Obtains Doctorate

Ajantha Dharmasiri, a faculty member and a management consultant of the Postgraduate Institute of Management, has successfully obtained his PhD degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenapura.

His doctoral research topic was “Strategic orientation of HR managers in South Asia” which was sponsored by Commonwealth AMDISA doctoral scholarship for 2007.

His international supervisor, Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore highly recommended his doctoral thesis, which was endorsed by the external examiner, Prof. Traci Carte from the University of Oklahoma USA.

Having received his primary education at St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and secondary education at Royal College, Colombo, Ajantha obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, and an MBA with a Merit from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenapura.

As an emerging academic scholar, he has attended several research conferences, in London, Sydney, Singapore, Dhaka, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Colombo in presenting papers.

He has published articles in local and foreign journals. He won the gold medal for the best paper in management studies at the tenth anniversary International Symposium organised by the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka in July 2006.