• I obtained my first Degree (BA in Archaeology) from University of Peradeniya and completed Ph.D. programme in India on “A Comparative study of the Early Iron Age cultural Peninsular India and Sri Lanka .” I have been working as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeolgy, University of Peradeniya since 1995

• Ph.D. in Archaeology (2005), Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune , India
• M.Sc. in Archaeology (1993(, Post-Graduate Institute of Archaeology , University of Kelaniya , Sri Lanka .
• BA (Hons) in Archaeology (1983), University of Peradeniya , Sri Lanka

• Archaeological Research Officer, UNE SCO – Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle Programme, Alahana Parivena Project, Polonnaruwa, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka (1984-1989)
• Director (Archaeology), Sigiriya Project, Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Culture & the Arts Sri Lanka (2008 – to date)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka (2009,2010)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of History, University of Jaffna , Sri Lanka (2009)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of History University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka (2009,2010)

• Fellow of Sri Lanka Council of Archaeologists (FSLCA)
• Member, The society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA)
• Member of International association for Asian Heritage
• SAARC Scholarship, Government of India , Ph.D. Programme in India (1998)
• ISLE Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania , USA (1993)

• New Perspectives in Early Iron Age Archaeological Research in Sri Lanka . Seminar on Changing Perspectives and Methodologies in South Asian Archaeology. Organized by K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna , India on 6 th April, 2008

• Bronze & Early Iron Age Archaeology of South Asia , Archaeological Theory and Methods, Cultural Heritage management

Archaeological Sites in the Jaffna Peninsula . Workshop on Conservation and Management of Heritage sites in Jaffna , 24 th - 28 th January, 2011 , pp 24-26, Colombo : Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka
Early Iron Age Research in Peninsular India and its New Perspectives (in Sinhala) in the Archaeological Symposium – 2005 (M.B. Herath ed.) pp 78-89, Colombo Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka

• Head, Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya (2005-2008)
• Chairperson, Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya (2005-to date)
• Chairperson, Organizing Committee, Peradeniya University Research Sessions (PURSE) – 2010, held on 16 th December, 2010 at the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

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