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Kasun Tharaka Wickramasuriya is a | Kasun Tharaka Wickramasuriya is a Senior Manager, Capacity Building at the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the former Secretary of the Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter (ISOC-LK). He is a highly competent ICT Professional, Transformation Strategist, and Community Development Expert with extensive experience in the ICT sector. He is having over 12 years of experience in the corporate and public sectors and has proven skills in Capacity Building, Digital Transformation, Digital Adoption & Inclusion, Internet Governance, Community Development, Change Management, and Policy Development. | ||
He is holding a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and obtained a bachelor's degree of BSc. (Hons) in Information and Communication Technology (BSc ICT) from the University of Colombo in 2009. As an academia, his research areas are Digital Transformation, ICT for Community Empowerment, eGovernment, ICT for Development, ICT Capacity Building, Internet Governance and ICT Policy Development. As a professional, he has worked for many organizations related to ICT sector, the Tourism and Hospitality industry, Banking Sector, Government Sector and have 12+ years of working experience in different areas of ICT. Moreover, he is coordinating and managing ICT Capacity Building initiatives for the community sector & Government Sector and eGovernment Capacity building projects to develop digitally empowered community and build digitally enabled country. According to his competencies he got valuable opportunities to participate in international conferences and training programmes in ICT sector and fellowships such as APrIGF 2022 in Singapore, APIGA 2017 in Seoul, South Korea, SAKURA Exchange Programme in Science in 2017 at Japan, ICTD 2012 in Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. | |||
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“Health is Wealth and Share the Wealth of Health” was published at the e-Health Sri Lanka 2010 on 15-16 September 2010 at Water’s Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka | “Health is Wealth and Share the Wealth of Health” was published at the e-Health Sri Lanka 2010 on 15-16 September 2010 at Water’s Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||
“Health Hazards Among Sri Lanka IT Professionals & An Effective Implementation of a FOSS Surveying Tool”, UCSC Research Symposium, 2009 at University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka | “Health Hazards Among Sri Lanka IT Professionals & An Effective Implementation of a FOSS Surveying Tool”, UCSC Research Symposium, 2009 at University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/kasun-tw | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 20 August 2022
Kasun Tharaka Wickramasuriya is a Senior Manager, Capacity Building at the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the former Secretary of the Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter (ISOC-LK). He is a highly competent ICT Professional, Transformation Strategist, and Community Development Expert with extensive experience in the ICT sector. He is having over 12 years of experience in the corporate and public sectors and has proven skills in Capacity Building, Digital Transformation, Digital Adoption & Inclusion, Internet Governance, Community Development, Change Management, and Policy Development.
He is holding a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and obtained a bachelor's degree of BSc. (Hons) in Information and Communication Technology (BSc ICT) from the University of Colombo in 2009. As an academia, his research areas are Digital Transformation, ICT for Community Empowerment, eGovernment, ICT for Development, ICT Capacity Building, Internet Governance and ICT Policy Development. As a professional, he has worked for many organizations related to ICT sector, the Tourism and Hospitality industry, Banking Sector, Government Sector and have 12+ years of working experience in different areas of ICT. Moreover, he is coordinating and managing ICT Capacity Building initiatives for the community sector & Government Sector and eGovernment Capacity building projects to develop digitally empowered community and build digitally enabled country. According to his competencies he got valuable opportunities to participate in international conferences and training programmes in ICT sector and fellowships such as APrIGF 2022 in Singapore, APIGA 2017 in Seoul, South Korea, SAKURA Exchange Programme in Science in 2017 at Japan, ICTD 2012 in Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
Researches & Publications
Health Hazards Among Sri Lankan IT Professionals (HHASIP), paper was published at the e-Asia International IT conference on 03rd December 2009 at BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka “Localization of LimeSurvey Software” paper was published at the Conference on Localized Systems Applications (CLSA 2010) on 20-21 August 2010 at Ramada Resort, Kalutara, Sri Lanka “Health is Wealth and Share the Wealth of Health” was published at the e-Health Sri Lanka 2010 on 15-16 September 2010 at Water’s Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka “Health Hazards Among Sri Lanka IT Professionals & An Effective Implementation of a FOSS Surveying Tool”, UCSC Research Symposium, 2009 at University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/kasun-tw
