Positions

• 20262024

  Director General

  National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka

• 20222019

  National Coordinator and the Institutional Coordinator of University of Colombo of the EU Co-funded Erasmus+ Capacity Building project titled “CONTESSA”

  National Coordinator and the Institutional Coordinator of University of Colombo of the EU Co-funded Erasmus+ Capacity Building project titled “CONTESSA” project (Contemporary Teaching Skills of South Asia) https://contessa-project.eu

• 20192016

  Dean

  Faculty of Education

• 20162015

  Quality Assurance Cell Coordinator

  Faculty of Education

• 20152009

  A member of the Internal QA Unit

  University of Colombo

Editorial work

• 2022

  Consulting Editor

  Special Issue Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research,

• 2021 to date

  A member of the editorial board

  Shanlax International Journal of Education,

• 2021 to date

  A member of the editorial board

  Journal of Business and Social Sciences,

• 2021 to date

  A member of the editorial board

  Global Journal of Educational Foundation,

• 2021 to date

  A member of the editorial board

  International Journal of Management (IJM)

• 2021 to date

  A member of the editorial board

  Open Journal of Social Sciences (JSS)

• 2020 to date

  A member of the editorial board

  Advances in Education Research and Administration

• 2016

  A member of the editorial Board

  American Journal of Educational Research and Reviews,

• 2014

  A member of the three member editorial committee of ‘Seekers and builder of our world

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka,

• 2013

  An Associate Editor of the journal

  Educational Research and Reviews’. Academic Journals,

• 2011

  A member of the Editorial Board

  South Africa Rural Educator, online international journal

• 2005

  A member of the Editorial Board

  University of Colombo

• 2000

  Editor, Compendium to celebrate 50 years to the Faculty of Education

  University of Colombo

• 1996 Sept-Dec

  Editor of “Paryeshana Sanvada”

  A local publication of translations of research articles (in Sinhala) . Issue. NIE

• 1996

  Co-Editor, Sri Lanka Adhyapana Paryeshna Wara Sangarawa (Journal of Education Research)

  National Institute of Education (in Sinhala)

• 1995

  A member of the editorial panel of the English-Sinhala Glossary of Educational Research

  Department of Educational Research, NIE, ISBN 955-597-339-3

• 1994-1997

  The editor of the and SAARC Journal of Education Research

  National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka

• 1994-1997

  The editor of the Sri Lankan Journal of Education Research

  National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka

Executive and other positions on boards of international, national organizations

• 2016

  General President

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science,

• 2012

  Chairperson, Science Education Committee

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science

• 2011

  Member of the Board of Management, National Education Research and Evaluation Centre (NEREC)

  University of Colombo

• 2011

  President, Section F (Social Sciences)

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

• 2006

  A member of the Council of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science

• 2011

  A member of the Academic Committee of the Staff ,

  Development Centre, University of Colombo

• 2006, 2007, 2008

  General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science

• 2006-2011

  A member of the Academic Committee of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS)

  University of Colombo

Other responsibilities

• 2018-2022

  National Coordinator, Sri Lanka and Institutional Coordinator, University of Colombo, EU Co-funded Erasmus + Capacity Building Project, Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia, CONTESSA

• MPhil/PhD 2016-2018

  Coordinator

  sample location

• 2015

  Team Leader

  Faculty of Education for Quality Assurance

• 2012-2015

  Activity Coordinator

  QIG W 3 Post Graduate Research

• 2014

  President

  Faculty of Education Teachers Association (FETA)

• 2010-2012

  Faculty of Education team leader on Soft Skills development on the HETC project

  University of Colombo

• 2010

  Served as the Department Coordinator and a Domain Coordinator of the Core group of the Self Evaluation for the Institutional Review

  University of Colombo

• since 2007

  Co-ordinator, MPhil/PhD program of the Library and Information Science, Member of Higher Degrees Committee, NILIS

  University of Colombo

• 2011-2012

  Coordinator Master of Education (English medium)

  sample location

• 2002-2009

  Co-ordinator, Postgraduate Diploma in Education (English medium) Part time course Faculty of Education

  University of Colombo

Involvement with other organizations

• 2018

  TIIKM Collaborated with TIIKM (International Institute of Knowledge Management) for the Faculty of Education to be the Academic Partner of the International Conference on Future of Education

• 2016

  External PhD examiner

  University of Madras, India

• 2015 to date

  PhD thesis evaluation,

  Bharathiar University, India

• 2015 to date

  PhD thesis evaluation:

  Alagappa University, India

• 2015 to date

  Program Reviewer,

  Non-State Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Higher Education Sri Lanka

• 2014 to 2017

  Lecturer Psychology/ Human Development for Social Work for Master of Social Work

  National Institute Social Development (NISD)

• 2014-2022

  Visiting lecturer, MSc in Occupational Safety and Health Management, Department of Building Economics

  University of Moratuwa

• 2014-2016

  External examiner for PhD thesis

  University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

• 2013

  External examiner for PhD thesis

  Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

• 2012-2013

  A member of the Family Policy formulation group.

