I have been working as a lecturer at the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka since 2011. I had been an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Passau University, Germany from March 2016 to February 2018. Prior to became a lecturer, I was working as a Systems Engineer at Fujitsu, Japan in the Network Service division. I graduated with a PhD in Development Economics from GRIPS, Japan and Bacholor of Engineering degree from UEC, Japan.

My research interests are

• Development Economics
• Economics of Education
• Applied Econometrics
• Financial Economics
• Health Economics

If you are interested in postgraduate research leading to MPhil/PhD in above fields please contact me on asankap@wyb.ac.lk