Lecturer (prob.)
Agricultural Sciences
Email : maheshika@agri.sab.ac.lk
Fax : 0452280073
B.Sc. (Hons) in Export Agriculture - Uva Wellassa University
Dip. in MA ( CIMA)
Master of Business Administration in International Business (MBAIB)
University of Colombo
K.K.H. Maheshika Rathnayake. Lecturer (Probationary) attached to the Department of Agribusiness Management, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. A self motivated and dedicated graduate with high teaching and research capacities. I started my career joining university academics after completing my B.Sc. (Hons) in Export Agriculture. I gave my service as a Demonstrator and Temporary Lecturer to the Department of Export Agriculture at Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka more than one year period by conducting Agriculture Economics, Finance and Agribusiness Management subjects. Currently, I am reading for the MBA in International Business at University of Colombo. My recent teaching include Food Retail Management, Agriculture Finance and Accounting and Marketing subjects at the Depatment of Agribusiness Management. Moreover, I am serving as coordinator of Agri Fac Farm Stay and as a student councellor in the year 2019.
An Interim Member of Institute of Food Science and Technology Sri Lanka
Agriculture Finance and Economics
Agribusiness Management
Food Business Management
Journal Publications
Research Publications
• Awarded for the Best Paper award for the outstanding quality of the paper entitled “The Impact of Remittances and Gender on Expenditure Pattern on Rural Households in Sri Lanka” at the 10th International Conference on Business and Information (ICBI) organized by Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya (October,2019)
• Awarded as the Best Oral Presenter of Entrepreneurial Agriculture Technical Session at the International Research Symposium of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka (January 2017)
• Agri fac Farm Stay Coordinator - Agri fac Farm Stay, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. (April,2019 to present)
• Student Counsellor - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. (2019,2020)
• Member/Secretary – Centre for Differently Abled Students - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (Nov 2018 to present)