AREA OF EDUCATION

  1. Undergraduate: Economics for Developing Countries, International Cooperation, International Economics, Development Economics, Economics for Asian Countries, International Exchange Training.
  2. Graduate School (Master Course): Economics for Developing Countries, Development Economics, Research Methodology
  3. Graduate School (Doctoral Course): Advanced Course on Economics for Developing Countries, Research Methodology
  4. External Examiner of Doctoral Dissertations in Center for Development Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand; and Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
  5. International Exchange Training (education related to global human resource development). This subject is a specialized course that has been implemented since 2000 for “internationalization of education.” This course sends undergraduate students to Asian countries for a short period to conduct basic economic and social research and allow them to interact with local students in Asia. As part of the specialized education offered by the Faculty of Economics, the purpose of this program is to deepen understanding of social scientific methodologies through the experience of empirical analysis, as well as to think about the various aspects of the globalizing international society from multiple perspectives and actively engage in ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:
  6. International Seminar in Connection with UNDP Development Project on The Role of　Cottage Industry in Export of Developing Countries, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 October 14 November 1981
  7. The Rural Development Policy with Export Production Village in Sri Lanka, The Society　of Economic Development in Southeast Asia, University of Kyoto, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto, Japan, 22 November 1987
  8. Economic Relationship between Japan and Sri Lanka in the Post-Independence Period, The Society of Economic and Business Administration, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan,　29 June 1988
  9. The Economic Perspectives of South and Southeast Asia, International Seminar, Kurume University, Kyushu, Japan, 12 November 1989
  10. An Alternative Strategy for Economic Development in Developing Economies of Asia, Saga University Economic Society, Saga, Japan, 15 June 1990
  11. Historical Trend of Development Economics, Society for International Economics, Seinan Gakuin University, Kyushu, Japan, 30 March 1990
  12. Alternative Policy for Rural Development in Developing Countries of Asia: An Experience of Sri Lanka, Society for Land Tenure History, Kyushu University, Japan, June 9, 1990
  13. Dynamism of the Asian Development and its Diversification, International Economic Society, Fukuoka University Seminar House, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 November 1994
  14. Rural Development through Self-Reliance Approach: Lessons from Practice in Sri Lanka, International Symposium on Development, Gender and Cultural Change: Aspects of Modernization in Sri Lanka, Organized by International Christian University, Tokyo, 12 December 1998
  15. Institutional Effects of Aid: A Comparative Study of Nordic and Japanese Aid in Sri Lanka and Vietnam, International Workshop on Forging Partnership: A Comparative Study of Institutional Responses to Nordic and Japanese Aid in Asia, Organized by National Academy for Social Sciences, International Department, Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-21 March 2004
  16. Sri Lanka- Japan Economic-Organization, Sri Lanka’s Economic Relationship with Japan: Trade, Investment, and Aid Relations in the last Five Decades, Fukuoka, September 17, 2004
  17. UN Seminar, [アクロス福岡ＢＦ２イベントホール] 世界ハビタット・デー２００４福岡記念シンポジウムCommentator on「都市と農村の共生、アジアとともに歩む日本の国づくりに向けて」
  18. China-Japan－Korea International　Symposium, Commentator for Prof. Zhang Yongtao’s paper on Socioeconomic Development in Three Major Regions in Jiangsu in China, Chonnam National University, South Korea, October 28-31, 2004
  19. A Sustainable Approach towards Self-Reliant Rural Development: Lessons from Practice　in Sri Lanka, ２００５年１０月２２日, 中国上海華東師範
  20. International Workshop, The 16th Japan-Korea-China Joint Symposium on Labor Migration, Technology Transfer and Economic Development in Asia, Moderator and Commentator, Faculty of Economics, Saga University, November 25, 2006
  21. Seminar on University Contribution to Economic Development: Lessons from Japan, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, March 15, 2007
  22. Seminar on the Role of Informal Institutions in Economic Development: Experience of Japan, Department of Economics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, February 1, 2008
  23. Seminar on the Role of Informal Institutions in Economic Development: Experience of Japan, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, February 8, 2008
  24. Speech on the Internationalization Activities in Japan: Present and Future Perspective, Saga Shicho Koenkai, Hotel Hagakure, Saga, February 16, 2008
  25. International Labour Migration and Economic Development: Experience of Japan, Shimin Daigaku, Utsurattokan, Saga City, Saga, October 10, 2008
  26. Foreign Labors and Economic Development in Asia, Saga Minami Shokou Kaikan, Saga City, November 15, 2008
  27. A paper presented on the Role of Agricultural Extension and Farmers Participation in the Modernization of Agricultural Technologies: A Lesson from the Japanese Experience, “Agricultural Extension Conference 2009”, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, August 27, 28, 2009
  28. Role of Education in Economic Development: The Experience of Sri Lanka, 日本国際経済学会　第６８回全国大会（68th International Conference of Society of Japan International Economics）, (Joint)２００９年１０月１７日、中央大学多摩キャンパス, October 17, 2009
  29. 日本南アジア学会　第23回全国大会、「内戦後のスリランカ経済：達成、教訓および将来への挑戦」、2010年10月2日（土）法政大学多摩キャンパス
  30. 第8回佐賀大学国際っシンポジウム、『グローバル人材育成のあり方を考える～留学生から見た日本の大学教育の長所と短所』、「ソーシャル・ビジネスの展開に向けた日本の草の根技術協力～貧困削減の機会と挑戦」、2011年2月23日
  31. 第9回佐賀大学国際っシンポジウム、『ソーシャル・ビジネスと貧困軽減　～　日本の草の根技術協力のあり方を考える』、「ソーシャル・ビジネスの展開に向けた日本の草の根技術協力～貧困削減の機会と挑戦」、2012年　1月26日　(木)
  32. Japanese Development Assistance for Capacity Building of Social Businesses in Sri Lanka’, Saliya De Silva and Piyadasa Ratnayake, The 9th International NAPSIPAG Conference 2012 on “Development Challenges in the Asia Pacific: Millennium Development Goals and Beyond”, December 13, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  33. The Japanese Development Assistance for Capacity Building of Social Businesses in Sri Lanka, Saliya De Silva and Piyadasa Ratnayake, Conference on Sri Lanka-Japan Collaborative Research 2013, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, March 29-31, 2013
  34. Strengths and Weaknesses of Human Resource Development in Japanese Higher Educational Institutions: A Survey of Foreign Students, Second International Conference on Emerging Sri Lanka: Sharing Japanese Governance and Developmental Experience, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama Campus, Tokyo, June 9, 2013
  35. Lessons from Japanese Overseas Cooperation Volunteers for Social Businesses Development in Sri Lanka, Saliya De Silva and Piyadasa Ratnayake, International Conference on Sustainable Enterprises of the Future Conference, Robbert Morris University, Pennsylvania, USA, September 25-26, 2013
  36. 「アジアの人的資源育成と貧困軽減に対する日本の技能実習制度の貢献」『移民政策学会』、長崎大学多文化社会学部、2019年12月7日