Sunil Jayantha Nawarathna

Dr. Sunil Jayantha Nawaratne currently works as the Director-General of the National Institute of Education (NIE). NIE under his leadership currently embarked on three key general education reforms i.e., curriculum, teacher training & pedagogy, and assessment. He was the Secretary, of the Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka during the period from 2010-to 2015. During that period, he and his team developed the K-SAM Graduates Model and introduced it to the higher education system of Sri Lanka. In addition, Dr.

Hettige Don Karunaratne

Professor Karunaratne earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate School of International Development (GSID) of Nagoya University, Japan in 2000. He also holds MA in Economic Policy from Nagoya City University, Japan (1997), an MA in Economics from the Department of Economics from the University of Colombo (1992), and BA (with specialization in Economics) with First Class Honors from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (1990).