{"id":16,"date":"2017-01-25T06:49:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T06:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/soc\/siri.hettige\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2019-01-21T01:34:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T01:34:01","slug":"appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/soc\/siri.hettige\/index.php\/appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Appointments<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2009<\/span><span>2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Director<\/h4><p>SPARC, 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>2002<\/span><span>1999<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Dean, Arts<\/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>1988<\/span><span>1987<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Head, Sociology<\/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>end<\/span><span>start<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>President<\/h4><p>Sociological Association of Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1995<\/span><span>1992<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Head, Sociology<\/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>2016<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Chairman<\/h4><p>National Police Commission<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>start<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Chairman<\/h4><p>Working Committee on social Sciences<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Memberships&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>1996<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p> International Sociology Association<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>start<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Member<\/h4><p>Editorial Board, Contemporary Social Science<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Journal<\/h4><p>British Academy of Social Science<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>start<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Member<\/h4><p>Editorial Board, Social Forces, published in the USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>start<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Editorial Board, Global Social Policy <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>President<\/h4><p>Association of Sri Lankan Sociologists<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Memberships and Offices Held&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1985<\/span><span>1980<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>International Rural Sociology Association<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1984<\/span><span>1982<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Secretary<\/h4><p>Sociological Association of Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1986<\/span><span>1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Sectoral Committee on Social Infra- Structure, National Science Policy Planning Project, Ministry of Plan Implementation, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1988<\/span><span>1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>General Research Committee, Sri Lanka association for the Advancement of Science<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1987<\/span><span>1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Secretary<\/h4><p>American Studies Association of Sri Lanka, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2006<\/span><span>2002<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Advisory Council on Safe Migration, SARIQ, Delhi <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2007<\/span><span>2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Interim council, National Centre for the Advanced Studies in humanities and Social Sciences, UGC, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Advisory Panel, Bandaranaike Centre fo1993 to date - Member, International Sociological Association<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1988<\/span><span>1987<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Secretary<\/h4><p>Social Science Section, SLAAS<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1988<\/span><span>1987<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>President<\/h4><p>Sociological Association of Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1991<\/span><span>1988<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Working Committee on Social Sciences, Natural Resources, Energy and Science Authority of Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1993<\/span><span>1991<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Secretary<\/h4><p>Local Organizing Committee, Sri Lanka Studies Conference, Colombo and Kandy<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>1998<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Presidential Task Force on the 21 Prevention of Suicide in Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2006<\/span><span>2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Committee on youth Policy, Ministry of Youth Affairs<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2007<\/span><span>2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Council Member<\/h4><p>Anti-corruption Project, ARD\/USAID, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2004<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Chairman<\/h4><p>Social Science Research Committee, NationalScience Foundation, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1996<\/span><span>1996<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>President<\/h4><p>Section F, Sri Lanka Association forthe Advancement of Science<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>1996<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Presidential Committee on Socio Cultural Problems of the Plantation Community<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>1998<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Presidential Task Force on the Development of a Social Safety Network