Dr.(Mrs)Kamalakumari Karunaanithy
Senior Lecturer Grade I
Department of Economics
Faculty of Arts
University of Jaffna
Sri Lanka
Senior Lecturer Grade I
Department of Economics
Faculty of Arts
University of Jaffna
Sri Lanka
Academic Qualifications
B.A. (Economics) (UJ);M.Phil (Economics) (UJ); PG Dip. (IIMT); MAAT(SL).; PhD (Economics)(UJ)
Appointments
Senior Lecturer G I 11.12.2006 to date
Senior Lecturer G II 11.12.2000 to 10.12.2006
Lecturer (Probationary) 15.09.1994 to 11.12.2000
Temp. Asst. Lecturer 01.101993 to 10.09.1994
Teaching Interest
Economic history, environmental economics, Current Issues in world development
Awards and Grants or Scholarships
Completed a short – term training on Time series Analysis at Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, Delhi, India – a scholarship awarded by India- Sri Lanka Foundation (High Commission of India) 2003Dec – 2004 February
Publications
Books
Poverty, Entrepreneurship and Development – An Edited Volume, Edited by Mrs. K. Karunaanithy 2014.
Part I Managerial Economics Multiple Choice Question and Answers – Compiled by Mrs. K. Karunaanithy – 2013.
Part II Managerial Economics Discussion Questions and Model Answers – Compiled by Mrs. K. Karunaanithy – 2013.
Course Manual in Managerial Economics – Compiled by Mrs. K. Karunaanithy – 2013.
Course Manual in Public Finance – Compiled by Mrs. K. Karunaanithy - 2013.
Book Chapters
Wrote an Article (in Tamil) – Gender Equity and Economic Growth: Experiences of Asia, Asian Development Realities, Prof.V.P.Sivanathan Felicitation volume,2015, Edited by Dr. S.Santhirasekaram.
Wrote an Article (in Tamil) – Savings and Economic Growth in Post war Sri Lanka, Contemporary Socio Economic Issues in Sri Lanka, 2015, edited by Mr.S.S. Uthayakumar
Research Experiences
Mrs. K.Karunanithy,Senior Lecturer,&Mr. M. Karunanithy, Senior Lecturer, Trincomalee Campus on the title of “Poverty, Female Headed Households and Entrepreneurship Development in the war torn area – A case study within Trincomalee District” – Funded by the National Science Foundation,2000
Presented a paper titled “Financial Liberalization and Operational Efficiency in the Financial Systems of Sri Lanka”, Third Annual Research Session Organized by the Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2004.
Mr. M. Karunanithy, Senior Lecturer,& Mrs. K.Karunanithy,Senior Lecturer,Trincomalee Campus, “The Ideal and Actual Leadership Behavior of the Middle Level and Top Level Officials of the North – East Provincial Council” – Funded by the National Science Foundation, 2005
Mrs. K.Karunanithy,Senior Lecturer,&Mr. M. Karunanithy, Senior Lecturer, Trincomalee Campus, “Measuring Poverty through Non – Economic Variables – a case study on female headed households in Trincomalee” – Fifth Annual Research Session Organized by the Eastern University, Sri Lanka 2006.
Mrs. K.Karunanithy,Senior Lecturer,&Mr. M. Karunanithy, Senior Lecturer, Trinco Campus on “Women Entrepreneurship: A Bane or a Boom to Enterprise Development”.7th ARS held at EUSL (Self Funded), 2008
Mrs. K.Karunanithy,Senior Lecturer,Trinco Campus & Mr. M. Karunanithy, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Marketing, University of Jaffna ,Research paper presented to the ARC, University of Jaffna (Self Funded) “Women Friendly Financial Services: Extending the Frontier ” in 2010.
