Ms. Chathurini Kumarapperuma

Senior Lecturer | Department of Business Management | SLIIT Business School

CAREER SUMMARY

Chathurini Kumarapperuma is a lecturer in Business Management attached to Faculty of Business, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka. Her teaching areas spans to many disciplines from Information Systems to Management Accounting and Project Management. She completed her Bachelor of Scinece degree in IT specializing in Information Systems with a first class and went on to complete MSc in Project Management at Keele University with a Distinction. 

Apart from her academic responsibilities she has also served as the Senior Treasurer of Faculty of Business Students Community, the Faculty coordinator of Examinations and Timetabling and the Senior Treasurer of Students Interactive Society (SIS) of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.

  • 04/2018 to date – Senior Lecturer, SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
  • 09/2015 – 03/2018 – Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
  • 2010 – 2015 – Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • BSc Special Honours Degree in Information Technology (Specialisation: Information Systems), Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka, 2010
  • MSc in Project Management, Keele University, UK, 2015

HONOURS AND AWARDS

  • 2010 – Award for Outstanding performance at BSc in IT Field of specialisation: Information Systems at convocation at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka
  • 2007 - 2010 - Full scholarship based on academic performance to pursue Bachelor of Science Degree at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka 

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Research Interests

Her research interests are in the following areas:

  • Accounting Teaching Practices 
  • Sustainability and Project Management
  • Management accounting practices
  • Behavioural aspects related to systems implementations 
  • AI in infromation systems
  • AI and ethical implications 

Memberships

  • Associate Member of Charted Institute of Management Accountants - ACMA - (CIMA, UK)
  • Global Charted Management Accountant (CGMA) 

ONGOING RESEARCH

Impact of teaching methods and learning approaches on students’ academic performance, effort and satisfaction

PUBLICATIONS

  • Journal Publications 2023

    Enhancing IT Graduates’ Employability Skills for Surviving in New Normal: Perspective of IT Professionals

    Udanee Sachithra Samarasinghe, Chathurini Kumarapperuma, R. M. N. M. Rathanayke, K. N. P. Karunarathne, “Kelaniya Journal of Human Resource Management ”

  • Journal Publications 2023

    DOES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INFLUENCE FIRM INTEGRATED PERFORMANCE?

    Nagendrakumar Nagalingam, Chathurini Kumarapperuma, Chathura Malinga, Kalpani Gayanthika, Nethmi Amanda, Ashini Perera, “Corporate Ownership & Control” , pp. 138-145

  • Journal Publications 2022

    Corporate governance and firm integrated performance: A conceptual framework

    Nagendrakumar Nagalingam, Chathurini Kumarapperuma, Chathura Malinga, Kalpani Gayanthika, Nethmi Amanda, Ashini Perera, “Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review”

  • Conference Proceedings 2010

    Change Management in the Context of ERP Implementations

    Chathurini Kumarapperuma, Wijayasinghe, P.M.T., Jayathilaka, Y.C.P., Madushani, P.L.B. and De Silva, G.H.K. , (1st Research Symposium, UvaWellassa University )

  • Books 2018

    Sustainability and Green Approaches in Project Management

    Ms. Chathurini Kumarapperuma, Prof. Chandna Perera,

  • Conference Proceedings 2010

    Change Management in the Context of IT Implementations

    Chathurini Kumarapperuma, Wijayasinghe, P.M.T., Jayathilaka, Y.C.P., Madushani, P.L.B. and De Silva, G.H.K. , (5th International Research Conference for Management and Finance)

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