Professor K.A.S.P. Kaluarachchi

Department of  Management and Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance

Email: samanthakaluarachchi@mos.cmb.ac.lk

Professor Kaluarachchi obtained his Bachelor degree in Commerce from the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 1998 and his MBA degree from the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo in 2004. Under the Monbukagakusho Japanese Government Scholarship programme, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration from the Hosei Unversity, Tokyo, Japan in 2011. Currently he serves as a Professor in the Department of Management and Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo. He has also performed several administrative duties at the faculty while doing his teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels mainly for the courses Management Process and Practice, Organizational Behaviour, and Managing for Quality. Further, he has published several text books and scholarly books in the field of Business Administration locally and several research papers in Management Theory and Practices both locally and internationally.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • PhD

    Hosei, Japan

  • MBA

    University of Colombo

  • CTHE

    University of Colombo

  • BCom (Special) (Hons)

    SJP, Sri Lanka

  • LICA

  • MAAT

Positions

  • Now2017

    Professor

    University of Colombo

  • 20212018

    Head

    Department of Management and Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo

  • 20182015

    Coordinator

    Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Weekend) Program, Postgraduate and Mid-career Development Unit, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo

  • 20152013

    Coordinator

    Executive Diploma in Business Administration (EDBA) Program, Postgraduate and Mid-career Development Unit, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo

  • 20142010

    Senior Treasurer to the Students Union

    Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo

  • 20172013

    Member

    Arts Council, University of Colombo

  • 20142013

    General Secretary

    Japanese Graduates’ Alumni Association in Sri Lanka (JAGAAS)

  • 20102007

    Member

    Global Business Research Conference, University of Tokyo

  • 20102007

    Member

    Japan Academy of International Business