Ms.Kathyayani Jayasith & Ms.K.Karunaanithy, “Comprative study on Entrepreneurship among the Tamils and Muslims in the Batticaloa District” ,Research paper presented to the Annual Research Session, Vavunia Campus, University of Jaffna in 2011
Ms. Janet Ragel & Ms.K.Karunaanithy, “A Study on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Eachchilampattai Divisional Secretary Division IN THE Trincomalee District”,Research paper presented to the Annual Research Session, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in 2012
Ms.Sathyakala,J and Ms.K.Karunaanithy, Impact of Entrepreneurial Characteristics on The Organizational Development of The Small Business Entrepreneurs, Industrial Engineering letters, ISSN 2224- 6096(paper) ISSN 2225- 0581(online), Vol.3, No.6, 2013
Ms.Dilani, R and Ms.K.Karunaanithy, Impact of Customer Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty Towards Sri Lanka Telecom Plc, Industrial Engineering letters, ISSN 2224- 6096(paper) ISSN 2225- 0581(online), Vol.3, No.7, 2013
Ms.Ambiga,P and Ms.K.Karunaanithy, Effect of Stress on Performance of Employees In Commercial Bank of Ceylon in The Eastern Province, European Journal Of Business Management,ISSN 2224- 6096(paper) ISSN 2225- 0581(online), Vol.5, No.27, 2013
Ms.K.Karunaanithy and Mr.M.Karunanithy,Leisure Activities and Attitudes of Advanced Level Students: A Study Based on Urban Schools In Trincomalee District. ISSN 2222- 1905(paper) ISSN2222- 2839(online) Vol.6, No.7, 2014
Kamalakumari Karunaanithy & Pahala Gedara Luxman Kumara Senevirathne Micro Finance as A Tool of Empowerment: Evidence From Two State Sponsored Micro Finance Projects in Sri Lanka, , European Journal of Business and Management, The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE) Vol.7, No.1, 2015
Kamalakumary Karunaanithy, Mahadevan Karunanithy, & Selvaratnam Santhirasekaram. Understanding and responding to youth Savings behaviour: Evidence from Undergraduates in the war torn regions of Sri lanka, EPRA International Journal of Research and Development (IJRD), ISSN: 2455-7838(Online) Volume: 2 ,Issue: 1, January 2017 ,
Kamalakumari Karunanithy and Nilany Sivagunalan,Constraints on the efficiency: evidence from technology stream students in Advanced level, .EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) ISSN (Online): 2455-3662, Volume: 3 ,Issue: 1 | January 2017
சிவசௌகார்த்திகா சி, மற்றும் .கருணாநிதி க, சுற்றுலாத்துறையின் செல்நெறி: யுத்தத்துக்குப் பின்னரான ஓர் மதிப்பீடு research paper presented a at the International conference on Contemporary Management (ICCM), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna, 27th and 28th July 2017
செ.சஞ்ஜீவன் மற்றும் .க.கருணாநிதி, வினைத்திறன்களும் சவால்களும்; பெண் அரச உத்தியோகத்தரை பாதிக்கும் காரணிகள், research paper submitted at 2nd International Research Conference, (TRInCo 2017), Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, SriLanka, 13th & 14th Setember 2017
துஷ;யந்தி. இ மற்றும் கருணாநிதி,.க செலவீனமும் சேவை வினைத்திறனும்;: யாழ் மாநகரசபை 2005 - 2015> research paper presented at the 6th Annual International Research Conference – 2017, Faculty of Management and Commerce , South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL), 0n 5th & 6th November 2017,
அச்சுதன்.ப மற்றும் கருணாநிதி. க, நீர் மாசடைதலும் வெங்காய உற்பத்தியும்: சுன்னாகம் மின்னுற்பத்தி நிலையத்தின் தாக்கம் குறித்த ஒப்பீட்டு ஆய்வு, research paper presented at the 6th Annual International Research Conference – 2017, Faculty of Management and Commerce , South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL), 0n 5th & 6th November 2017,
K .Karunaanithy, An Empirical Investigation of Saving Behavior of Sri Lanka: 1980-2016 , presented the research paper at the 22nd annual Conference &International seminar- 2017, organized by Faculty of Arts, UoJ in collaboration with Association of Third world Studies, South Asia Chapter, November 2017
செல்வி குணசாந்தினி அருமைநாதன் மற்றும் திருமதி கமலகுமாரி கருணாநிதி. குறைந்த வருமான மட்ட குடும்பங்களின் சேமிப்பு : கரைச்சி பிரதேச செயலாளர் பிரிவில் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட நான்கு கிராம மக்களின் நடத்தைப்பாங்கு International research conference 2018 – Southeastern University
வே.நித்யா மற்றும் க.கருணாநிதி. முதியோர் பராமரிப்பில் தாக்கம் செலுத்தும் காரணிகள் : முதியோர் இல்லத்தில் வாழும் முதியோருக்கும் தமது வீடுகளில் வாழும் முதியோருக்குமான ஒப்பீடு International research conference 2018 – Southeastern University
சார்லொட் சிந்துஜா பெர்னாண்டஸ், மற்றும் கமலகுமாரி கருணாநிதி தலைமன்னார் பிரதேச கல்விப் பொது தராதர உயர்தர மாணவர்களின் பெறுபேறுகளும் செல்வாக்கு செலுத்தும் காரணிகளும்: International research conference 2018 – Southeastern University
பொருளியல் பாட பெறுபேறுகளில் செல்வாக்குச் செலுத்தும் காரணிகள் (வடமராட்சிப் பிரதேசப் பாடசாலைகளை மையமாகக் கொண்ட ஆய்வு) தர்சினி மற்றும்; க.கருணாநிதி International research conference 2018 – Southeastern University
Kamalakumari Karunaanithy and. S.Santhirasekaram, Influence of Demographics on Saving Behavior: A case in Jaffna District, JUICe 2018 University of Jaffna.
