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Ms. Nilmini Rathnayake
Lecturer
Faculty of Business | Business Management
Career Summary
- Lecturer - Department of Business Management, SLIIT Business School (September 2021 to Present)
- Assistant Lecturer - Department of Business Management, SLIIT Business School (September 2020 to August 2021)
- Academic Instructor - Department of Business Management, SLIIT Business School (April 2019 to August 2020)
- Trainee Insurance Assistant - Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited, General Insurance Claim Department- Head Office (October 2018 to February 2019)
- Management Trainee - National Water Supply & Drainage Board (March 2018 to September 2018)
- Audit Trainee - H.M.Karunarathna & Company Chartered Accountants. (February 2014 to February 2015)
- Banking Trainee - National Savings Bank, Nugegoda ( September 2013 - January 2014)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Master of Philosophy(MPhil) in Business Economics (Reading) - March 2020 to 2022.
Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
- B.Sc. Public Management (Special) degree (With a First Class and a Gold Medal) – October 2018.
Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
- Certificate in Teaching Methodology in Higher Education - Internal Quality Assurance Unit of SLIIT. 2021.
- Certificate in Sage Business Cloud Accounting Software - P W Holdings, Sri Lanka. 2021
- Certificate Course in "Academic Writing" - 2017 - Business Communication Unit of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
- Completed up to the Business Level of Chartered Accountancy - 2016 - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.
- Certificate Course in “Information Technology for the Business Environment” - 2015 - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.
- Qualified in AAT - January 2014 - The Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Gold Medalist – “Deshamanya Professor Linus De Sliva Memorial Gold Medal” of the year 2019, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
- MIND Scholar Award - To increase awareness among young scholars on the issues of Sustainable Development, MIND grants annual scholarships to undergraduates in Sri Lankan universities in the year 2017.
- 17th batch of scholars – Sept’17-Aug’18
http://mindlanka.org/past.cfm?page=a
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Sustainable Development
- Development Economics
- Higher Education
- Contemporary Issues
Memberships
- AAT Sri Lanka
Ongoing Research
- Synergies between the level of income and expenditure among different health expense categories. Based on Household Income and Healthcare Expenditure Survey (HIES) in Sri Lanka.
- Key success factors, challenges and measures to improve female entrepreneurship: With special reference to the confectionary industry in Sri Lanka (N. Perukshan ,Tennakoon R H M V M,Wijethunga R A P K, Abhayasinghe P R R W M M T,Samarasinghe H M U S R , Rathnayake R M N M - Comprehensive Research Project 2022).
- The impact of social media marketing towards the purchase intention among generation Y and Z with reference to franchise fast food industry in Colombo district (Separamadu H.N., Lakchan V.A.S.M., Jayasinghe M.A.N.D., Dharmagunawardhana P.V.M.S.D, Samarasinghe H.M.U.S.R, Rathnayake R.M.N.M - Comprehensive Research Project 2022).
- Comparison of Factors Affecting to Job Satisfaction among Private and Public Sector Banking Employees with Special reference to the Colombo District (Wijayagunasekara S.P,Dias N C M , Pieris D D N , Dayanada L P N Y ,Samarasinghe H.M.U.S.R, Rathnayake R.M.N.M - Comprehensive Research Project 2022)
My Publications
Journal Publications
- W.D.N Madhavika & R. M. N. M. Rathnayake " "Impact of Internet Usage on Undergraduate Academic Performances (Special Reference to You Tube Online Video Platform Usage) " " Global Journal of Management and Business Research: G Interdisciplinary, vol.Volume 20, Issue Issue 1 , 2020, pp.17-24, https://globaljournals.org/journals/management/latest-ejournals-in-gjmbr, 13/02/2020,
- J. G. K. C Jayawickrama, S. Selvam, T. M Dunumala, Y. A. M. S Samaratunga, H. W. M. C Weligodapola, R. M. N. M. Rathnayake " "Fast Food Consumption Behavior among Young Parents: A Qualitative Study with Special Reference to Selected Franchised Fast Food Restaurants Within the Colombo City in Sri Lanka." " International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol.10,, Issue 4, 2020, pp. 649 - 661, Academic Journals Database, 10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i4/7202,
- Separamadu H. N.Lakchan V. A. S. M, Jayasinghe M. A. N. D, Dharmagunawardhana P.V. M. S. D., Samarasinghe H.M.U.S.R, Rathnayake, Rathnayake R.M.N.M, " "The Impact of Social Media Marketing towards the Purchase Intention among Generation Y and Z with Reference to Franchise Fast Food Industry in Colombo District" " Global Journal of Management and Business Research: E Marketing, vol.21, Issue 01, 2021, pp.1-20, 2021,
- Rathnayake, N.M.; Kumarasinghe, P.J.; Kumara, A.S. " "How Do Different Types of University Academics Perceive Work from Home Amidst COVID-19 and Beyond?" " Sustainability, vol.14, Issue 9, 2022, pp.1-19, Web of Science, 19.04.2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094868,
Conference Presentations
- R.M.N.M.Rathnayake, W.N. Sellahewa " A Conceptual Framework for Tackling the Workplace Bullying and Harassments after COVID 19 Pandemic Presentation, at 5th Interdisciplinary Conference of Management Researchers (ICMR) 2020 organized by the Faculty of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka in collaboration with academic partner, Emerald Publishing, 2020
- R.M.N.M.Rathnayake " The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Performance of Academic Personnel: An Open Access Systematic Literature Review Database Presentation, at 2nd Annual Conference on Business Economics (ACBE) 2021 Research Center for Business Economics and Development Studies, Departmentof Business Economics, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2021
Conference Proceedings
- Arambawatta L.V., Perera L.R.H.G., Wickramasena D.N., Kaluarachchi K.R.M.,Rathnayake R.M. N.M., Weerarathna R.S. Challenges Encountered by HR Professionals during COVID-19; Perspectives from Sri Lanka in 4th National Research Symposium on Management., year 2021, Faculty of Management Studies, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka., 10th June 2021,
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