1. Research Fellow (Head of the Division – Agricultural Policy and Project Evaluation), (2014.01.01.to date) Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, (HARTI) Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

1. Research Fellow (Head of the Division - Marketing, Food Policy and Agribusiness), (2007.01.01.to 2013) Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, (HARTI) Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

2. Market Management Specialist, (From 2004.11.01 to 2006.10.31) Southern Province Rural Economic Advancement Project (SP - REAP – Asian Development Bank and Government of Sri Lanka) Southern Province, Galle, Sri Lanka.

3. Head of the Division - Agricultural and Environmental Resource Management Division, (2004 year) Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Researc

h and Training Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

4. Research Associate, (2001- 2003) Marketing, Food Policy and Agribusiness Division, Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

5. Head of the Division - Marketing and Food Policy Division, (1997- 2000) Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo,Sri   Lanka.

6. Senior Research and Training Officer, ( 1990-1996)  Marketing and Food Policy  Division, Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

7. Research and Training Officer, (1984-1989) Marketing and Food Policy Division, Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

1.      The Government Teacher in Agriculture (1977-1978). Department of Education, the Government of Sri Lanka.

2.      Visiting Lecture in Economic Planning and Project Management, in the Department of Economics ( 2008 to 2014) University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

3.      Visiting Lecture in Development Economics and Agricultural Marketing in the Department of Economics (2006 to 2014) University of  Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

4.      Trainer in the training Program on “Agricultural Marketing Extension training Program” in the  Marketing and Food Policy Division, (1995-2014) Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

(A) PhD in Economics, School of Economics. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. (Year 2000 to 2004) – Name of the Thesis: “Political Economy of Agricultural Transformation in Sri Lanka”.

(B) M .A. Degree in Development Economics - Agricultural and Rural development. Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands (year-1990/1991) – Name of the Thesis: “Anti-Poverty Policies and Program in Sri Lanka, Special Reference to Food Subsidy Schemes”.

(C) Post Graduate Diploma in International Affairs, 1987/1988, Bandaranayake Center for International Studies, (BCIS), Colombo Sri Lanka, 1987/1988

(D) Post Graduate Diploma in Regional Industrial Development Course for Executives 1988/1989. National Institute of Business Management in Sri Lanka and the Research Institute for Management Science in the Netherlands.

(E) B. A. Degree in Economics (Second Class Upper Division) 1978/1982, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

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