K. Karunaanithy and S.Santhirasekaram Budget Deficits and National Savings: Is there a Ricardian Equivalence in Sri Lanka? International research conference 2018 – Trinco Campus, Eastern university.
Kamalakumari. Karunaanithy and S.Santhirasegaram Saving and Attitude: Evidence from households in Jaffna district – Proceedings, 5th International Conference on Contemporary Management 2019 (ICCM 2019), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, university of Jaffna. 29th and 30th July, 2019 pp 28
Kamalakumari. Karunaanithy (2019) Women Entrepreneurship: Can it be Driver of Economic Growth? An evidence from Sri Lanka. - The Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies (2016), Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna 02(02):35 – 46
Dissemination of knowledge
P.Kamalakumari, Structural Adjustment Policies of IMF (1995) MENTOR, Publication of Faculty of Commerce and Management, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
K.Karunanithy, Rural Banking in Sri Lanka (1996) COORMAI, Publication of Department of Economics, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
K.Karunanithy, Green National Accounting (2000) ELAKKU, Publication of the Students Union, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
K.Karunanithy, The Debt Market in Sri Lanka (2001)COORMAI, Publication of Department of Economics, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
K. Karunanithy, Asymmetric Information and Economic Efficiency (2006) THE HARBOUR, Publication of Faculty of Communication and Business Studies, Trincomalee Campus.
K.Karunaanithy (in Tamil) – Event Management, School Magazine of T/Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College, 2015
Kamalakumari. Karunaanithy(2019) Sustainable Development Goals and Social Development: Sri Lankan Experiences, Vanika Vanithai, Commerce Union, Jaffna Hindu Ladies College, Jaffna, Ithal 21,pp 01 -07
Kamalakumari. Karunaanithy (2019) Sri Lankan Labour Market and Labour Force Participation of Women - Vanikaththalir, Commerce Students’union , Holy Family Convent, Jaffna, Ithal 17, pp 08 – 12
Resource Person
Training workshop on capacity development programme for the newly recruited Economic teachers organized by ministry of Education at College of Education Vavunia - April 2016.
Training workshop on capacity development programme (Residential) for the Economic teachers (Tamil Medium) organized by ministry of Education - May 2016.
Training workshop on capacity development programme (Residential) for the Economic teachers from North and East (Tamil Medium) organized by ministry of Education on July- 2016.
Training workshop on capacity development programme (Residential) for the Economic teachers (Tamil Medium) organized by ministry of Education on Nov. 2016.
Administrative Position
At Eastern University, Sri Lanka
Student Counselor
Member of the Senate, Eastern University
Faculty Representative of the University Teachers' Association
Member of the Senior Common Room Society - Staff Welfare
Member of the faculty board of the Faculty of Commerce & Management,
At Trincomalee Campus
Member of the Editorial Board of the faculty journal, ‘The Harbour’, 2005
Chief Editor for the Faculty Journal, ‘The Harbour’, 2007 – 2008
Member of the External Degrees Committee 2005 – 2006.
Member of the Board of Management of the External Studies Unit 2007 – 2011
Head of the Department of Business & Management Studies from June 2007 – Dec 2011
Member of the Campus Board 2007 – 2011
Member of the Heads Committee 2007 – 2011.
Appointed member of the Curriculum Evaluation Committee of the EUSL from the Faculty of Communication & Business Studies 2007 - 2011.
Participated in the preparation of the Development Plan, Master Plan &Corporate Plan for the Trinco Campus.
At University of Jaffna
Coordinator - ICT from 2016 - 2017
Member Faculty team for QAA 2016
Member Faculty team for programme review 2017
Membership in Associations
Life Member of the Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA).
Member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science – Section F (SLASS)
Life Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka MAAT (SL)
Member of the Third World Organisation for Women in Science (TWOWS – Sri Lanka Chapter)
Contribution to Nation
Session Chair to International women conference - organized by NGO forum Jaffna on the theme “empowerment and leadership in post war context” session title : gender equity and equality 21st and 22nd of July, 2018
Attended the consultative forum organized by National Economic Council at presidential secretariat ,Colombo on 25th October, 2018
Served as chief examiner to A/L economics marking panel – 2019 at Jaffna Hindu College (old and new syllabi) Served as chief examiner to A/L economics marking panel – 2019 at Jaffna Hindu College (old and new syllabi)
Served as chief examiner to A/L economics marking panel – 2020 at Jaffna Central College (old and new syllabi)