Name in Full: Thushara Chandani Kathriarachchi
Name with Initials: TC Kathriarachchi
Designation: Senior Lecturer Gr. II
Email Address: tckathriarachchi@kdu.ac.lk / thushsla@yahoo.com
Qualifications
Teaching Areas
Research Interests
Publications
Experience
Awards
Other
Qualifications
- Master of Laws – 2020
Open University of Sri Lanka - Masters Degree in Management (Defence Studies) – 2009
Kothalawela Defence University
First in Order of Merit - Bachelor’s Degree in Laws – 2016
Open University of Sri Lanka
Second Class Lower Division - Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights – 2006
University of Colombo
Distinction Pass - Diploma in Conflict Resolution (Skills Development) – 2009
Bandaranayake Centre for International Studies
Merit pass - Certificate Course in International Relations – 2007
Bandaranayake Centre for International Studies - Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education – 2021
Teaching Areas
- International Law
- Constitutional Law
- Law of Evidence
- Criminal Law
- Construction Law
- Conflict Resolution
- Human Resource Management
Research Interests
- International Criminal Law
Publications
- Human Rights Education for Armed Forces, Prison and Police Officers for protection of Fundamental Rights (2009).
- Construction workers motivation and skill development: A strategy for improving Construction productivity in Sri Lanka. KDU IRC 2020.
- Domestic Prosecution of War Crimes in Non-International Armed Conflict; An analysis of applicable legal framework with special reference to Sri Lankan Armed Conflict (2020) (pending publication).
- Impact of Cost reduction methods on cost overturns in the Sri Lankan Construction Industry. KDU IRC 2021.
- An Analysis of Professional Participation of Registered Licensed Surveyors in Land Partition. KDU IRC 2021.
Experience
- Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Criminal Justice
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. - Lecturer(Unconfirmed) in the Faculty of Built Environment from 2020- 2022
- Research experience in the Departments of Quantity Surveying, KDU & UNIVOTEC.
- Attorney-at-Law & Life member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka.
- Twenty years of command, executive and managerial experience as a Commissioned Officer in the Army (Retired Lieutenant Colonel).
Awards
- Awarded the First in Order of merit and the Sash of Honour for the Best All Round Lady Officer Cadet of the batch; Sri Lanka Military Academy 1995.
- First in Order of Merit at MSc (Def) in Management, KDU 2009.
Other
- School time achievements: Excelled in Netball and Swimming.
- Officer Instructor at the Sri Lanka Military Academy.
- Overseas training: Followed the Young Women Officers’ Course at the Indian Army Education Corps Training School.