CAREER SUMMARY

As the Head of the Department of Mathematics Department, my main desire is to provide the best service to the  students who follow  Mathematics and Statistics modules offered by the department and this, in order to  get a better recognition for the  Department. 

Before I joined SLIIT, I was the Senior Professor in Applied Statistics at the University of Moratuwa (UoM), until I retired on 30th September 2020 and thereafter was a visiting lecturer at UoM.    I joined the UoM as a Senior Lecturer Grade I and was promoted to Professor and Senior Professor during my 14 years’ service and was the Head of Mathematics Department, Faculty of Engineering, UoM from 2011-2017. Before I joined UoM, I served 25 years at the Coconut Research Institutes (CRI), Lunuwila,  as  a Statistician, Senior Statistician, Principal Statistician and finally the Head of  the Statistics Division ( 2001-2007). I have significantly contributed to the CRI and to the Department of Mathematics of the University of Moratuwa.

I  was a commonwealth scholar to New Zealand in 1984 and a Rothermated scholar to UK in 1996.  I received the President’s Award for Scientific Publications in four years.

I was a visiting professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Country, USA,    Department of Statistics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, and  Department of Statistics,  University of Connecticut,  USA.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Statistics Soceity in the UK and a Fellow of the Institute of Applied Statistics Sri Lanka (IASSL). I was the President of the IASSL in 2014 and I have been a member of the Executive Council since 2011. My  research areas  are Multivaraite  Statistics, Regression  Modelling,  Time Series Modelling, and Climate Change Analysis. I have supervised 3 Ph. D.s  and nine M. Phils in addition to about 50 M. Sc. students.

I have made  a  significant contribution to popularizing applied statistics  at  the Faculty of Engineering of  the University of Moratuwa.  I have more than 35 years of post qualifying experince in statistical advisory/consultancy  and made an impact in Sri Lanka in the  field of Applied Statistics. I  have published around 50 research papers in international and national refereed journals, and  around 50 conference proceedings both locally and internationlly.

Carrer Development

Dept. of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

1.      Temporary Instructor                       (Oct 1979 -  Sep 1980)

   Biometry Division, Coconut Research Institute (CRI, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka)

1. Statistician                                                                    (Oct 1980 -  April 1986)
2. Senior Statistician                                                          (May 1986 -   Dec 1991)
3. Principal Statistician                                                      (Jan 1992 -  May 2004)
4. Principal Statistician & Head, Biometry Division             (Jun 2004 -  Aug 2007)

 

Department of Mathematics, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

1. Senior Lecturer Grade I                                            (Aug 2007 - Jan 2011)
2. Professor in Applied Statistics                                  (Jan 2011 – Jan 2019)
3. Head, Dept. of Mathematics                                    (Jun 2012  - June 2018)
4. Senior Professor in Applied Statistics                        (Jan, 2019 to October 2020)

SLIIT

1. ·   Professor and Head / Mathematics                             (01 Jan 2021 to date) 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Educational Qualification

·        B. Sc. (First Class Honours), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - 1979

·        M. Sc. (Statistics), University of Canterbury, New Zealand - 1985

·        Ph. D. (Applied Statistics), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka – 1996 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP