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info@sliit.lkCAREER SUMMARY
Colinie Wickramaarachchi is a Lecturer attached to Business Management Department at SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
Prior to joining as a Lecturer, she worked as an Assitant Lecturer under the Business Management department teaching and conducting research on areas specialized in to management and economics from 2022/02/01 - 2024/04/30. She also has the experience in the post of Research Assistant to the AHEAD project on Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness at SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka from 2021/02/01 - 2022/02/01. Prior to that she has worked as a Finance Intern at Central Bank of Sri Lanka Under Bakertilly Edirisinghe and Company from 2018/11/1-2019/04/01. She has also worked as an Academic Cordinator and as an Assistant Tutor for English Elocution at International Institute of Music, Speech and Drama from 2017-2020.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Business Administration - 2024 - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
SPSS Certification 2022 - CIPM
B.B.A Special (Honors) degree specialized in Business Management at SLIIT (First Class) - 2021
Executive Diploma in Human Resource Analytics (Distinction) at Chartered Institute of Personnel Management - 2021
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Awarded with the Best Teacher Performer from the 7th Staff Development Program - Quality Assurance 2023
Awarded the Best Presenter for the research conducted on 'Time series model to forecast fresh coconut exports from Sri Lanka' from the ICSDB 2023
Awarded the Best Presenter for the research conducted on 'Challenges of Mobility and Access to Transport for People with Visual Impairment and Blindness: An Exploratory Study' from the ICSDB 2022
Awarded with the Meritorious and Outstanding Academic Performance in the B.B.A Special (Honors) Degree specialized in the field of Business Management of SLIIT Business School 2021.
Recognized in the Deans List for four consecutive semesters from 2019-2020.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
Economics
Disability
Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
Poverty
Employment
Education
ONGOING RESEARCH
Impact of Liquor on Liver Cirrhosis, Cardiovascular diseases, and Anxiety.
Growth, Poverty, and Employment on Crime Rates at Global Level
Impact of Total Energy Supply and CO2 Emission on Energy Use around the World
Relationship between the educational level of parents and the academic success of children
A Study of Emotional Intelligence and Human Behaviour of Twins
The Economic Impact of Brain Drain and Migration in Sri Lanka
Gig Economy
Towards Supply Chain Risk Management in Plant Nursery Agribusiness: Development of a Framework for Risk Identification and Analysis
Para Social Interaction and Impulse Buying: A Systematic Literature Review and Conceptual Model Development Based on the Stimulus Organism Response Theory
Time series model to forecast fresh coconut exports from Sri Lanka
‘Hot Water doesn’t Quench the Thirst! - Information Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduates with Visual Impairment and Blindness in Sri Lanka’
‘Shrunken Petals of Service Flower: Snags of Banking Services for Customers with Visual Impairment and Blindness’
PUBLICATIONS
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Supply Chain Resilience for Managing ‘Recent Economic Crisis’ in Sri Lanka: Experience of a Large Plant Nursery Agribusiness
Wakkumburage, T., Edirisinghe, M., Wanigasinha, U., Wijesooriya, S., Suraweera, T., and Wickramarachchi, C, (11th Sri Lanka Economic Research Conference)
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The Impact of Industry 4.0 on Supply Chain Integration in Apparel Sector, Sri Lanka
Madushanka C , Hakeem A, Uththarangi C, Rupigeena J, Wickramaarachchi C , Ehalapitiya S, and Madhavika N., (International Conference in Smart Computing and Systems Engineering)
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Can Visual Impairment Impact Your Income Potential?
Wickramaarachchi, C., Jayathilaka, R. Suraweera, T., Thelijjagoda, S. Kollure, L., Liyanage, T., Serasinghe, W. and Bandara, S. ,
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Impact of Social Media Towards Employment Decision of Management Undergraduates
Kalpanee, R. K. H and Rathnayake, R. M. H. K and Hearth, H. M. C. C and Shihari, D. S. P. M and Pathirana, G and Wickramarachchi, C,
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Financial Inclusion of the Blind in the Banking Sector in Sri Lanka: A Qualitative Investigation
Suraweera,T., Bandara,S., Wickramaarachchi. C., Lokeshwara, A., and S. Thelijjagoda,
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Relationships between Socio-Economic and Demographic Characteristics of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
Wickramarachchi, C., Jayathilaka, R., Serasinghe, W., Kollure, L., Thisarani, T., Suraweera, T., & Thelijjagoda, S. , “Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review” , pp. 124-138
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Academic Success of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness in the Tertiary Sector : Explanatory Model
Suraweera,T., Wickramaarachchi. C., Bandara. S., Dewage, N., Gunawardana, M., Nanayakkara, T., Yapa, N., Jayathilaka. R., and Thelijjagoda. S, “European Journal of Special Education Research” , pp. 45-69
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An Operational Model of Managing Vocational Training for Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
Wickramaarachchi. C., Suraweera, T., Jayathilaka R., and S. Thelijjagoda, (14th International Research Conference, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka)
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Factors Affecting Academic Performance of People with Visual Disabilities in the Tertiary Sector
Suraweera,T., Dewage, N., Wickramaarachchi. C., Gunawardana, M., Nanayakkara, T., and Yapa, N., (SLIIT International Conference on Advancement in Sciences & Humanities)
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Obstacles and Challenges for People with Visual Impairment and Blindness in Seeking Financial Services from Banking Sector
Suraweera, T., Wickramaarachchi. C., Ranasinghe, R.A.B.N., Jayarathna, I.G.N.H., and De Silva, W.P.P, (SLIIT International Conference on Advancement in Sciences & Humanities)
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Academic Achievement of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness: Contributory Factors and Challenges - Evidence from Sri Lanka
Suraweera,T., Dewage, N., Wickramaarachchi. C., Gunawardana, M., Nanayakkara, T., and Yapa, N., (Virtual Conference on Library and Information Science)
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Relationship of Socio-economic and Demographic Characteristics of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness to their Levels of Vision: Evidence from two Geographical Areas in Sri Lanka
Wickramarachchi, C., Jayathilaka, R., Serasinghe, W., Kollure, L., Thisarani, T., Suraweera, T., & Thelijjagoda, S. , (Virtual Conference on Library and Information Science)
