Training Programs Attended

* Staff training programme on “Designing Out Plagiarism from Student Assignments” – 18th August 2005, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo.

* staff training Workshop on “Getting Students to take Greater Responsibility for Their Learning” –8th August 2006, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo.

*SDC-SLAIHEE Conference on “From Teaching to a Learning Culture Providing Structures for the Paradigm Shift” –18th May 2006, University of Colombo.

* Participated the SDC-SLAIHEE Conference on “Developing Skills in University Lecturers and Students” –27th April 2007, University of Colombo.

* staff training Workshop on “Integrating Curriculum Design, Teaching and Assessment to Improve Learning” –27 July 2007, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo.

* staff training Workshop on “Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning and Skills Development” –21 June 2010, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo.

* Workshop on “Writing and Publishing Quality Academic Papers” Organised by the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo. 21-23 March, 2006.

* Workshop on “Designing Study Guides for first Year Students (Activity A under QEF)” –24 November 2008, Hotel Janaki, Colombo 5.

* Workshop on “Counselling” Organised by Student Counsellors’ Office, University of Colombo, Senate Hall, College House, 27th March 2008.

* Training Workshop on “Counselling” Organised by Student Counsellors’ Office, University of Colombo, Faculty Board, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo- 29th July, 2009.

* Training Course on “Community Based Disaster risk Management in Challenging Circumstances” Organised by Asian disaster Preparedness Centre (adpc), Colombo, Sri Lanka – 30th March to 1st April 2010.

Other Academic Activities

Undergraduate : 

• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Plant Science, University of Colombo, 2007 and 2008.

• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Colombo, for the academic year 2008/2009.

• Visiting Lecturer for the course ELT- 3146 (Poverty Analysis and Social Integration)- 2006 and 2007 in the Social Policy Analysis and Research Centre, Department of Sociology, University of Colombo.

• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya for the Academic year 2009/2010.

Postgraduate :

• Resource Person, Postgraduate Diploma in Regional Planning and Environmental Management, Department of Geography, University of Colombo -2011 and 2017.

• Resource Person – Certificate course in Disaster Risk Management in the Department of Geography, University of Colombo from 01 January 2011 to 13 Feb: 2011.

Memberships in Professional Associations

* Treasurer – Geography Students Society

* Life member – Sri Lanka Association of Geographers (SLAG).