Senior Lecturer
Social Sciences and Languages
Email : saman@ssl.sab.ac.lk
BA (Special) Sociology (Hons) 2nd Class Upper Division - University of Colombo
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MA in Sociology- University of Colombo
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PhD - Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Course Work Examination : 3.75 CGPA
Title of Dissertation : SMALL-SCALE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: A GENDER ANALYSIS IN SRI LANKA
Supervisor : Prof. and Chair (Dr) Kyoko Kusakabe. Google Scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VnbyuA8AAAAJ&hl=en
Internal Examiners: Prof. (Dr) Philippe Doneys and Prof. (Dr) Vilas Nitivattananon, Department of Development and Sustainability, AIT
External Examiner: Assoc. Prof. (Dr) Noore Alam Siddiquee, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
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Publication for PhD : https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(21)02406-3.pdf
Published by Elsevier
Indexed by Web of Science and Scopus
AIT Fellowship for Ph.D Studies
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Certificate in Teaching of Higher Eduation (University of Colombo)
I have been lecturing at Sabaragamuwa Universiy of Sri Lanka (SUSL) since 1997. I am the pioneer director of Centre for Gender Equity and Equality at SUSL.
Former Head - Department of Social Sciences, SUSL
Former Chairman and Director - Sri Lanka Social Security Board
Life member of Sri Lankan Sociological Association.
Development sociological studies, Political sociological studies, Gender and Tourism.
Publications
Paper in a journal that publishes at least two issues per year Peer reviewed
Textbooks for University Students
හඳරාගම, සමන් සහ සුසන්ත රස්නයක (2011) සංවර්ධන සමාජ විද්යාව බත්තරමුල්ල : සමිර ප්රකාශකයෝ. (Reprinted 2015 and 2018)
හඳරාගම, සමන් සහ සුසන්ත රස්නයක (2021) සංවර්ධන සමාජ විද්යාව (සංශෝධිත දෙවන සංස්කරණය ) නුගේගොඩ : සරසවි ප්රකාශකයෝ. ISBN 978-955-31-2152-3
Presentations at National/ International Conference /Symposia – Publication – Article
Chapters of Scholarly Work
Books
(නැවත මුද්රණය 2012 Baththaramulla: Samira Publications) ISBN 978-955-1311-71-1
Other publications
Editing of Collections of Books
SMALL-SCALE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: A GENDER ANALYSIS IN SRI LANKA
by
Saman Handaragama
A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Gender and Development Studies
Supervisor : Prof. and Chair (Dr) Kyoko Kusakabe, Department of Development and Sustainability, AIT
Internal Examiners: Prof.(Dr) Vilas Nitivattananon and Prof. (Dr) Philippe Doneys, Department of Development and Sustainability, AIT
External Examiner: Assoc. Prof. (Dr) Noore Alam Siddiquee, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
Scholarship Donor:
National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences (NCAS), Sri Lanka - University Grant Commission (UGC)
AIT Fellowship
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
School of Environment, Resources and Development
Thailand
December 2022
Handaragama, Saman (2006) A case study of Gender Relations in Coastal Tourism in Sri Lanka. 10th Anniversary International Symposium, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. P. 259
Handaragama, Saman, (2008) Impact of Coastal Tourism on Changing Gender Relations within Households in Sri Lanka. 2nd International Symposium, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. P. 109
Handaragama, Saman.,Hiruni Rathnayaka (2011) Changing women’s Role in Rural Development: A Sociological Analysis. Fourth National Geography Conference. Department of Geography, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. P. 58
Handaragama, Saman, Amaya Kodikara (2012) Challenges of Resettlement on Livelihood Development: With Special Reference to Magampura Harbor Development Project. Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenepura.PP. 31
Handaragama, Saman., Amaya Kodikara (2013) Circumstances of Compensation in Resettlement with Special reference to Magampura Harbor Development Project. A Sociological Analysis. Fourth International Symposium, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. PP. 124
