• Head of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna since 1 Aug 2024 to date.

• Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture (JDZA) Volume 7 (No. 1 and No. 2) published by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna (2021)

• Convener of the 6th International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture (ICDA 2020) hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna on 3rd and 4th December 2020.

• Student counsellor (2020-2021)

• Activity coordinator for the AHEAD project for the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna 

• Member of the wiring team of the Programme Review for the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna (2019)

• Representative to the Senate from 14.11.2018 to 28.02.2021.

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture Volume 5 (Issue 1 and Issue 2) published by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna (2019)

• Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture (JDZA) Volume 4 (No. 1 and No. 2) published by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna (2018)

• Member of the writing team of the Institutional Review for the University of Jaffna (2018)

• Member of the writing team of the AHEAD project for the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna 

• Faculty representative of the University of Jaffna Teachers Union (2018)

• Coordinator for the Laboratory Technique course offered for undergraduates in First year First Semester (2018)

• Secretary of the Third International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture (ICDA 2017) hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna on 1st and 2nd November 2017

• Voluntary student counsellor - 2011 

• Review

• Full-length research papers

  • Cogent food & agriculture (2025)

  • Journal of Food Science (Wiley) (2024)

  • Food Research International (Elsevier) (2024)

  • Cogent food & agriculture (2024)

  • Food and Bioprocess Technology (Springer) (2024)

  • Journal of Food Science (Wiley) (2023)

  • Current Nutrition and Food Science (Bentham Science) (2023)

  • ACS Food Science and Technology (ACS - American Chemical Society) (2021)

  • Journal of Advances in Food Science & Technology (2021)

  • Journal of Basic and Applied Research International (2021)

  • Food Science & Nutrition (Wiley online library) (2018)

Abstracts

• • 10th YSF research Symposium (National Science and Technology Commission - NASTEC, 2022)

  • 7th International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture (ICDA 2021) organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna

  • 4th National Symposium on Agriculture (2021), Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University

  • 6th International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture (ICDA 2020) organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna

  • 4th International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture (ICDA 2018) organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna

  • 4th Jaffna University International Conference - JUICe 2018 organized by the University of Jaffna

  • Vingnanam International Research Conference 2018 (VIRC 2018) organized by Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna

Workshops attended

1. Workshop on Self Evaluation Report (SER) writing for Institutional review on 12th May 2015 at Colombo.

2. Training programme at the Annamalai University and different research institutions in South India to develop academic and educational cooperation and promote mutual understanding between two universities under the programme of “Skill and Curriculums development programme for the Faculty of Agriculture” from 01 April 2019 to 10 April 2019.

3. Workshop for the Self Evaluation Report writing (SER) for Programme Reviews (PR) in State Universities on 22 January 2019 at the UGC, Colombo.

4. Workshop on “Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Higher Education” conducted on 29 January, 2020 at AHEAD Operations, Colombo by Koji Miyamoto, Senior Economist, World Bank Education Global Practice under the AHEAD result area 2 for the winners.

5. A  5-days CDIO workshop from Feb 2-6, 2020 hosted/organized by Singapore Polytechnic and Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna.

6. Agrifood Innovation Forum 2023 on 18 July 2023 held at Armitage Centre, Toowoomba, Australia. The theme of the event was “environment, social, governance (ESG) and sustainability explores how these themes plug in to the paddock to plate supply chain”

7. Workshops conducted by QUT Graduate research Education + Development, QUT, Australia.

i. EndNote Essentials (15.03.2021 )

ii. HDR Writing Circle: Coherence in Academic Writing - Organising and connecting your ideas (28.04.2021 )

iii. File and Data management (04.05.2021)

iv. Research Data Management Drop-in (05.05.2021)

v. Where to Publish and What to Consider (10.05.2021)

vi. Visualise Your Thesis: Designing your presentation (11.05.2021)

vii. Introduction to Systematic Reviews (19.05.2021)

viii. HDR Writing Circle: Common errors in academic writing (01.06.2021)

ix. Presenting Your Research Confidently and Effectively (17.06.2021)

 x. Cohesion in academic writing (30.06.2021)

xi. HDR Writing Circle: Writing your Introduction and Conclusion (10.08.2021)

xii. Copyright clinic (6 April 2022)

xiii. Presenting your thesis (15 June 2022)

xiv. Thesis by publication (18 May 2022)

xv. Avoiding low quality journals/ conferences (25 May 2022).

xvi. HDR Workshop: Thesis by publication - 16 May 2023

xvii.    HDR Workshop: Writing your abstract – 22 June 2023

 xviii. HDR Workshop: Writing your Research Proposal – 8 Aug 2023

8. Metrohm Seminar - Improve Titration Reproducibility and Efficiency with Automation on 17 November 2022 conducted by Metrohm, Australia at the Victoria Park, Herston QLD, Australia

9. Completed a short course (11 hours) on Mass Spectrometry conducted by the Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF), QUT, Australia.

10.  Completed the e-Grad School LEAD Module in Mental Wellbeing for Researchers conducted by e-Grad School, Australia for Graduate Research Education + Development (GRE+D).

11.  Completed the e-Grad School LEAD Module in Project Management conducted by e-Grad School, Australia for Graduate Research Education + Development (GRE+D).

12.  Completed the e-Grad School 5-week Module in Emotional Intelligence for Researchers conducted by e-Grad School, Australia for Graduate Research Education + Development (GRE+D) on 8th September 2023

Trainings on University Teaching

·      Resource person for a workshop on “Mastering Academic Publishing” organized by the Faculty Research Committee (FRC) of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna for the academic staff of the Faculty of Agriculture

·   Attended “Workshop on Generative AI Tools: Hands-on Training” held on 12.06.2025 at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna.

·   Attended 5-days CDIO workshop from Feb 2-6, 2020 hosted/organized by Singapore Polytechnic and Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna.

·   Attended Workshop on Assessment and Evaluation held on 02.02.2018 organized by the Staff Development Centre, University of Jaffna (Resource person: Prof. E.R.K. Perera)

·   Continuous professional Development Programmes held on 4th and 5th August 2017 organized by the Staff Development Centre, University of Jaffna.