Professor Ravi Dissanayake attached to the Department of Marketing Management of University of Kelaniya (UoK)   was appointed as the new Director of the Staff Development Centre of UoK from 1^st of November 2023 for three-year tenure.

Prof. Dissanayake is a professor in marketing attached to the Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya. He was the former Head of the Department of Marketing Management of the University of Kelaniya during the period of 2020- 2023. He obtained his   bachelor’s degree of Business Management specialized in Marketing Management from University of Kelaniya. His other academic qualifications include Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) of University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business from the Taylor’s University, Malaysia and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) form Montreux Campus, Switzerland. Currently, he serves as an adjunct professor to Taylor’s University, Malaysia as well.

 Prof. Dissanayake was the founding coordinator of the Staff Development Unit of the Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies (FCMS) of UoK and he served as a resource person to Staff Development Activities of UoK and other public and non-state universities as well. He is the chief editor of the Sri Lanka Journal of Marketing published by the UoK. He has been awarded as the most outstanding young researcher award for 3 times and most outstanding senior researcher for 2 times in the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies of UoK apart from the Senate awards received for high quality research publications for 4 times.   Prof. Dissanayake has been rated as 4-star researcher based on his h-index achievement published by Goggle scholar.

He has been serving as a corporate trainer and consultant to reputed corporates in Sri Lanka and few of overseas ventures whilst contributing his expertise to national and international award ceremonies as the chair  of the jury and a member in the scopes of export performances, digital business, advertising & branding, corporate leadership  and youth empowerment.