for Migrant Women. <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>1988<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Commissioner<\/h4><p>Presidential Commission on Local Government Reform, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2002<\/span><span>1998<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>National Institute of Social Development, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2006<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>UNDP \u2013 VOICE Project, Ministry of SocialServices<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>National Committee on Grassroots Innovation, Ministry of Science and Technology 22<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2002<\/span><span>1999<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Chairman<\/h4><p>Social Science Steering Committee, National Science Foundation, (Formerly NARESA)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2002<\/span><span>1999<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Governing Council, Alcohol and Drugs Information Centre, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2001<\/span><span>2000<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Governing Council of the National Institute for Local Governance, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2001<\/span><span>2000<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Youth Services Council, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2004<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Governing Council, Sri Lanka, Institute of Local Governance. Steering Committee member, SA (Sociology Association)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Governing Council, Institute of Labor Studies, Ministry of Labor, Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Think Tank Committee, Ministry of Community Development and Social Inequity Eradication<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Major Professional Consultancies &#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1986<\/span><span>1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>National consultant<\/h4><p>UNICEF\/National Housing Development Authority, Sri Lanka Project on Micro-Level Social Planning in Disadvantaged Urban Areas, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1989<\/span><span>1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Consultant Sociologist<\/h4><p>IDRC\/Marga Institute (Colombo)research project on Rural Terms of Trade in Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1990<\/span><span>1989<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Consultant Sociologist<\/h4><p>WHO\/MRI, Colombo sponsored study on Control of DHF, Colombo City<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2000<\/span><span>1999<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Principal Researcher<\/h4><p>National Youth Survey of Sri LankaUNDP, Univ. of Colombo <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1986<\/span><span>1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Consultant Sociologist<\/h4><p>Diagnostic Analysis of Irrigation systems in the District of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, sponsored by USAID and Ministry of Land andLand Development, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1992<\/span><span>1989<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Principal Investigator<\/h4><p>WHO\/Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>1992<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Team Leader<\/h4><p>Highland Vegetables in Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1987<\/span><span>1986<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Team of Researchers<\/h4><p>final evaluation of the Integrated Rural Development Project, Puttalam District, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1990<\/span><span>1989<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Consultant Sociologist<\/h4><p>IIMI\/USAID sponsored research project on Institutional Development in Major Irrigation Systems<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1992<\/span><span>1991<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Team Leader<\/h4><p>UNICEF Research Project on the Situational Analysis of Nutritional Conditions in three selected AGA Divisions in Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Senior Researcher, Final Evaluation of the UNICEF-assisted project on Community Development and Environmental Health, ColomboCity, Sri Lanka, 1983<\/li><li class=\"\">Rural Wells Project ; impact and people's response, IDRP, Puttalam District, Sri Lanka<\/li><li class=\"\">Institutional Development Specialist, Mid-term Evaluation of the USAID funded Irrigation Systems Management Project, Sri Lanka, March 1990<\/li><li class=\"\">Member, TEC, Upper Kotmale Hydro power Development Project (EIA)<\/li><li class=\"\">Consultant Sociologist, Western Region Development Master Plan, BOI\/UDA, Colombo 2004<\/li><li class=\"\">2006 UN\/ESCAP Consultant on Educational Challenges in Asia<\/li><li class=\"\">2010 to date, Co-Chair, Steering Committee, UNV, Colombo<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">In my capacity as a Consultant Sociologist, I have compiled the following research reports for the Marga Institute, Colombo<\/li><li class=\"\">Consultant Sociologist, Evaluation of the Nutrition Education Programme, implemented by the Ministry of Plan Implementation, Sri Lanka sponsored byFAO\/WFP, 1987<\/li><li class=\"\">Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Bio Gas Technology Project, sponsored by National Development Foundation, Sri Lanka, 1990<\/li><li class=\"\">Member, TEC, Colombo-Katunayake Expressway Project (EIA)<\/li><li class=\"\">Needs of Youth Affected by Conflict in Sri Lanka, World Bank, Colombo 24<\/li><li class=\"\">2008, Advisor, ILO- Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion on Sri Lanka Labor Migration Policy<\/li><li class=\"\">Principal Investigator, Reintegration of Migrant workers into Home Community, ILO: Colombo, 2013<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Institutional and