Dr. Dr. Iraj Ratnayake

Position: Professor

iraj@mgt.sab.ac.lk

Office: +94-0452280296

Fax: +94-0452280296

Qualifications

PhD, MSc, BSc, CTHE

Profile

Iraj Ratnayake is a Professor in Tourism with more than two decades of successful academic career. He obtained his PhD from the Southern University of Malaysia (UUM) in Tourism Planning and served as the Head of the Department of Tourism Management and the founder Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. His literary presentations mainly encompass tourism planning and development. Besides engaging in research and writing, he participates actively in training and consultation projects, including recreational planning, Ayurveda health tourism, wellness facility development and management. Iraj served in the Standing Committee on Accreditation and Quality Assurance of the Ministry of Higher Education. Currently, he serves as a member of the Board of Ayurveda Education & Hospitals, and he is also the Chairperson of the Ayurveda Examination Board of the Department of Ayurveda, Sri Lanka. He is a resource person for Ayurveda Health Tourism at the National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Sri Lanka. Iraj has a lifelong passion for developing and promoting wellness education in Sri Lanka.

Research Interests

Health tourism, Special interest tourism, and Tourism planning in developing countries

Current Research Projects

Predisposition of Leisure: The Case of Individuals in the Sri Lankan Academia

Recent Publications

Please follow this Google Scholar link to see the publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=roOxQ1gAAAAJ&hl=en