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  Executive Director & Fellow


Kelegama, Saman

MSc (IIT), MSc, DPhil (Oxon)
E-mail: kelegama@ips.lk
Research Interests: Industrial Economics, International Economics and Trade, Regional Integration, and WTO Issues

  Deputy Director & Fellow


Weerakoon, Dushni

BSc (Queen's University of Belfast), MA, PhD (Manchester)
E-mail: dushni@ips.lk
Research Interests:
International Economics and Trade, Macroeconomic Policy and Planning, Regional Integration, and WTO Issues

  Senior Visiting Fellows

Hettiaratchchi, Wimal
BA (Ceylon), DPhil (Oxon)
E-mail: whettiarachchi@ips.lk
Research Interests:
Macroeconomic Policy and Planning

 

Karunaratne, S. A.
BA (Ceylon), MA (Warwick), MA (Boston)
E-mail: karu@ips.lk
Research Interests: Econometrics and Economic Modeling, Environmental Economics,
Macroeconomic Policy and Planning

 

Nanayakkara, Wimal
BSc (Peradeniya)
E-mail: wimal@ips.lk
Research Interests: Poverty and Development Policy, Labour Economics, Economics of Education and Demographic Studies

 

Wanasinghe, Shelton
BA (Ceylon), Hon. D.Litt (Sri Jayawardenapura)
E-mail: shelton@ips.lk
Research Interests:
Devolution of Public Administration, Economics of Education, Health Economics and Policy

  Research Fellows

Arunatilake, Nisha
BSc (University of South U.S.A.), MA, PhD (Duke)
E-mail: nisha@ips.lk
Research Interests: Economics of Education, Health Economics and Policy, Labour Economics

 

Knight, Malathy
BA (Swarthmore), MA (Colombo), PhD (Manchester)

E-mail: malathy@ips.lk
Research Interests:
Institutional Economics, Political Economy of Reform, Regulatory Governance, Competition Policy, Industrial Policy and Strategic Enterprise Development, Public Enterprise Reform and Privatization, Infrastructure Development

 

Samarathunga, Parakrama
BSc (Peradeniya), MSc (Univ. of Philippines), PhD (La Trobe)
E-mail: parakrama@ips.lk
Research Interests: Agricultural Economics, Econometrics and Economic Modeling, Environmental Economics

 

Senaratne, Athula
BSc, MPhil (Peradeniya) PhD Candidate (Deakin)
E-mail: athula@ips.lk
Research Interests: Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics

 

Wijayasiri, Janaka
BA (Sussex), MA (The Hague), PhD Candidate (Monash)
E-mail: janaka@ips.lk
Research Interests: International Economics and Trade, Regional Integration, and WTO Issues

  Manager, Health Policy Programme

Dayaratne, G.D.
BA (Peradeniya)
E-mail: dayaratne@ips.lk
Research Interests: Database Management, Health Economics and Policy

  Research Economists
 

Tilakaratna, Ganga
BA (Manchester), MPhil (Cantab), PhD Candidate (Manchester)
E-mail: ganga@ips.lk
Research Interests: Poverty and Development Policy

 

Gunawardena, Asha
BSc (Peradeniya), MBA (Moratuwa)
E-mail: ashag@ips.lk
Research Interests: Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Labour Economics

 

Wijesinha, Anushka
BSc (Hons) (University College London), MA (Leeds)
E-mail: anushka@ips.lk
Research Interests: Macroeconomic Policy and Planning

 

Research Officers

Galappattige, Ayodya
BSc, MSc (Peradeniya)
E-mail: ayodya@ips.lk
Research Interests: Poverty and Development Policy, Agricultural Economics, and Environmental Economics

  Jayathilaka, Ruwan
BA, MEcon (Colombo), MSc (NUS), PhD Candidate (Griffith)
E-mail: ruwan@ips.lk
Research Interests: Demographic Studies, Econometrics and Economic Modelling, Environmental Economics, International Economics and Trade, Poverty and Development Policy
 

Jayawardena, Priyanka
BSc (Colombo)
E-mail: priyanka@ips.lk
Research Interests: Demographic Studies

 

Jayaweera, Roshini
BA (Peradeniya), MSc (NUS)
E-mail: roshini@ips.lk
Research Interests:  Poverty and Development Policy, Environmental Economics

 

Madurawala, Sunimalee
BA (Colombo)
E-mail: sunimalee@ips.lk
Research Interests: Health Economics and Policy, Poverty and Development Policy, Environmental Economics

 

Marawila, Dilhani
BSc, MSc (Peradeniya), PhD Candidate (Sydney)
E-mail:dilhani@ips.lk
Research Interests:
Agricultural Economics

 

Thibbotuwawa, Manoj
BSc, MSc (Peradeniya) PhD candidate (University of Western Australia)
E-mail: manoj@ips.lk
Research Interests: Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, International Economics and Trade

 

Wickramasinghe, Kanchana
BSc (Peradeniya), MEcon (Colombo)
E-mail: kanchana@ips.lk
Research Interests: Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, Poverty and Development Policy, Labour Economics

 

Hirimuthugodage, Dilani
BA, MEcon (Colombo)
E-mail: dilani@ips.lk
Research Interests: Agricultural Economics, Intellectual Property Rights, Econometrics and Economic Modeling

 

Bandara, Samanthi
BA (Colombo), MSc (Chulalongkorn)
E-mail: samanthi@ips.lk
Research Interests:  Economic evaluation, Health Systems Financing and Iimpact Assessment of health Policies/Interventions.

 

Research Assistants

  Nethmini

Perera, Nethmini
BA, MA (Colombo)
E-mail: nethmini@ips.lk
Research Interests: Health Economics and Environmental Economics

  dharshani

Karunaratne, Chandana
BA (Virginia), MA (Sydney), MA (Western Sydney)
E-mail: chandana@ips.lk
Research Interests: Poverty and Development Policy, Econometrics and Economic Modeling, International Finance

  dharshani

Abayasekara, Ashani
BA (Peradeniya)
E-mail: ashani@ips.lk
Research Interests: International Economics and Trade, Regional Integration, Labour and Gender Economics

  dharshani

Brahmanage, Buddhika
BA (Peradeniya)
E-mail: buddhika@ips.lk
Research Interests: Public Enterprise Reform and Privatization, Regulatory Economics, Infrastructure

 

 


     

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