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Educational Background
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Ph.D. (Sri Lanka) in Bio Statistics.
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M-Phil (Sri Lanka) in Food Science & Technology
Professional Bodies
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Member of the Agricultural Engineering Society of Sri Lanka.
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Member of the Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka.
Local Industry Appointments
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Member of the Advisory Committee on Spices and allied Products Sector of Sri Lanka Export Development Board.
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Member of the Board of Study in Bio-Statistics of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture.
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Past President of Lanka Organic Agricultural Movement in Sri Lanka.
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Former Advisor of National Organic Council.
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Former Board Member of Regional Consultative Body of FLO.
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Chair-person National Committee on organic agriculture of SLCARP
Foreign Appointments
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Board Member of Network of Asian Fair trade Producers.
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Board Member of the Trust of Organic Small Farmers (International NGO)
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Former Board Member of the Standard Committee of FLO.
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Former Member in Policy Analysis and Advisory Network for South Asia.
Foreign Appointments
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Special type non-fermented Tea (Patent No: 11802)
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A new withering unit for tea manufacture (Patent No: 13337)
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Discovery of special enzyme in-activator for green tea processing. (Patent No.16466)
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Currently BFL has exclusive rights for the use of these patents.
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Discovery of special Enzyme inactivated for green tea processing – Patent No 16466
International Consultancies
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Quality improvement of CTC teas and product development of new Organic green and black orthodox teas Mufindi Tea Company in Tanzania and Zimbabwe