Dr.K.Sooriyakumar

Dr. K. Sooriyakumar

Senior Lecturer Grade I

  • PhD in Applied Economics, Auburn University, AL, U.S.A
  • MSc. in Economics, Auburn University, AL, U.S.A
  • MSc. in Management of natural resources and sustainable agriculture, UMB, Norway
  • BSc. in Agricultural Science (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

Contact Details

Department of Agricultural Economics,Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna.

Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi ,44000, Sri Lanka.

E-mail: Ksooriyakumar@yahoo.com

Telephone No : +94 (0) 21 206 0175



Teaching

  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Natural Resources and Development Economics
  • Introduction to Econometrics
  • Natural resources and Environmental Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Project Analysis
  • International Trade Economics

Research Interests

  • Agricultural Market analysis
  • Applied micro and macroeconomics
  • International Trade
  • Regional Economics
  • Resource and Environmental Economics

Projects

Awards & Scholarships

  • NORAD fellowship from Norwegian Government to follow master degree at UMB, Norway.


Memberships

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

  • Technical Editor, International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, 2012 to 16
  • Technical Editor, Trends in Agricultural Economics, 2012 to 16
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2012 to 2013
  • Head of Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2003-2007 and 2014 - 2018
  • Student Counselor for undergraduate students at University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2004-2005 and 2014 - 2018
  • Senate member of University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2002- 2007
  • Member of Sports Advisory Committee, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 1998-1999 and 2014 – 2018.

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • American Economic Association (2012- 2015)
  • American Finance Association (student Member, 2011)
  • Southwestern Society of Economists (Student Member, 2011)
  • Delta Epsilon Iota
  • Golden Key
  • Gamma Sigma Delta
  • Jaffna Science Association, Sri Lanka

Reviewer

  • Economics Bulletin
  • International Review of Applied Economics
  • Journal of Economic Development
  • International Journal of Economics and Finance
  • Asian Journal of Economic Modeling
  • International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS