Academic and Professional Qualifications

1. Ph.D. in English, University of Madras, India, (7^th April 2006-26^th August 2009)

(Thesis: Ethnic Conflict and International Relations in the Editorials of Sri Lankan English Newspapers: a Discourse Analysis)

2. MA in English (Distance Education), Madurai Kamaraj University, India, (March 2002-18^th April 2004)

3. MPhil in English (Distance Education), Madurai Kamaraj University, India, (May 2004-3^rd April 2005)

(Thesis: ELT Professional Challenges in responding to English Language Performance Lapses- A Case Study of the Vavuniya District of Sri Lanka.).

4. CTHE (Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 2004

5. MSc in Human Security (Part-time), University of Sri Jayawardenepure, Sri Lanka, (11^th October 2001-10^th January 2004)

(Multi-disciplinary: Personal and Community Security, Political Security, Environmental Security, Food Security, Health Security, Economic Security- Thesis: “Farmers’ Survival Strategies in an Ethnic Conflict Situation in Two Villages of Vavuniya District”)

6. MA in Linguistics, University of Keleniya, Sri Lanka,(1st April 1999-1st April 2000)

7. PGD in Education (Teaching of English as a Second Language), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, (1^st January 1997-1^st January 1998)

(Dissertation: An Investigation into the Problems in Using English as the Medium of Instruction for Academic Purposes of the students of the Diploma in Accountancy and FINANCE (94/95) OF The NPAUC, Vavuniya).

8. BA (Hons) Second Upper (Majors: English, Linguistics, Philosophy), University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, (29^th August 1988-25^th September 1993)

9. English Access Micro scholarship Annual teacher training, a program by U.S. State Department. 2017

10. English Access Micro scholarship Annual teacher training, a program by U.S. State Department 2015

11. A short-term course on Literary Theory: Theories of Reading and Writing, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 2008

12. A six-hour course in Teaching Primary and Secondary Students: Second Language Teaching, the British Council, 2002