Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake
is working as a Professor at the Department of Social Statistics in the University of Kelaniya. Before this appointment, she was a senior researcher at Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research Institute, a visiting lecturer at General Sir John Kottelawela Defence University, University of Colombo, and University of Vocational Technologies in Sri Lanka. Earlier, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, affiliated with the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai (February 2016– January 2018), and a Postdoctoral researcher at Seoul National University and Inha University (September 2013- February 2016) under the Social Science Korea (SSK) programme. She obtained her PhD degree in Economics from Seoul National University, South Korea, a master’s degree in international economics from SunMon University, South Korea, and a bachelor’s degree in Social Statistics (Hons) with a 1st class from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Her research interests are Sustain Growth Development, International Trade & Export Growth, National Innovation System & Innovation driven growth, SMEs, Middle Income Trap, Currency exchange rate, Women Empowerment & Gender pay-gap, Gender Inequality & Income Inequality, Migration & Remittances, Brain Drain, and Regional Corporations: Area studies – East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa, Country Studies – Korea, China, Japan, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Taiwan, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, South Africa, Congo, and Ethiopia. She is currently the Director (Acting) of the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; Chief Editor of the Journal of Social Statistics (Which is an international Journal for academic staff members, whitelisted from the University of Kelaniya), and Co-Editor of the Journal of Gender Studies, Sri Lanka (Also an international Journal).
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