekera_-_Annual_Meeting_of_the_New_Champions_Dalian_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1952-04-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.23
  momentum:             0.3658536585365853
  historical:           4.875846666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ఇందిరా సమరశేఖర"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ඉන්දිරා සමරසේකර"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump