Academic Staff

Senior Lecturer (Gr. II)

MSc (PGIAR), BA (Kelaniya), MSLCA 

Cultural Anthropology, Anthropological Archaeology, Museum Studies, Cultural Tourism, Ethnoarchaeology, Material culture, Field Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Settlement Archaeology 

Mobile: +94715938801 

Email: umangar@kln.ac.lk

Senior Professor

MSc (Kelaniya), MA (Pune), BA (Kelaniya), FSLCA 

South Asian Archaeology, Archaeological Theory,  History of Archaeology, Early Modern Urbanisation, Buddhist Monuments and Sites,  Monastic Landlordism,  Ancient Road Networks, Colonial Heritages, Kandyan Society, Pre-Modern Studies, Nineteenth Century World

Mobile: +94718392296

Email: am@kln.ac.lk

Senior Professor & Chair of Archaeology (Sabatical Leave) 

PhD (Kelaniya), MPhil (Kelaniya), BA (Kelaniya), Cert. in Cultural Asset and Heritage Management (Shiga), FSLCA 

Cultural Resource Management, Buddhist Archaeology and Colonial Archaeology, Tourism, Social-archaeology and Anthropology, Urbanisation 

Mobile: +94714458362 

Email: prishanta@kln.ac.lk

Senior Professor

PhD (Kelaniya), MPhil (Kelaniya), BA (Kelaniya), FSLCA 

Art and Architecture, Drawing and Planning, Ancient Technology  

Mobile: +94 714458346

Email: malinga@kln.ac.lk

Professor

PhD (Kelaniya), MPhil (Kelaniya), BA (Kelaniya), FSLCA

Ancient Art History, Cultural Anthropology, Art and Culture, Archaeological Photography 

Contact: +94112290813

Email: udahettige@kln.ac.lk

Professor

PhD (Sichuan), MPhil (Kelaniya), PGDip (Kelaniya), BA (Kelaniya), FSLCA 

GIS in Archaeology, Spatial Studies in Archaeology, Proto History, Mortuary Archaeology, Archaeological Photography, Field Archaeology, South Asian archaeology, Visual media in archaeology

Mobile: +94713454221 

Email: srilal@kln.ac.lk 

Professor

PhD (Shandong), MSc (PGIAR), PGDip (PGIAR), BA (USJP), FSLCA 

Sinology, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Cultural and  Archaeological Tourism

Mobile: +94714212450

Email: dr.chandima@kln.ac.lk

Professor

PhD (PGIAR), MSc (Kelaniya), BA (Kelaniya), FSLCA

Senior Lecturer (Gr. I)

PhD (Kelaniya), MSc (PGIAR), PGDip (PGIAR), BA (Kelaniya), MSLCA 

Pre-history, Ancient irrigation, Environmental archaeology 

Mobile: +94764606353 

Email: pshathurusinhe@kln.ac.lk

Senior Lecturer (Gr. I)

PhD (Kelaniya), MSc (PGIAR), PGDip (PGIAR), BA (Kelaniya), MSLCA 

Palaeography and Epigraphy, Numismatics, Anthropology 

Contact: +94112290813

Email: nilu@kln.ac.lk

Senior Lecturer (Gr. II) (Study Leave)

MHRM, PGDip, BA (Kelaniya)

HRM and Employment Law, Sustainable and Eco Tourism, Consumer Behaviour and Marketing, International Business Law, Culture, and Heritage Studies, Events Management, Gender Studies

Contact: +94112290813

Email: anupamak@kln.ac.lk 

Senior Lecturer (Gr. II)

MSc (Kelaniya), BA (Kelaniya), MSLCA

Anthropological Archaeology, Indigenous Heritage, Pre & Protohistory, Ancient Urbanism 

Mobile: +94714948308

Email: namalh@kln.ac.lk 

Senior Lecturer (Gr. II)

PhD (Reading-Otago), MPhil (Kelaniya), PGDip (PGIAR), BA (Kelaniya), Dip in Hindi (Agra), MSLCA

Archaeology of Buddhism, Buddhist Art, Art History of Sri Lanka, Dance History of Sri Lanka, History and Historiography of Archaeology, Archaeology Education

Mobile: +94713991950

Email: kvjkoshalee@kln.ac.lk

Lecturer

MBA (Sabaragamuwa), PGDip in Heritage (PGIAR), PGDip in Museology (PGIAR), BA (Kelaniya)

Tourism Planning, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Underwater Tourism, Cultural and Heritage Tourism, Domestic and Community-Based Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Destination Management

Mobile: +94713573526 

Email: sumedav@kln.ac.lk 

Lecturer (Study Leave)

MTEHM (Colombo), MA (Kelaniya), BA (Kelaniya) 

Tourist consumer behaviour, Tourism marketing, Sustainable tourism practices

Mobile: +94771752316 

Email: chapaw@kln.ac.lk