non-institutional infrastructure forchildcare, Marga-Unicef project on Needs of Children, 1984<\/li><li class=\"\">Report on the Monitoring of Progress of the FAO - Marga project on Income Generating Activities for Plantation Women, 1985<\/li><li class=\"\">Member, UNDP Mission to Sri Lanka on Aid Coordination and Aid Management, Jan. 1994<\/li><li class=\"\">Team Leader, Social impact Assessment, Colombo \u2013 Matara Express Way project, 1999<\/li><li class=\"\">Consultant Sociologist, ADB\/RDA Roads Improvement Project Resettlement Monitoring Programme, Road Development Authority, Colombo<\/li><li class=\"\">2010- to date, Co-Chairman, Steering Committee, UNV- Ministry of Social Services, Sri Lanka<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Short-Term Training Programs and Workshops Participated&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Salzburg Seminar on Abuse of Alcohol; strategies towards control, Salzburg, Austria, February 1986<\/li><li class=\"\">Interdisciplinary Research Group meeting on Irrigation Systems, held at Colorado State University, U.S.A., May 1987<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Workshop on the Use of Micro-computers for the analysis of irrigation data, sponsored by WaterManagement Synthesis Project, C.S.U., U.S.A. , held at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, 1987<\/li><li class=\"\">Workshop on Computer Applications in the Social Sciences, sponsored by the University of Colombo and the Leiden University Collaboration Project, Colombo, March 1987<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Some of the Major International Conferences Attended &#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Asian Studies Conference Asian Studies Conference, 1978, Melbourne, Australia<\/li><li class=\"\">WHO sponsored Conference on Contribution of State Monopoly Systems to the Control of Alcohol Related Problems, Stockholm, 1987<\/li><li class=\"\">11th European Conference of South Asian Studies, Amsterdam, 1990<\/li><li class=\"\">International Seminar on Irrigation and Society : The case of Mahaweli, Sri Lanka, held in Mt. Verita, Switzerland, September, 1992<\/li><li class=\"\">International Seminar on \u201cChildhood and Adolescence in the on text of Social Change\u201d G.C.I., Colombo, February 1994<\/li><li class=\"\">Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium, Porto, Portugal, 1995 June<\/li><li class=\"\">International Conference on Social Science and Medicine, Peebles, Scotland, September 2-6, 1996<\/li><li class=\"\">World Health Forum, Inter Laken, Switzerland<\/li><li class=\"\">International Conference on \u201cGlobalization and Change of Values\u201d,sponsored by German Cultural Institute, Colombo, held in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Novermber 23 \u2013 28, 2000<\/li><li class=\"\">World Forum of Sociology<\/li><li class=\"\">Poverty and Economic Policy Conference<\/li><li class=\"\">Asian Association of Social Science Research Council Conference, Canberra, Australia 2003<\/li><li class=\"\">Regional Conference of ISA National Associations, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009 February<\/li><li class=\"\">ISA World Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">International Rural Sociology Association Conference, 1980, Mexico City<\/li><li class=\"\">Conference on Alcohol in Developing Countries, sponsored by the Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research, OSLO, 1988<\/li><li class=\"\">Fourth Sri Lanka Studies Conference, Amsterdam, April 1991<\/li><li class=\"\">Symposium on Consumption : Risks, Pleasures and the State in Contemporary Capitalism, June 1993, Helsinki<\/li><li class=\"\">International Sociology Association World Congress, Bielefeld, Germany, June 1994<\/li><li class=\"\">International Conference on Livelihoods from Resource Flows, Lincoping, Sweden, August 19-22, 1996<\/li><li class=\"\">Regional Conference of the Asian Association of Social Science Research Councils on Globalization and Local Cultures, held in Beijing, China, 12-17, October, 1997, 26<\/li><li class=\"\">IUAES Inter-Congress on Metropolitan Ethnic Culture, in Beijing, China, July 22\u201312, 2000<\/li><li class=\"\">World Congress, International Sociology Association, 2002 Brisbane, Australia<\/li><li class=\"\">International Congress of Asian Studies, Kuala Lumpur, 2007<\/li><li class=\"\">World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2006<\/li><li class=\"\">ISA Research Committee 19 Conference on Social Policy in a Globalizing World, Florence, Italy 2007 August<\/li><li class=\"\">ISA World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2010<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">International Conference on Symbolic and Material Dimensions of Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 1986. 25<\/li><li class=\"\">Social Science and Medicine Conference, Amsterdam, 1989<\/li><li class=\"\">Social Dimensions of Health Policy, Regional Seminar held in New Delhi, India, March, 1992<\/li><li class=\"\">Sri Lanka Studies Conference, August 10-13, 1993, Colombo<\/li><li class=\"\">Annual Conference of the Association of South Asian Studies, November, 1994 Lancing, USA<\/li><li class=\"\">International Conference on Social Science and Medicine, Peebles, Scotland, September 2-6, 1996<\/li><li class=\"\">International Sociology Association World Congress, Montreal, Canada, July 26-30, 1998<\/li><li class=\"\">ISA Working Group Conference on \u201cRich and Poor, Berlin, Germany October, 12\u2013 12, 2000,Regional Conference on Asian Youth Studies, Macau, Dec. 2 \u20135, 2000<\/li><li class=\"\">UNESCO General Meeting, Paris, 2005<\/li><li class=\"\">World congress, International Sociology Association, Durban, South Africa, 2006<\/li><li class=\"\">Asian Association of Social Science Research Councils Conference, New Delhi, India 2005<\/li><li class=\"\">International Congress of Asian Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malysia, 2007<\/li><li class=\"\">European Association of Modern South Asian Studies Conference, Bonn, Germany, 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