Current Affiliations

• 2015  to present – Co-Director of the Career Guidance Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo 
• 2008 to date Organization of Women Water Professionals (NetWwater)
• 2010 to date  Species Survival Commission/ Amphibian Specialist Group (IUCN)
• 2013 – 2016 – Executive Secretary of Sri Lanka Water Partnership (SLWP)
• 2019 to date Steering committee member/  SA Water Partnership, Global Water Partnership (GWP)
• 2018 to date Digital Belt and Road Initiative for Disaster Management (DBAR) of Asia
• 2008 to date  of Asian University network on Environment and Disaster Management (AUEDM)
• 2005 to date of Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Corporation/ Our Nation and the Sea group
• 2020 to date Member, Board of Directors, South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes

Research Awards

• 2019 – Best exploratory project in water (Waterlex, Switzerland affiliated to UN water)
• 2017 – SUSRED Award (National Science Foundation)
• 2016 – National Research Council merit award for Research
• 2007, 2012, 2017 – Presidential Award for Excellence in Research
• 2017 –   Senate Award for Excellence in Research, University of Colombo
• 2018 –   Award for excellence in academic outreach, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
• 2019 –   Senate Award for Excellence in Research, University of Colombo
• 2019 –   Award for excellence in academic outreach, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
• 2005 onwards – More than 40 competitive International Travel Grants awarded from organizations including World Water Council, IUCN, Stockholm Water Institute, World Wildlife Fund, USSDR, UNITAR

Research affiliations

• Prof. Mike Petterson and Dr. Loic Le De (Auckland University of Technology, NZ)
• Prof. Rajib Shaw (Keio University , Japan)
• Prof. Mahua Mukherjee (IIT, Rookree, India)
• Dr. Stephen Woroniecki (Linköping University, Sweden)

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