Handaragama, Saman, Kiyoko Kusakabe (2018) Gender Perspective of Constraints Over Stat -Up small scale Enterprises in Sri Lankan Tourism Industry. The second Bali international tourism Conference Millennial Tourism. PP.5
Schintha, M.D.R, Saman Handaragama and R.Vandort (2017). Gender Stereotyping and Employment. 3rd Annual Student Research Session. Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. PP. 126
Gankanda, I.P, Saman Handaragama and P.Pathirana (2017). Employee Turnover and Employment . 3rd Annual Student Research Session. Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. PP. 128
Karunarathna,B.N.M, Saman Handaragama and R.M.M.D.Rathnayake (2017).Peliyagoda Urban Council and Tax payers . 3rd Annual Student Research Session. Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. PP. 29
Weerasingha,G and Saman Handaragama (2019). A Sociological Analysis on Homestay Tourism Development in Sri Lanka . 5th Annual Student Research Session. Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. PP. 67
Pathirana, V.P.H.N and Saman Handaragama (2020). The Impact of Covid – 19 Pandemic on Gender: A Sociological Analysis with Special Reference to Handurumulla Grama Niladari Division in Gampaha District. 6th Annual Student Research Session. Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. PP. 247
හඳරාගම, සමන්, චන්දිමා ජයසේන සහ චාමනී විජේරත්න (2012) නාගරික ප්රජාවගේ ආගමික විශ්වාස හා ඇදහිලිවල වෙනස්වීම : සමාජ මානව විද්යාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයක් 5th Research Conference, The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. P. 299
සුසන්ජිකා, නිමාලි, සුසන්ත රස්නයක සහ සමන් හඳරාගම (2012) පවුලේ ජීවනෝපාය සංවර්ධනය සහ ප්රාදේශීය සංවර්ධනයේදී සුළුපරිමාණ ව්යවසායකත්වයේ වැදගත්කම පිළිබඳ සමාජ විද්යාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයක්. 5th Research Conference, The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. P. 346
හඳරාගම, සමන්, නිමාලි සුසන්ජිකා සහ සුසන්ත රස්නයක (2012) අවිධිමත් ව්යවසායකත්වය සහ ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවය පිළිබඳ සමාජ විද්යාත්මක අධ්යනයක් ( සෙල්ලකතරගම පූජා භූමිය ආශ්රිත අවිධිමත් ව්යවසායකයින් ඇසුරින්). 13th National Convention on Women’s Studies, Document series No. 81 Colombo: Center for Women’s Research, Sri Lanka. P. 51-53
Head -Department of Social Sciences. Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. 2018.08.20 – 2021.11.19
Director - Center for Gender Equity and Equality (GEE), Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2017.01.02 – 2019.12.31
Co-person-In-Charge IRQUE Project (QEF- Batch -3) Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. 05.09.2008 – 30.10.2010
Coordinator, B.A.(General) External Degree Programme. Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. 01.05.2003 – 30.04.2005
Program coordinator- Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka – More than 8 years
Student Counsellor Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. – More than 3 years
Deputy Senior Student Counsellor Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. 21.11.2016 – 31.12.2019
Senior Treasurer to the Student Union, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.21.07.2004 –20.07.2005
Chairman, Sabaragamuwa University Teachers' Association (SUTA) of 2006 – 2007
Chairman Board of Study of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Center for Open and Distance Learning. Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. 01.08.2018 – 30.11.2021
Senate Nominees for the Management Committees of Staff Development Center – 2018
Faculty Representative to the Senate Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. 29.08.2017 – 19.11.2018
Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors – Sri Lanka Social Security Board, Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services, Woman and Child Affairs and Social Security. 24.02.2020 –20.12.2022
Chairman – Technical Adversary Committee of the Sri Social Security Board, Ministry of Finance, 01.10.2020 – 20.12.2022
Standing Committee Members for UGC Standing Committee on Gender Equity / Equality - University Grant Commission, Sri Lanka – Colombo 01.11.2018 – 01.11.2019
Trustee of the Rural Economy Resuscitation Trust Fund ( Ministry of Small and Rural Industries) 09.07.2004 – 08.04.2005
Faculty Coordinator - The 13th Annual Research Session 2023, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.