Participated Training Courses and Workshops

Foreign

Completed a Three-Months Training Course from 24 February – 21 May 2004 in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Completed 11th United Nations International Training Course on Remote Sensing Education for Educators in Stockholm University, Sweden from 2-5-2001 to 9-6-2001.

Participated in the Workshop on “Data Analysis and Interpretation in Social Sciences”, sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Southern Region, Hyderabad and organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Madras, 3 – 6 January 1989.

Completed Diploma Course in Basic Programming, Institute of Electronics, Computer Centre. Madras, India. May 1989.

Participated in the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Capacity Building Workshop on “The Human Consequences of Climate Change” in the Department Geography, University of Colombo, sponsored by Commonwealth Foundations, held at Renuka Hotel from 20th June to 24th June 2005

Local

Participated in a Workshop to Strenthen Internal Quality Assurance Activities in Universities conducted by Ministry of Higher education – 12th August 2011, Hotel Janaki, Colombo 5.

Participated in a Caravan Workshop on Mapping From Space, organized by Institute of Surveying & Mapping, Diyatalawa, Sri Lanka, GIS Application Center-AIT, Bangkok, Thailand and University of Hanover, Germany, Sponsored by NADSA, RESTEC & IPI, from 21-25 June 1999.

Participated in a Training Programme on “Geographic Information Systems” (Atlas GIS) organized by Regional Development Studies Centre, University of Colombo. 26 June 1998 – 11 July 1998.

Participated in a intensive Training Course on Microsoft PowerPoint (Latest Version) on November 8 – 10, 2005 under IRQUE Project at the University of Colombo, School of Computing (UCSC).

Participated in a staff training workshop held in the Seminar Room of College House, on September 19 – 20, 1997. Conducted by Ms. Ruth E. Goodall, Head, Staff Development and Training of the University of East Anglia.

Participated in a Training Program for Proposal Reviewers. HETC Project – University Development Grants (UDC), 7-8 January 2011 at Hotel Janaki, Colombo.

Passed the Final examination in German Language, for the Second and Third Terms, at German Cultural Centre. Colombo.

Participated in a Workshop on “Developing Greater Employability of Arts Graduates” held on October 26, 2005 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) and made a presentation on “IRQUE WORK” to the student representatives came from all Faculties of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universities of Sri Lanka.

Participated in a Workshop on “Re-Conceptualization of teaching in the Faculties of Social Sciences and Humanities to improve national productivity” held at the Le Kandyan Hotel, Heerasgala, Peradeniya on October 28 – 29, 2005. Organized by the Policy Planning and development Unit of the IRQUE Project, Ministry of Education.

Memberships in committees, Advisory Boards, Societies and Consultant:

Member, Ethical Review Committee (2017), Faculty Graduate Studies, University of Colombo.

Member, Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo.

Member of the Geography Glossary Committee, Official Languages Commission, Colombo 8, 2004.

Member of Pilot Project Team: One of the Core Team Members International Charter “Space & Major Disasters”, Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations, Geneva.

Member of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Center for Climate Change Studies, Department of Meteorology, Colombo. From 2000 to date.

Member of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Eastern Development Plan 2012-16, Eastern Provincial Council, Trincomalee.

Member of Site Evaluation Committee, Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century (HETC) Project – University Development Grant (UDG), 2013.

Member – Curriculum review sub-committee to review curriculum for Community Development Practice, Department od Sociology, 2010.

Member – Curriculum review sub-committee to review courses for the Virtual Cambus, Department of Sociology, 2010.

Consultant for Digitization of Resource Profile – UNDO-LoGoPro: Strenthening the Planning capacity of Provincial Administration. Eastern Province.

Editorial Consultant – IRQUE News, IRQUE Office. The Project Planning and Development Unit (PPDU), Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission. (from March 2005), Colombo 5.

Member of Interview Board appointed to select Resource Person from Samurdhi Managers, Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, 2003.

Memberships in Professional Associations

Committee Member and Life Member, Sri Lanka Association of Geographers (SLAG)