Civil Status    : Married             Nationality : Sri Lankan

= Educational Qualification               = Local Appointments                    = Paper Presentation/ Participation

= Employment History                     = International Appointments         = Patent Rights

= Membership                                = Publications                               = International Consultancies

Educational Qualification

* Ph.D. (Sri Lanka) - 2002

* M.Phil (Sri Lanka) - 1994

* B.Sc (Sri Lanka) - 1980 

: (Biometry) Bio Statistics

: (Food Science & Technology)

: (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)

Type of Work

Research & Development work on all aspects of tea manufacture Consultancy work for tea factories in all regions of Sri Lanka Performance test of tea machinery and tea dryers Designing of new low cost instruments for moisture determination of post harvest products at various stages

All aspects in organic green and black tea processing

All aspects in organic green and black tea processing

Design machinery, process technology & project feasibility on tea & herbs

Production & Exporting of organic Teas, Spices and Herbs. Consultancy work on post harvest processing technology Research and development work on post-harvest machinery and products Training of factory staff in tea processing
 

Growers, processors & exporters of biodynamic products
Promotes biodynamic projects in Sri Lanka

Exporters of ecological products Promotes organic and ecological projects in Sri Lanka

Since January 2002
 

Since January 2003

Membership

* Agricultural Engineering Society of Sri Lanka a professional body dedicated to promote agricultural engineering in Sri Lanka
* Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka

Local Appointments

* Board Member - Regional Consultative Body of FLO, Sri Lanka
* President (2003-2004) - Lanka Organic Agricultural Movement (LOAM)
* Board Member (since 07 December 2006) Advisory Committee on Spices & Allied Products Sector of the Sri Lanka Export 

   Development Board            
* Board Member (since 29th January 2007) - Board of Study in Bio-statistics of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture,

   University of Peradeniya
* Advisor (since 2008) National Organic Council (Guaranteed) Limited (NOCGL)

International Appointments                                                                        

* Member (since 2003) Policy Analysis and Advisory Network for South Asia (PAANSA)
* Board Member (2004 2006) Standard Committee of International Fair Trade Labeling Organization
* Board Member (Since 2005) Network of Asian Producers (Fair Trade)
* Board Member (since 2007) Trust Organic Small Farmers (Bio Fach)

Publications

Journal of Tea Science, Sri Lanka

* The design and evaluation of a low cost moisture meter for tea - 1993
* The influence of temperature on the estimation of moisture content using low cost moisture meter (Need to get

    information on publication)

Development of Organic Agriculture Sector in Sri Lanka >>

Future of Sri Lankan tea is in value addition >>

Paper Presentation/ Participation

 * 5th Annual Congress of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Sri Lanka
 * 6th Annual Congress of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Sri Lanka
 * 1st International Agricultural Congress, 1994 in Germany
 * 2nd International Agricultural Congress, 1996 in Germany
 * 2nd International Organic Tea Conference, 1997 in India
 * 3rd IFOAM Asia Conference & General Assembly, 1997 in India
 * 3rd International Agricultural Congress (FISHNET), 1998 in Germany
 * World Food Day Seminar 1998
 * Seminar and Annual General Meeting at the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Sri Lanka
 * Seminar on Practical Aspect of Quality Tea Production & Marketing of Organic Spices
 * 4th IFOAM Asia Scientific Conference & General Assembly, 1999 in Philippines  Presented Papers on : “Constraints & Solutions in Marketing

    of Organic Products” “Diversified Systems for Sustainable Organic Farming  Project”
 * 13th International IFOAM Scientific Conference & General Assembly 2000 in Basel, Switzerland Poster presentation “An effective control

     system for small farmer projects”
 * IFOAM Workshop at Bio Fach 2001 “Smallholder Certification” & “An Effective Internal Control System for Smallholder Organic Farmer Group”

    Germany 2001
 * FLO Fair trade issues Germany 2001
 * National Agricultural Society of Sri Lanka Workshop on Organic Agriculture Presented paper: Future trends and long term sustainability in

    organic agriculture 2001
 * Cafe direct Bi-annual Producer Conference UK, September 2001
 * Organic Agriculture & Sustainable Development 5th IFOAM Asia 2001 in China Presented paper on: “An effective * internal control system

    for certification of small organic tea farmers”
 * Active participation in standard setting for FLO International Bonn, Germany (Sep 2004-April 2006)
 * Participation in FLO-CBO 2007/ 2008
 * Participation in NAP 2007/ 2008

Patent Rights

International Consultancies