Pradeepa Jayaratne

Dr. Pradeepa Jayaratne has over 15 years of experience teaching, researching, and consulting in the transport and logistics sector. She has teaching and research experience in key education institutes in Canada, Australia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. She has been an active professional in the field and involved in active research, consultancy, and industry projects.

Awards and Recognitions

Best Research Paper in Supply Chain Management, Conference on Research for Transport & Logistics Industry, Colombo Sri Lanka, July 2018.
Grant for the Regional Alumni Workshop 2018 - Australia Awards South and West Asia Alumni as Champions for the Environment and Climate Action: Project on Cradle to Cradle: Empowering school children to be catalysts for preserving the environment and tackling climate change (2018)
Best Research Paper at the 2nd International Conference on Research for Transport & Logistics Industry, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 2017.
Best Research Paper in Supply Chain Management Stream at the 2nd International Conference on Research for Transport & Logistics Industry, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 2017. http://slstl.lk/r4tli-2017/
Best Research Paper in the Logistics Stream at the 2nd International Conference on Research for Transport & Logistics Industry, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 2017.
Best Research Paper in Supply Chain Management, Conference on Research for Transport & Logistics Industry, Colombo Sri Lanka, June 2016.
Australian Leadership Award offered by the AusAID to outstanding future leaders to follow the PhD program (Jan 2010-March 2014)
University of Wollongong International Postgraduate Tuition Award (March-August 2014)
ADB Award for a training program on GIS & Remote Sensing for Transport and Logistics at the University of Calgary, Canada (January – April 2001)


Memberships

Chartered Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, UK (since 2007)
Life Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka (since 2003)
Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, UK (2003-2007)
Associate Member, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (2010 –2014)
Life Member, Sri Lanka Association for Australia Awards Alumina (since 2015)
Member, Sri Lanka Society for Transport and Logistics (since 2014)
Member, IEEEE (Transport/Management Sector) (May 2018 – Dec 2019)