Dr. Dharmasiri - Management Professor

The Council of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura recently promoted the Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Dr. Ajantha Dharmasiri, as a Professor in Management.

Prof. Ajantha Dharmasiri has been an academic for over a decade, associating with PIM in various capacities such as a lecturer, researcher, author, academic supervisor, conference speaker, consultant and trainer.

He serves as an adjunct professor in International Human Resource Management at the Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, USA. He is a Commonwealth AMDISA Doctoral Fellow and a Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellow. He holds a Ph.D. and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa. He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management, UK as well.

Prof. Dharmasiri has over two decades of private and public sector experience in diverse environments including Unilever and Nestle. He has engaged in consultancies in fifteen countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.