CAREER SUMMARY
Colinie Wickramaarachchi is a Lecturer attached to Business Management Department at SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
Prior to joining as a Lecturer, she worked as an Assitant Lecturer under the Business Management department teaching and conducting research on areas specialized in to management and economics from 2022/02/01 - 2024/04/30. She also has the experience in the post of Research Assistant to the AHEAD project on Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness at SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka from 2021/02/01 - 2022/02/01. Prior to that she has worked as a Finance Intern at Central Bank of Sri Lanka Under Bakertilly Edirisinghe and Company from 2018/11/1-2019/04/01. She has also worked as an Academic Cordinator and as an Assistant Tutor for English Elocution at International Institute of Music, Speech and Drama from 2017-2020.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Business Administration - 2024 - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
SPSS Certification 2022 - CIPM
B.B.A Special (Honors) degree specialized in Business Management at SLIIT (First Class) - 2021
Executive Diploma in Human Resource Analytics (Distinction) at Chartered Institute of Personnel Management - 2021
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
Economics
Disability
Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
Poverty
Employment
Education
PUBLICATIONS
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Relationships between Socio-Economic and Demographic Characteristics of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
Wickramarachchi, C., Jayathilaka, R., Serasinghe, W., Kollure, L., Thisarani, T., Suraweera, T., & Thelijjagoda, S. , “Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review” , pp. 124-138
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Academic Success of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness in the Tertiary Sector : Explanatory Model
Suraweera,T., Wickramaarachchi. C., Bandara. S., Dewage, N., Gunawardana, M., Nanayakkara, T., Yapa, N., Jayathilaka. R., and Thelijjagoda. S, “European Journal of Special Education Research” , pp. 45-69
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An Operational Model of Managing Vocational Training for Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
Wickramaarachchi. C., Suraweera, T., Jayathilaka R., and S. Thelijjagoda, (14th International Research Conference, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka)
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Factors Affecting Academic Performance of People with Visual Disabilities in the Tertiary Sector
Suraweera,T., Dewage, N., Wickramaarachchi. C., Gunawardana, M., Nanayakkara, T., and Yapa, N., (SLIIT International Conference on Advancement in Sciences & Humanities)
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Obstacles and Challenges for People with Visual Impairment and Blindness in Seeking Financial Services from Banking Sector
Suraweera, T., Wickramaarachchi. C., Ranasinghe, R.A.B.N., Jayarathna, I.G.N.H., and De Silva, W.P.P, (SLIIT International Conference on Advancement in Sciences & Humanities)