Dilani Hirimuthugodage

Dilani Hirimuthugodage is a Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) with research interests in Agriculture and Agribusiness Development, Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, and Intellectual Property.

Dilani has 14 years of research experience at IPS. She has worked as a consultant to several international organisations, including the British Council, World Bank, JICA, WFP, and FAO. She has also functioned as a consultant to several government ministries, such as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Environment. Dilani has served in national committees on IP, including the committee that drafted the National Intellectual Property Policy for Sri Lanka. Many of her research findings have been published in peer-reviewed national and international journals, magazines, and book chapters.

Dilani is a recipient of the Fellowship Programme on Intellectual Property, Transfer of Technology and Licensing awarded by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and held in France in 2017. She holds a BA in Economics with a Second Class (Upper) and a Master’s in Economics (Distinction Pass) from the University of Colombo. In addition, she is a part-qualified candidate of CIMA-UK.