Biography

An undergraduate in Sociology from the University of London (LSE) and a Gates Scholar when reading for an MPhil in International Relations I went on to work in Sri Lanka's only multidisciplinary think tank, Verite Research., based in Colombo Sri Lanka and as head of politics I managed all research, advisory and projects in the politics research stream. This included editorial management of the weekly media analysis, Verite's signature publication on tracking perceptions on key political and economic issues in Sri Lanka and manthri.lk, Sri Lanka's pioneering parliamentary monitoring platform.
I now work for he United Nations in Sri Lanka as the Reconciliation and Development Specialist