Professional Memberships

Member of the National Advisory Panel of Experts on “Empowerment of Women Local Government Councilors”, South Asia Policy and Research Institute (SAPRI), Sri Lanka

Member of the Ethics Review Committee for Social Sciences and Humanities (ERCSSH) of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka – From November 2021-present

Member of Postgraduate and Extension Courses Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka – August 2021 – August 2024

Member of the Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka – From August 2025 – present

Member of Curriculum module Committee, Masters in Conflict and Peace Studies 2016/2017 Program (MCPS 6209 – Contemporary Issues in Development and Peace module), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Editorial Chair – Undergraduate Research Symposium – 2021, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Editorial Committee of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URSHSS) – 2022, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Abstract Review Committee at the International Research Conference – 2017, 2021, and 2024 (IConArts2017/2021/2024), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Abstract Review Committee of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URSHSS) – 2021-2025 on Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Abstract Review Committee of the International Research Symposium 2022 of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Panel of Judges in the Dean’s Awards Literary Competition 2020/2021 and 2022, Dean’s Literary Award Ceremony, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Working Committee of the Orientation Programme (Online) for New Entrants– 2020/2021

Member of the Quality Cell, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka: From 2016 – 2018

Member of the Committee of the Annual Board of Survey, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka: From 2016 – 2017

Member of the Organizing Committee at the International Research Conference – 2016 (IConArts2016), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Working Committee of the Orientation Programme for New Entrants– 2017/2018

Member of the Sponsorship Committee at the International Research Conference – 2018 (IConArts2018), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Member of the Inauguration Committee at the International Research Conference – 2021 (IConArts2021), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Session Chair of the 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium Humanities and Social Sciences (URSHSS– 2021), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Session Chair of the Annual Research Symposium 2021 of the Department of Sociology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Co-chair, Abstract Review of the 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium Humanities and Social Sciences (URSHSS– 2021), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Co-chair of the session at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences (URSHSS– 2023 and 2025), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Resource person for the ‘Workshop for presenting authors’ of the 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences (URSHSS– 2021), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Resource person for the Tamil medium “Pre-Conference workshop on How to Adhere to the Reviewer’s Comments” of the Undergraduate Research Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences (URSHSS– 2025), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Guest Speaker of the workshop for presenting authors of the 5th and 6th Undergraduate Research Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences (URSHSS– 2023 and 2024), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on “How to Present a Research Paper in an International Conference?”

Resource Person to South Asia Policy and Research Institute (SAPRI), Sri Lanka programme on ‘Empowerment of Newly Elected Women Local Government Members of Sri Lanka’ in the districts of Ampara and Vavuniya, from May 2018 to April 2019

Resource Person to the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) to the “Advocacy Meeting for Women in Governance” on Sustainable Development Goals for Women and Peace (SDG 05 & SDG 16) on December 2022

Panelist in a discussion on “Post-war Democracy Building Initiatives in Sri Lanka 2015-2019” conducted by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) in line with the University of South Carolina TTCB Project on November, 2022

Resource Person to the Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ) to the residential peacebuilding workshop in Colombo with local women peace builders held on February 2023

Facilitator of the International Youth Alliance for Peace (IYAP) for the Creative Diploma Course in Democracy and Governance in collaboration with the American Center, US Embassy of Sr Lanka on August 2023