Academic and Professional Qualifications
Master of Business Administration, University of Peradeniya (2022-2024)
BSc. Agricultural Technology and Management, University of Peradeniya (2017-2021) Major: Applied Economics and Business Management
Diploma in Accounting and Business (2017) ACCA, UK.
PhD in Management (Entrepreneurship), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada (Reading)
MSc. Management (Supply Chain Management), Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada (2024-2026)
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS
Awards and Recognitions
Experiential Learning Award 2026: Awarded by the University of Manitoba, Canada
Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Determinants of Translating Entrepreneurial Intention to Action: A Study of Undergraduate Students of the University of Peradeniya” - 18th International Conference on Business Management - 2021
General Convocation of the University of Peradeniya (2022)
- University Prize for Academic Excellence at the Final Examination (2021)
- S.F.H Perera Memorial Prize (2021)
- Ananda Amarasinghe Memorial Prize (2021)
Publications
Weerahewa J., de Alwis, D.T., Dharmakeerthi, S., Nagarajan, L. and Stewart, Z. (2024, August 2-7) Economic Feasibility of Alternative Technologies and Strategies for Sri Lanka’s Fertilizer Crisis: A Simulation Analysis for Paddy-Based Dry Zone Agricultural Systems [Oral Presentation]. 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), New Delhi, India https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/344278?ln=en&v=pdf DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344278
de Alwis, D.T., Kodithuwakku, K.A.S.S. and Hemachandra, D. (2022) Determinants of Translating Entrepreneurial Intention to Action: A Study of Undergraduate Students of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Journal of Business Research and Insights 8(2) (pp 83-112)
