Academic and administrative position

• present2009

  Professor

  Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo

• 19901996

  Senior Lecturer (Grade II)

  Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo

• 19871984

  Assistant Lecturer

  Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo

• 20072005

  Coordinator

  M.Sc. degree and PG Diploma study programme in Plant Cell and Tissue Culture of the Department of Plant Sciences

• present2017

  Chairperson

  Curriculum Development & Evaluation Committee (CDEC), Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

• 20092006

  Director

  Studies (Post-graduate programmes), Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

• 20052002

  Faculty representative

  Senate of the University of Colombo

• 20142007

  Member

  Board of Management of the Institute of Agro technology and Rural Sciences, University of Colombo

• 20172016

  Member

  Steering Committee of the Faculty of Technology, University of Colombo

• 19981993

  Student Counselor

  University of Colombo

• 20042004

  Vice president

  University of Colombo Science Teachers’ Association (UCSTA), University of Colombo

• 19971993

  Senior Treasurer

  Botanical Society, University of Colombo

• 19921992

  Coordinator of fund-raising event organized by the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo, towards the “Sujatha Jayawardena” hostel building

  University of Colombo

• --

  Moderator and External Examiner of papers in Genetics

  Plant Breeding and Plant Cell Culture for University of Kelaniya, the Open University of Sri Lanka, University of Sri Jayewardenapura, Eastern University of Sri Lanka, University of Jaffna

• 20122009

  Resource person

  “Short Course on Tissue Culture for Floriculture Industry” the Open University of Sri Lanka

• 20012001

  Senior Consultant in Botany

  Open University of Sri Lanka

• 19911991

  Unit author (B.Sc. degree programme)

  Open University of Sri Lanka

• 20072006

  Visiting Lecturer

  Department of Microbiology of the University of Kelaniya

• 20091996

  Senior Lecturer (Grade I)

  Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo

• 19901987

  Lecturer

  Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo

• 20112008

  Head of the Department of Plant Sciences

  Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

• present2017

  Director

  Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

• 20162016

  Domain Coordinator

  Institutional Review , Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

• 20092004

  Chairperson

  Library Committee, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

• present2016

  Member of the Board of Directors

  Colombo Science and Technology Cell, University of Colombo

• present2017

  Invited member

  Faculty Board of the Faculty of Technology, University of Colombo

• 20001995

  Warden

  Muttiah Road Women’s Hostel

• 19951995

  Member

  Board of Management of the Inter-Ethnic Harmony project, University of Colombo

• 20051993, 1994

  Executive committee member

  University of Colombo Science Teachers’ Association (UCSTA), University of Colombo

• 19921990

  Senior Treasurer

  Science Society, University of Colombo

• 20162014

  Visiting Lecturer

  University of Sri Jayewardenepura

• present2012

  Resource person

  “Short Course on Plant Breeding Techniques”, the Open University of Sri Lanka

• 20032008

  Editor

  Open University of Sri Lanka

• 20012001

  Unit author (BTU 4104)

  Open University of Sri Lanka

• 1997, 1995, 19932008, 2007

  Visiting academic in Botany

  Open University of Sri Lanka

Positions held in professional bodies

• 19921991

  Executive committee member

  World University Service (WUS), Sri Lanka National Committee

• present2017

  Member

  NSF working committee on Basic Sciences

• 20172017

  Chairperson

  panel appointed by the UGC to review Honours Degree Programmes in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences of the University of Kelaniya

• 20152015

  Member

  paper setting panel for the GCE (A/ Level) Biology paper

• 20132012

  Editor

  Evaluation Reports prepared by the R & D branch of the Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka on the G.C. E. (A Level) examinations

• 20082008

  Resource person

  curriculum reforms for GCE Advanced Level / Biology, National Institute of Education

• 20001999

  Member

  specialist committee on Biological Sciences for the revision of glossaries by the official languages commission

• --

  Life Member

  Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka

• 19931991

  Senior Committee Member

  World University Service (WUS), Colombo branch committee

• 20172017

  Chairperson

  panel appointed by the UGC to review Honours Degree Programmes in the Faculty of Arts of the University of Peradeniya

• 20162016

  Member

  subject review panel for the Postgraduate Diploma in Food safety, Animal & Plant Hygiene of the Horizon College of Business and Technology (Pvt.) Ltd., Appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education & Highways

• 20151998

  Chief Examiner

  General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) in Botany / Biology

• 20092016

  Member

  paper setting panel for the proto-type paper for the GCE (A. Level) new syllabus

• 20082007

  Resource person

  workshops held for editing / preparing Biology questions for the development of a question bank for G.C.E. Advanced Level

• --

  Life Member

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science