EDUCATION

• B. Sc. (Special) degree in Zoology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• M.Sc.  University of Michigan U.S.A.
• Ph. D., University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

EXPERIENCE

• Vice Chancellor –University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka July 2005 to October 2008.
• Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors (CVCD) 2008.
• Chairman, Board of Management, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, 2005 – 2008.
• Council Member, Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2008.
• General President – Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009.
• Member of the Governing Council of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution, January 2009 – 2010.
• Member of the Board of Governors of the Arthur C Clarke Institute of Modern Technology, 2006- 2008.
• Member of the Governing Board of the National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering, 2002 – 2003.
• Member of the Governing Board of National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, 1998 – 2001.
• Member of the Board of Management of the National Science Foundation, 2010-2013.
• Member of the Board of Management of the National Institute of Fundamental Studies.
• Member of the Board of Management of Industrial Technology Institute, 2015 June to date.
• Member of the Governing Board of the Provincial Environmental Authority, NorthWestern Province, 2000-2002, 2008-2013.
• Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, 1995 – 2001.
• Member of the Board of Management, Affiliated University College, Kuliyapitiya 1995- 1996.
• Member of the Board of Management, Postgraduate Institute of Science 1996- 2001.
• Council Member – National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka 2001-2010, 2014 to date.
• Council Member – Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2013-2015.
• Chairman – Board of Trustees, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013, 2014, 2015.
• Director of the Staff Development Unit of the University of Kelaniya, 2003-2004.
• Head – Department of Zoology, University of Kelaniya, 1990 – 1992.
• Chairman – Research Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka 2013 to date.
• Chairman, University Research Council, University of Kelaniya, 2014 to date.
• Elected Member of the Council of the University of Kelaniya 2002 – 2004, 2014 to date.