Dr. Seuwandhi B. Ranasinghe

Department of  Management Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance

Email: seuwandhi@mos.cmb.ac.lk

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Seuwandhi Ranasinghe obtained her first degree – Bachelor of Business Administration (Special) – from the Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo. Having achieved first class honors for her first degree in 2006, she joined the academic staff of the Department of Management and Organization Studies of the same Faculty in the year 2008 as an Assistant Lecturer. She completed her Master of Business Administration Degree, from the Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo in the year 2011. Obtaining the Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education from the Staff Development Centre of the University of Colombo, she became a SEDA (UK) accredited teacher in Higher Education. She was awarded a scholarship to pursue her doctoral studies from the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow (UK) in September 2014 and with that she was able complete her PhD in November 2017. 

Dr. Ranasinghe is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and Organization Studies, and serves as a Managing Editor of Colombo Business Journal – the double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal in the field of business and management – managed by the Faculty (https://mgmt.cmb.ac.lk/cbj/)

She served as the Coordinator of the MBA Weekend Programme of the Postgraduate and Mid-career Development Unit of the Faculty from August 2018 to December 2021. She Co-Chaired the International Research Conference on Management and Finance (IRCMF) 2019 – the annual research conference of the Faculty and also served as the moderator for the industry dialogue segment of the IRCMF 2018.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • PhD 2018

    Doctor of Philosophy

    Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • MBA 2010

    Master of Business Administration

    Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • BBA 2006

    Bachelor of Business Administration(special degree)

    Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • CTHE 2012

    Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education

    Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Positions

  • Now 2018

    Senior Lecturer

    Department of Management and Organization Studies

  • Now2022

    Coordinator MPhil/ PhD Coordinator 2021 Programme

    Faculty of Graduate Studies

  • Now2022

    President

    Faculty of Management and Finance Welfare Association

  • Now2021

    Co-Managing Editor

    Colombo Business Journal, Faculty of Management and Finance

  • Now2020

    Convener IT Committee

    Faculty of Management and Finance

  • 20222019, 2021

    Editorial Committee IRCMF

    Faculty of Management and Finance

  • 20212018

    Coordinator -MBA Weekend Programme

    Postgraduate and Mid-career Development Unit, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo

  • 2019

    Co-Chair

    14th International Research Conference on Management and Finance (IRCMF), Faculty of Management and Finance