chandima

Dr. G. A. C. N. Priyadarshani (Dr. Chandima N.P.G. Arachchige)

SENIOR LECTURER – GRADE II

Department of Statistics
University of Colombo
Colombo 00300
Sri Lanka

Office: Department of Statistics
Work Phone: +94 11-259 0111
Work Fax: +94 11-259 0111
Email: chandi@stat.cmb.ac.lk

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD 2020

    PhD in Statistics

    La Trobe University, Australia

  • BSc 2013

    BSc in Statistics (First Class Honours)

    University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • CTMH 2022

    Certificate in Teaching Methodology in Higher Education

    Staff Development Center, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

  • Certificate 2021

    A short course on Let’s write a Systematic Review: A Guide to develop a Systematic Review

    Dean Research and Development Office, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka

  • Certificate 2020

    Workshop on Teaching in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics

    La Trobe University, Australia

  • Certificate 2020

    Effective Teaching, Effective Learning in Quantitative Disciplines

    AMSI Summer School 2020, La Trobe University, Australia

  • Certificate 2018

    Advanced Sessional Teachers Summit

    College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia

  • Technician Stage 2011

    Certified Management Accountancy (CMA) -Technician Stage

    Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Teaching

  • Introduction to Survey Design
  • Basic Statistical Computing
  • Applied Time Series
  • Introduction to probability and Statistics
  • Statistics in Practice I

Research Interests

  • Robust Statistics
  • Time Series Forecasting
  • Survey and Sampling
  • Statistical Modeling