{"id":94,"date":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2022-05-04T07:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T07:21:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/management.finance\/nishantha\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;105&#8243; img_size=&#8221;225*300&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;ResearchGate&#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FB-Nishantha||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Google Scholar &#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DCU02ZUMAAAAJ%26hl%3Den||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;linkedin&#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fb-nishantha-519758130%2F||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Professor B. Nishantha<\/h1>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Department of\u00a0 Management &amp; Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance<\/h3>\n<h4>Email: nishantha@mos.cmb.ac.lk<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Professor (Dr.) B.Nishantha has read his first degree, Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Colombo and has completed his postgraduate qualifications: Master of Business Administration (MBA)from the University of Colombo; PhD from the Ryukoku University Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Professor Nishantha served as the Head of the Department of Management &amp; Organization Studies from 2015 to 2018, and he has initiated many academic programs for Sri Lankan entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Professor Nishantha has served as Program Coordinator of Master of Public Administration (MPA) at the Faculty of Graduate Studies from 2016 to 2019. He is also the Coordinator of the Diploma in Small Business Management (DSBM) program conducted at the Management &amp; Organization Studies department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0Prof.B.Nishantha is the co-founder of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Unit (IEDU), established at the University of Colombo in 2015 for supporting practising entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">PhD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">Ryukoku, Japan<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">MBA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\"> BCom<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">CTHE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Positions<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Now<\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Professor <\/h4><p>University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Now<\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Unit Coordinator<\/h4><p>Postgraduate and Mid-Career Development Unit <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Now<\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Executive Committee member <\/h4><p>Chengdu International Sister Cities Higher Education Alliance (China)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Now<\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Country Head <\/h4><p> Research Foundation of India<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2018<\/span><span> 2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Head of the Department <\/h4><p>Department of Management &amp; 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