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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.

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.

 

Moreover, he is a mentor and he has experience and competencies in ICT capacity building, digital transformation, digital education, change management, community informatics, community empowerment, and internet governance. 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 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

Researches & Publications

LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/kasun-tw

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