Senior Lecturer

CAREER SUMMARY

  • Senior Lecturer at SLIIT Business School (April, 2023 - Present) 
  • Lecturer at SLIIT Business School (September, 2021 - March 2023)
  • Assistant Lecturer at SLIIT Business School (September, 2020 - August 2021)
  • Academic Instructor at SLIIT - Faculty of Business Management (November, 2018 - August 2020) 
  • Accounts Officer at Land Reform Commission Sri Lanka (November, 2017 - October, 2018). 
  • Junior Product Executive at OCTA: EW Information Systems (Pvt) Limited (June, 2016 - June, 2017). 
  • Trainee Financial Analyst at Isenguard Investments (Pvt) Limited. (December, 2015 - February, 2016)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • MBA in International Business, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Diplomacy and World Affairs, Bandaranaike International DiplomaticTraining Institute.
  • CIMA Passed Finalist (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) 
  • BBA (Hon) Business Management (First Class), Sheffield Hallam University, UK (2016).
  • BBA (Hons) in Business Management, Specialized in Accounting and Finance (2nd Class Upper Division), SLIIT (2017)
  • Diploma in Diplomacy and World Affairs (Merit Pass), Bandaranaike International DiplomaticTraining Institute.   

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Research Interests

  • International Business
  • Sustainable Development
  • Tourism 

Memberships

CIMA - Student Membership 

Alumni of BIDTI

Research Clusters

Behavioral Systems

Understanding how humans behave and interact with each other, organizations, technology and society may help improve the quality of lives of people.  

PUBLICATIONS

  • Conference Presentations 2020

    The Relationship between Sustainability Reporting and Financial Performance of Listed Companies in Sri Lanka.

    Weerarathna R., Lokeshwara A.A., Sandali W.A.P.L., Gunathilake W.K.N.C., Deshapriya M.G.C.D., Nirman M.A.C. ,

  • Conference Proceedings 2020

    Challenges Faced in the Implementation of Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Evidence from Listed Companies in Sri Lanka

    Weerarathna R., Lokeshwara A.A., Sandali W.A.P.L., Gunathilake W.K.N.C., Deshapriya M.G.C.D., Nirman M.A.C. , (International Conference on Business Management)

  • Conference Presentations 2020

    The Relationship between Environmental Disclosure of Sustainability Reporting and the Financial Performance in Listed Companies in Sri Lanka

    Weerarathna R., Lokeshwara A.A., Sandali W.A.P.L., Gunathilake W.K.N.C., Deshapriya M.G.C.D., Nirman M.A.C. , (CINEC Student Research Symposium, 2020)

  • Conference Proceedings 2022

    An Investigation of the Causality Relationship Between Major South Asian Foreign Currencies and Major Cryptocurrencies

    Weerakoon H.N.S.G.A, Lokeshwara A.A, Liyanage H.S, Gamage C.M, and Wanninayaka D.M.S.C , (International Conference on Business Management (ICBM) 2022)

  • Conference Proceedings 2022

    Surviving The Pandemic: Case of Homestay Units in The Kandy Tourism Area.

    N.P.S. Alwis, D.N.D. Wickrama, T.L.K. Thambawita, K.M.I.A., Wickramasinghe, R.S. Weerarathna, A.A. Lokeshwara , (International Conference on Business Management (ICBM) 2022)

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