Prof Shirantha Heenkenda, Dean of Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences of University of Sri Jayewardenepura has been appointed to the Advisory Committee to the National Economic Council by his Excellency Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. This committee was approved by the cabinet of the government on the 15th of March 2022.
Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka where he has been on the faculty since 1999. He graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from USJ. He obtained his Masters Degree in Public Policy at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo, and PhD from the Graduate School of International Development at Nagoya University in Japan. He has worked as consultants or committee members in many projects initiated by the Sri Lankan government including, Ministry of Medium & Small Scales Plantation Industries and Rural Human Resources Development (2005-2006), Ministry of Estate Infrastructure & Livestock Development (2006. -2007), Ministry of Livestock Development (2007-2008). He has served on the Board of Directors of National Livestock Development Board (NLDB) of Sri Lanka.
He has published more than 20 research publications on Entrepreneurial skills, and farming performance, in insurance sector and retirement sectors and many more other economic sectors.
