Academic Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy in Education (specialising in higher education) (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
• Masters in Financial Economics (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Distinction) (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
• MSc/PGdip in Industrial Mathematics (University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka)
• BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka)

Professional Qualifications

• Real World Risk Analysis (Real World Risk Institute, New York, USA)
• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Professional Course in Machine Learning (Leiden University, Netherlands)
• Certificate Courses on Structural Equation Modelling (with AMOS), Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (with SmartPLS), Eviews, and SPSS for Data Analysis

Teaching Experience

• Undergraduate level (Mathematics and Statistics) (LSE Degree Programmes): 12 years
• Undergraduate Level (Statistics and data analytics) (Deakin University Programmes): 1 year
• Post-secondary level (Mathematics and Statistics): 8 years

Research/Consultancy Expertise

Research Interest

• Higher Education, Cross-border Education, Behavioural Economics, Ergodicity Economics, Decision-making under Risk and Uncertainty, Choice-Sets, Students’ Choice, Risk Engineering and Complex Systems, Cognitive Biasness, Machine Learning, Real World Problems and Mathematics Education

International Research Projects

• CONTESSA (Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia) Erasmus + Project funded by the European Commission (2019) – Team member University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Peer Review Contributions and International Conference Involvement

• Contributions as a Judge/Evaluator at International Conferences since 2020
• Active Membership in Scientific Committees for International Conferences since 2020
• Reviewer of Research Papers and Abstracts for International Conferences since 2020

Research Publications (Full Papers)

• Influential Factors in Selecting a Bachelor’s Degree from Private Higher Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka (2018)
• Influential Factors in Selecting a Bachelor’s Degree from International Degree Programmes Offered in Sri Lanka: Perspective of Lecturers and Graduates (2018)
• Towards an Integrated Framework for Selecting a Bachelor’s Degree from Private Higher Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka (2018)
• The role of the teacher in addressing issues of disruptive behaviour in learning mathematics (2019)
• Students behavioural patterns of bachelor’s degree choices in Sri Lanka: Heuristics (2019)
• The impact of gender on students’ choice of bachelor’s degree: A case study of private higher educational institutes affiliated with international degree programmes in Sri Lanka (2019)
• Information-seeking behaviour of undergraduates about higher educational opportunities in Sri Lanka: online or offline? (2019)

Research Publication (Abstracts)

• Information-seeking preferences of male and female students about higher educational opportunities in Sri Lanka (2018)
• Role of social media in strengthening educational choices in the non-state higher education industry in Sri Lanka (2018)

Oral Presentations at International Conferences

• The Impact of Gender on Students’ Choices in Selecting a Bachelor’s Degree: A Case Study (University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka)
• Perspectives of lecturers and graduates of international degree programmes on the influential factors in selecting a bachelor’s degree from private higher educational institutes in Sri Lanka (University of Northern Colorado, US)
• Influential factors in selecting a bachelor’s degree from private higher educational institutes in Sri Lanka: a study based on undergraduates of international degree programmes (Imperial College London, UK)
• Towards an integrated framework for selecting a bachelor’s degree from private higher educational institutes in Sri Lanka (FOEdu, Sri Lanka)
• The role of the teacher to address issues of disruptive behaviour in learning mathematics (ICTEL, Sri Lanka)
• Students’ behavioural patterns on bachelor’s degree choices in Sri Lanka: Heuristics (ICPLR, Sri Lanka)
• Role of social media in strengthening educational choices in the non-state higher education industry in Sri Lanka: A review (IRSSSH, Sri Lanka)
• The impact of gender on students’ choice in selecting a bachelor’s degree from an international degree programme offered in Sri Lanka (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Effectiveness of flipped classroom instructions to enhance competencies in algebra: a blended learning application (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Information-seeking behaviour of undergraduates about higher educational opportunities in Sri Lanka: online or offline? (Bangkok, Thailand)

Accepted Research Papers for Oral Presentations at International Conferences and Forums

• Ensemble perspective of the emergence between two-fold logical function and four-fold logical function: A case of interconnected network switch systems (International Conference of Complex Systems, Boston, USA)
• Student’s choice behaviour in selecting an undergraduate programme from private higher education in Sri Lanka: heuristic search (AUA (Asian Universities Alliance) Postgraduate Academic Forum, Tsinghua University, China)

Awards and Scholarships for Research

• Best Overall Presentation 2018: Towards an Integrated Framework for Selecting a Bachelor’s Degree from Private Higher Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka
• Session Best Presentation (under the theme of Higher Education): Towards an Integrated Framework for Selecting a Bachelor’s Degree from Private Higher Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka
• ‘Achievers’ scholarships (2018): FOEdu conference (2018)
• The Best Paper Presenter: ICPLR (2018)