Prof. Rahula Attalage currently serves as the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at SLIIT. He brings extensive academic and administrative experience, having served in a range of senior roles at the University of Moratuwa. These include Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Senior Professor and Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Director of Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Engineering.

In addition to his academic leadership, Prof. Attalage has contributed to national development initiatives through roles such as Director of the Local and Operational Technical Secretariats for World Bank-funded IRQUE and HETC projects under the Ministry of Higher Education. He has also served as Chairman of the National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering and as Commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.

He has held visiting academic appointments at the Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan and the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand.

Prof. Attalage holds a PhD and a DEA in Energy Engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France, a Master of Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa.