Professor Sashika R. Abeydeera Manoratne

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

Sashika R. Abeydeera Manoratne is the current Head of the Department of Management and Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo. She is a passionate educator in sustainability, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, management process and practice. Her research interests include sustainability and business, regenerative business models, sustainability and spirituality, intercultural competencies, and responsible management education.

Professor Manoratne is the co-founder of the University’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Platform established in 2020, during her tenure as the Director of the International Office of the University of Colombo (2019-2023). Sashika currently serves as a member of the Board of Management of the Centre for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP) of the Faculty of Law and as a board member of the Centre for Meditation and Research (CMR) at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo.

Moreover, she is a founding member of LEAP! (that stands for Leverage resources, Expand awareness, Accelerate change and Partner) a global Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset based in the United States, a part of PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education), the academic arm of the United Nations Global Compact.

Sashika obtained her BSc in Management (Public) degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2002. She served as a Temporary Tutor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, for a few years before joining the Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo as a permanent lecturer in 2005.

Sashika is a Fulbright Scholar. She pursued her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (now known as Middlebury Institute of International Studies), California, in 2009. Sashika obtained her doctoral degree (PhD) from the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, in 2017 on a New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarship.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • PhD 2017

    Doctor of Philosophy

    Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

  • MBA 2009

    Master of Business Administration

    California, USA

  • BSc 2002

    Bachelor of Science in Management (Public) Special

    SJP, Sri Lanka

  • CTHE 2007

    Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education

    University of Colombo

  • CTHE 2007

    Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education

    Staff and Educational Development Association

  • Passed Finalist CIMA 2002

    Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Passed finalist

    CIMA

Positions

  • present2024

    Head

    Department of Management and Organization Studies

  • 2023 2017

    Editorial Committee member

    Colombo Business Journal, Faculty of Management and Finance

  • 2023 2019

    Director

    International Office, University of Colombo

  • 2019 2016

    Coordinator

    Master of Business Administration Programme (Weekday)

  • 2017

    Conference Co-chair

    12th International Research Conference in Management and Finance