{"id":16,"date":"2023-07-17T08:09:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:19:44","slug":"appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic\u00a0 Positions<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>2023<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer (Grade II)<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2023<\/span><span>2022<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade)<\/h4><p>Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Humanities &amp; Sciences, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), Sri Lanaka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2022<\/span><span>2021<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer (Grade II)<\/h4><p>Department of Computational Mathematics, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanaka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2021<\/span><span>2021<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Head of the Department<\/h4><p>Department of Computational Mathematics, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanaka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2021<\/span><span>2020<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Lecturer - MSc in Applied Statistics<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2020<\/span><span>2016<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Casual Academic<\/h4><p>Department of Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University, Australia<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\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>Assistant Lecturer <\/h4><p>Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Lecturer<\/h4><p>Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015<\/span><span>2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Lecturer<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2014<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Lecturer<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2013<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Instructor<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Administrative Positions<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2024<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Department Secretary<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2024<\/span><span>2023<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Industrial Training Co-coordinator - BSc(Hons) in Applied Statistics<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2026<\/span><span>2024<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Industrial Training Coordinator - BSc(Hons) in Applied Statistics<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2027<\/span><span>2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Coordinator of MSc. in Applied Statistics 2025 Batch<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2026<\/span><span>2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Domain Coordinator: Postgraduate Program Review (PGPR) 2025 <\/h4><p>Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Domain Coordinator : Internal Quality Assurance Cell <\/h4><p>Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>2026<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>QA Coordinator - Post Graduate Programs<\/h4><p>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Positions held in professional bodies<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Editorial Board Memeber<\/h4><p>Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics (SLJAS), Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (IASSL)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Executive Counsil Memeber<\/h4><p>Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (IASSL)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>2024<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Life Member<\/h4><p>Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (IASSL)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2020<\/span><span>2016<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member<\/h4><p>Statistical Society of Australia<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Project Executive<\/h4><p>Resources Development Consultants (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2014<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Data Analyst<\/h4><p>Higher Education for the Twenty first Century (HETC), HETC Project office, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2012<\/span><span>2012<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Field Officer<\/h4><p>Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC), Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2011<\/span><span>2011<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Intern<\/h4><p>Research and International Affairs Division, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Academic\u00a0 Positions [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Administrative Positions [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Positions held in professional bodies [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/statistics\/chandima-priyadarshani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}