I am an Agriculturist with sound knowledge and experience on Research & Devet.and Project Cycle Mgt. I have my first degree in Agriculture, four years (1993/1997) study programme at the University of Peradeniya and obtain an honors degree. I also hold a M.phil Degree (2003) in Agric. Biology from the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Uni of Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka

I began my career as a Researcher in the Green Farms Ltd, Marawilla, a pioneer exporter of floriculture products to Europe & Far East in Sri Lanka. During my period with Green Farms Ltd, I also contributed my knowledge and expertise as in the capacity of  the Principal Investigator for 4 years Collaborative R&D programme of Green Farms Ltd with Horticultural Crops Research & Devet. Institute (HORDI) of Depart.of Agriculture. This private & public sector research collaboration (1998-2002)  successfully completed with the funds made available by the Council for Agric.Research Policy (CARP/12/430/321) and this research prog.was rated as “Excellent “by the National Committee on Contract Research Programmes and Projects in 2003.

Then I changed my field of professional interest from R&D to Project/Programme Management and continued working with the Government  overseeing the Agric.Development Programmes in the coordination, planning and implementation of the National Programmes with many partner organizations

With my recent work assignments in several donor funded projects of  FAO of UN, Sri Lanka and IFAD, ( 2010- 2013 ) I completed over 15 years of experiences in Rural Agriculture Development, & Project/Programme Management. Further, my multidisciplinary training have enabled me gather a wealth of experience in the fields of Agricultural Project Analysis, Results-based Monitoring & Impact Evaluation.  
                                                                                                                                                  Currently I am working as a Project Scientist for COSTI ( Coordinating Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation)