Mr. Charuka Kothalawala

Instructor

Faculty of Business | Business Management

Career Summary

SLIIT- 1 year ( Current )

External trainee at MAS bodyline.- 6 Months

QA officer at FERENTINO Tyre Corporation- 1 year

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MSc in Business Economics - University of Sri Jayewardanapura( Reading)

BSc in Business Management( Industrial Management) ( Special)- First class honors

CIM- Graduated with Merit

ACCE in English- NIBM

Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification- The lean six sigma Asia comapany

Lean management- CILT

HONOURS AND AWARDS

BSc in Business Management ( Industrial Management ) (Sep) First Class Honours Batch top and overall best performance in the Faculty of Business- ( NSBM Green university-2021)

ACCE In English- Passed with the Distinction

Envision Marketing competion Champion

CIM graguated with Distinction

CIM Case Study- CEC World Price ( Gold medal )- 2022

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

Marketing, Hospitality Management, Lean Management, Finance

Memberships

CIMA

CIM

CILT

Lean Six Sigma Asia

Ongoing Research

Check-Out Blues: Unravelling the Socio-Economic Ripples of Declining Hotel Performances in Sri Lanka- Pre-Covid Story Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights ( B rank journal)

crypto-asianomics: unraveling the causal dance between south asian currencies and cryptocurrency returns- Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance (AAMJAF)

Revitalizing the Sri Lankan Economy: An In-Depth Exploration of Gastro Tourism as a Catalyst for Upliftment – Visitor Perspective- ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism

Flavors of Sri Lanka: Exploring the Street Food Wonders through the Eyes of Travelers.

Investigation on Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) Reporting in Listed Companies in Sri Lanka

My Publications

Conference Proceedings

C. Kothalawala and C. Rathnayeka The impact of social media usage during office hours on employee performance in Smart Computing and Systems Engineering (SCSE), year 2023, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, IEEE,
Abeysekara, L. T. S. D. Z., Kothalawala, C., Jayasinghe, V. T., Rupasinghe, B. N., & Jeewandarage, P. O. Factors Influencing Exchange Rate Volatilities: Sri Lanka Compared with Ukraine in 12th International Conference on Management and Economics, University of Ruhuna, year 2023, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka,
TPAD Gunasekara, Shanta Rajapaksha Yapa, Charuka Kothalawala., PHPB Mendis, HGND Perera & UB Malshan Identifying the factors influencing customer satisfaction with special reference to ABDC Bank in Sri Lanka in 1st International Conference on Aviation Research, Sri Lanka., year 2023, Sri Lanka,
TPAD Gunasekara, Shanta Rajapaksha Yapa, Charuka Kothalawala., PHPB Mendis, HGND Perera & UB Malshan Identifying the factors influencing customer satisfaction : A case Study on ABC Bank PLC, Sri Lanka in ICSDB, year 2023, SLIIT, Sri Lanka., TPAD Gunasekara, Shanta Rajapaksha Yapa, Charuka Kothalawala., PHPB Mendis, HGND Perera & UB Malshan ,

Journal Publications Under Review

Thenuka Jayasinghe,Charuka Kothalawala,Buthmi Novenya,Tharusha Sathsara,Pooja Omali " Examining the determinants of exchange rate volatility: A comparative study between Sri Lanka, Peru, Paraguay and Ukraine. " studies in business and economics, Under Review
Thenuka Jayasinghe,Charuka Kothalawala,Buthmi Novenya,Tharusha Sathsara,Pooja Omali " Examining the determinants of exchange rate volatility: A comparative study between Sri Lanka, Peru, Paraguay and Ukraine. " Under Review