Appointments

  • to date2020/07

    Director

    National Education Research and Evaluation Center, Sri Lanka

  • 2015/082014/04

    Acting Director

    National Education Research and Evaluation Center, Sri Lanka

  • present2008/11

    Senior Lecturer

    Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo

  • 2008/112008/04

    Senior Lecturer

    Department of Education, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  • presentpresent

    Senior academic

    Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo

  • presentpresent

    Visiting Lecturer

    Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.

  • 2018/112018/10

    Visiting Scholar

    International University of Japan

  • 2016/112016/09

    Visiting Scholar

    School of Education of the University of Tampere,Finland

  • 2012/102012/09

    Visiting Academic

    Faculty of Education, University of Deusto, Spain

  • 2013/092013/08

    Visiting Scholar

    Faculty of Education, University of Pune

  • 2014/032014/02

    Resource Person

    Faculty of Education, University of Pune

  • end2014

    Member of the Academic

    Research and Evaluation Committee of the NEREC

  • 2015/082014/04

    Acting Director

    National Education Research and Evaluation Center (NEREC), Sri Lanka

  • 2015/122015/03

    Commission member

    Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka

Workshops

  • Participation in the first Capacity Development Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand Organized by NEQMAP
  • Participation in the third Capacity Development Workshop organized by NEQMAP in SEOUL, Korea

Other Experiences

  • I have worked at the following universities as Visiting Scholar,Tampere University - Finland,Deusto University - Spain, University of Pune - India, International University of Japan ,Vorarlberg College of Teacher Education - Austria, Purdue University - USA
  • I have conducted seminars and presentations to international students at the University of Oslo about the impact of globalization on education policy in Sri Lanka.
  • Faculty Coordinator for Ethnic Cohesion Program conducted under the Higher Education for the Twentieth Century Project
  • Researching on barriers for social cohesion under the (HETC) project
  • Consultant to the Department of Education and Extension of the University of Pune, India in improving Curriculum and Staff Development of the Master’s degree programme in Education.
  • Consultant to the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) in developing the Bachelor of Education degree programmes under a government project.
  • Consultant to the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Kelaniya in developing the Diploma in Education Programme for the undergraduates of the same.

Employement Details

  • June 2006 January 2002

    Research Fellow

    University of Oslo

  • November 2008April 2008

    Senior Lecturer (Grade ii)

    University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  • March 2021 November 2008

    Senior Lecturer (Grades i-ii)

    University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • to dateMarch 2021

    Professor