  Department of Social Services

• 2011

  A member of the team of resource persons on course design and teaching on the collaborative teacher education program between Faculty of Education, University of Colombo and the British Council titled ‘Diploma in Global Teacher Education’

  Faculty of Education, University of Colombo and the British

• 2011

  External examiner for PhD thesis

  Faculty of Education, University of New England Australia

• 2011

  External examiner for PhD thesis

  Department of Education, Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, India

• 2010-2012

  Science Teacher and Teacher Educator Development,

  National Institute of Education

• 2008

  Resource person for American Institute of Sri Lankan studies as a member Consultative Review Panel for developing research capacities of University staff

  SPARC/ILO/AISLS,

• 2008-2009

  Resource person for staff development

  University of Moratuwa,

• 2008

  Resource person, Ministry of Education, EFA Mid Decade Assessment

  Ministry of Education

• 2008.2009, 2010, 2011

  Secretary of the Buildings Committee

  SLAAS

• 2007-2010

  Resource person for the study titled ‘Towards an understanding of child mental health in Sri Lanka’. A collaborative study with Birkbeck College

  University of London and University of Colombo

• 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

  Secretary of the

  SLAAS Corporate Plan committee

• 2006 to date:

  Resource person, Research Methodology,

  Ministry of Education

• 2006 - 2007

  A member

  Science Education Committee, SLAAS,

• 2004 - 2005

  Secretary of the Section F (Social Sciences)

  SLAAS

• 2004-2005

  A member of the Committee for Popularization of Science

  SLAAS

• Resource person, Research Department,

  National Institute of Education. Maharagama, Sri Lanka

• 2004

  Visiting Lecturer in Counseling Psychology for Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology

  American College of Higher Education since

• 2003-2017

  Curriculum Developer and Visiting Lecturer (on voluntary basis) in Developmental Psychology and Buddhist Psychology for Diploma in Counselling

  Damrivi Foundation, Isipathna Mawatha, Colombo 4

• 2002- 2004

  Visiting Lecturer in Educational Psychology, Advanced Certificate in Teaching for Maldivian teacher trainees

  National Institute of Education. Maharagama,

• 1998-1999

  Rapporteur of SLAAS Section F

  SLAAS

• 1997-2005

  Joint Secretary

  “Prof. J.E. Jayasuriya Memorial Foundation”

Research Reviewer - Journal

• 2022

  Reviewer

  Asian Journal of Education and Social Sciences

• 2022

  Reviewer

  National Defense College Research Journal

• 2022

  Reviewer

  Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Sciences

• 2022

  Reviewer

  Advances in Research

• 2021 up to date

  Reviewer

  Asian Research Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

• 2021to date

  Reviewer

  Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research since

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  Journal of Social Sciences

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  Colombo Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies

• 2021

  Reviewer

  Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  Higher Education Studies,

• 2021to date

  Reviewer

  Academia Letters. Academia.edu.

• 2021to date

  Reviewer

  Journal of Business and Social Sciences,

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  Open Journal of Social Sciences

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI),

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  Educational Research Reviews,

• 2021 to date

  Reviewer

  International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS),

• 2019 to date

  Reviewer

  Educational Research for Policy and Practice,

• 2019 to date

  Reviewer

  Sri Lanka Journal of Advanced Social Studies, National Centre for Advanced studies NCAS,

• 2019

  Reviewer

  Ceylon Journal of Science, University of Peradeniya,

• 2017

  Reviewer

  Ruhuna Journal of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna,

• 2016

  Reviewer,

  SpringerPlus journals

• 2015

  Reviewer,

  Kalyani, University of Kelaniya Research Journal

• 2014 to date

  Reviewer

  KDU Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Kotalawela Defense University,

• 2014 to date

  Reviewer

  National Science Foundation Social Sciences journal

• 2014

  Reviewer

  Modern Sri Lanka Studies: A Journal of the Social Sciences of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

• 2012

  Reviewer, Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities

  University of Peradeniya.

• 2011

  A member of the Editorial Board

  South Africa Rural Educator, online international journal

• Since 2005 to 2014

  A member of the Editorial Board

  University of Colombo Review

• 2010

  Reviewer

  International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier

• 2010

  Reviewer

  Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. Symposium Journals

• 2010

  Reviewer

  OUSL 30th Anniversary International Conference,

• Since 2008

  Reviewer of the Colombo Business Journal: International Journal of Theory and Practice, published by the Faculty of Management and Finance

  University of Colombo

Book reviews and Book proposal reviews

• 2021

  Peer reviewing the book proposal on Cognitive Executive Skills, Springer/Palgrave,

  sample location

• 2021

  Peer reviewing the revised book manuscript titled Perspectives of multigrade teaching: Research and Practice, Springer/Palgrave,

  sample location

• 2021

  Peer reviewing a book proposal on Education and Development for UCL Press, United Kingdom,

  sample location

• 2020

  Peer reviewing the 221page book manuscript titled Perspectives of multigrade teaching: Research and Practice, Springer,

  sample location

• pp.130-132 2013

  Invited Book review of ‘Action Research: Theory and Practice’, 2011 by L. Rambukwella and M D W Gunathilake. Sri Lankan Journal of Educational Research (Sinhala). National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka

  sample location

• Vol.27(1) , pp.115-116 January 2007

  Invited Book Review by IJED Indexd journal on ‘Resource Materials for Multigrade Teaching’ by Quist Dawn, Commonwealth Secretariat. London (2005) ISBN 0-85092-790-0 (273 pp.). International Journal of Educational Development,

  sample location

External Reviewer of research progress

• 2022

  Research progress reviewer, Interdisciplinary Board of Study,

  University of Sri Jayawardenapura

• 20218 to date

  Research progress reviewer,

  Open University of Sri Lanka