Professor Ramani Hettiarachchi, Professor in History had her primary and secondary education at Aluthgama Maha Vidyalaya. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in History from the University of Peradeniya where she also obtained a Master of Arts Degree in the same field. Consequently, she attained her Ph.D. at the University of Kel, The Plantation Economy and Social Formation among Indian Immigrant Laborers of Sri Lanka, being her major area of study. She has been Awarded Post-doctoral Fellowship: Erasmus Mundus Fellowship by the European Commission for her work entitled The Christianizing the Immigrant Plantation Workers in Colonial and Contemporary Sri Lanka; The Mission and its Contradiction, University of Uppsala, Sweden, 2015-2016. Professor Ramani Hettiarachchi was offered Research Fellowship by EXPERTS4 Asia Project, Erasmus Mundus by the European Commission, University of Gottingen, Germany in 2014 the title of the Research being Fraternity, Caste and Buddhist Culture in Sri Lanka. Further, she gained Research Fellowship from the Indo-American Centre, Hyderabad, India in 2005 of which the title is The Trade Union and Politics in the USA. She was also awarded Visiting Research Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, USA, the title of which is Slave Labour, History of South Carolina followed by The University Research Grant for Parameters of Colonial Urban Development The City of Colombo, which has been offered by research grants By University Research Council, University of Peradeniya, 2017-2018. Currently, she is holding the position of Deputy Proctor of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Peradeniya while being noted for her role as a Board of Nominee, Faculty of Arts, Board of study for social sciences in PGIHS. Equally important is her dedication in the academic context. Her main academic contribution has been towards Portuguese, Dutch, and British Colonialism in Asia and South East Asia. She dedicated her full time to conducting many programs to empower the plantation labor community who until this point remained inarticulate through the deliverance of various programs. Not only did she make a subjective impact but also a practical impact in this context.