DEEE Alumni

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Alumni Community

Upon graduation, you will automatically become an alumnus of the Department, Faculty of Engineering, and the University of Peradeniya and a member of our alumni community, joining graduates living all over the globe. Through the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society (EEES) and the Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association (PEFAA), we support and provide ways for our alumni and friends to get involved in the life of the University of Peradeniya. We also strive to ensure that every member of our global community has access to our world-class services and facilities.

Destination of our Graduates (Higher Studies)

Most students graduating from the Department are either nearly 100% employed or are pursuing higher studies within one to one and a half years after graduation. Fresh graduates from DEEE are hired by several leading companies in Sri Lanka, including CEB, LTL, SLT, Dialog, Brandix, MAS Holdings, Synopsis, LECO, DIMO, CECB, Airport & Aviation Services, and others. Many students aiming for postgraduate studies secure scholarships, and after graduation, they often work at top universities like Princeton, Harvard, Queensland, and prominent companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Intel, Facebook, and Google worldwide.

Following is a list of recent graduates who pursued/pursuing their postgraduate studies in top-ranked Universities in the world. Most of them are now working in leading universities and companies around the globe.

NAME	BATCH	UNIVERSITY	COUNTRY
Tharindu Thilakarathna	E18	University of Melbourne	Australia
Thushara Mithrasena	E18	University of Melbourne	Australia
Narendranath Ralapanawa	E18	Oulu University	Finland
Tharaka Fonseka	E17	Princeton University	USA
Keshawa Rathnayaka	E17	Purdue University	USA
Nethmi Sathsarani	E17	Purdue University	USA
Ravindu Rodrigo	E17	Purdue University	USA
Dasuni Jayawardena	E17	University of Maryland-College Park	USA
Pasindu Malshan	E17	University of Maryland-College Park	USA
Pathum Shehara	E17	University of Maryland-College Park	USA
Raveesha Illesinghe	E17	University of Manchester	UK
Aveesha Gunasekara	E17	University of Melbourne	Australia
Mahesha Viduranga	E17	Virginia Tech	USA
Madhumini Kulathunga	E17	University of Alberta	Canada
Bhagya Welagedara	E17	University of Delaware	USA
Chiranjith Dammage	E17	University of Auckland	New Zealand
Kavini Thenuwara	E17	University of Manitoba	Canada
Nethmi Dissanayake	E17	Queensland University of Technology	Australia
Sachith Wijesooriya	E17	Western Michigan University	USA
Sanjula Senadheera	E17	Western Illinois University	USA
Rahal Nanayakkara	E16	University of California, Los Angeles	USA
Gavishta Liyanage	E16	University of Maryland, College Park	USA
Rashen Fernando	E16	University of Illinois, Chicago	USA
Udula Ranasinghe	E16	University of New South Wales	Australia
Insaf Ismath	E16	Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	UAE
Thusanthya Ahangama	E16	University of Kansas, Kansas	USA
Oshadhi Rajapakshe	E16	University at Albany, New York	USA
Sachintha Kavishan	E16	University at Albany, New York	USA
Shehan Senevirathna	E15	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York	USA
Aseni Jayarathne	E15	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Canada
Harith Udawatte	E15	Monash University	Australia
Akila Wijesinghe	E15	Old Dominion University	USA
Kavishka Dissanayake	E15	University of Auckland	New Zealand
Bavantha Indrajith	E15	University of Auckland	New Zealand
Thakshila Nawanji Perera	E15	University of Manitoba	Canada
Inshi Premasiri	E15	University of Manitoba	Canada
Nirmal Wickramasinghe	E15	Maynooth University	Ireland
Praveena Mylvaganam	E15	University of New South Wales	Australia
Upekha Delay	E14	Cornell University	USA
Yasiru Ranasinghe	E14	Johns Hopkins University	USA
Jameel Hassan	E14	Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	UAE
Subash Wickramasinghe	E14	Old Dominion University	USA
Hashan Kavinga Weerasooriya	E14	Purdue University	USA
Janith Bandara Senanayaka	E14	The University of Maryland, College Park	USA
Sanjaya Herath	E14	University of Maryland College Park	USA
Thoshara Nawarathne	E14	University of Calgary	Canada
Shehan Senarath	E14	University of Manitoba	Canada
Dilshan Morawaliyadda	E14	University of Manitoba	Canada
Ishan Rangajith	E14	University of Oulu	Finland
Umar Marikkar	E14	University of Surrey	UK
Chaminda Bandara	E13	Johns Hopkins University	USA
Uthapala Ekanayake	E13	Monash University	Australia
Neranjan Uditha	E13	Texas Tech University	USA
Idunil Anjula	E13	Liverpool John Moores University	UK
Aranee Balachandran	E13	McMaster University	Canada
Mevan Ekanayake	E13	Monash University	Australia
Jayani Umasha	E13	Old Dominion University	USA
Neranjan Uditha	E13	Texas Tech University, USA	USA
Thanushi Withanage	E13	The University of Maryland, College Park	USA
Shanaka Gunasekara	E13	University of Wollongong	Australia
Kasun Prabath Withanage	E13	University of New Mexico	USA
Neelanga Thelasinghe	E12	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York	USA
Ruwanthi abeysekara	E12	University of Maryland College Park	USA
Bathiya Rathnayake	E12	University of California San Diego	USA
Mohamed Akram Shafie	E12	Australian National University	Australia
Sajani Vithana	E12	University of Maryland, College Park.	USA
W.M.S.C. Samarasinghe	E12	The University of Queensland	Australia
Maleen Jayasuriya	E12	University of Technology Sydney	Australia
Randitha Rajapaksha	E12	Oulu University	Finland
Anuththara Rupasinghe	E11	University of Maryland, College Park	USA
Udari Madhushani	E11	Princeton University	USA
Gunendradasan Tharshini	E11	University of New South Wales	Australia
Nuwan Herath	E11	University of Manitoba	Canada
Yasith Liyanage	E11	University at Albany	USA
Nadun Rajasinghe	E10	University of Western Ontario	Canada
Gayana Jayasinghe	E10	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Pure Maths)	USA
Dananjaya Liyanage	E10	Ohio State University (Physics)	USA
Shirantha Welikala	E10	Boston University	USA
Sampath Edirisinghe	E10	The University of Melbourne	Australia
Chathumal Perera	E10	University of Alberta	Canada
Pramuditha Perera	E09	Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Maryland	USA
Kamani Gettapola	E09	Monash University	Australia
Samith Herath	E09	Australian National University	Australia
Lasanthika Disawa	E09	University of Wollongong/University of Peradeniya	Australia
Sarith Fernando	E09	University of New South Wales, Sydney	Australia
Don Buddhika Nettasinghe	E08	Cornell University	USA
Chinthaka Pathum Dinesh	E07	Simon Fraser University	Canada

Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association

"Engage alumni and faculty and showcase the alumni association as an essential partner of the development of the faculty and the country" - PEFAA

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Our graduates continue to uphold the innovative and top-tier reputation of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Peradeniya. Even though we are located away from the industrial capital of Sri Lanka, we are seeing more and more graduates in influential positions across Colombo and beyond. Whether it is starting their own company, furthering their education through postgraduate research, being employed at a top-ranked company in Sri Lanka or around the globe, or becoming faculty members, our graduates are making ways to way future of technology, research, and education.

Familiarize yourself with Some of Our Alumni

NAME	AFFILIATION	COUNTRY
ACADEMIA
Prof. V. Muthukkumarasamy	Professor and Group Leader/ Network Security and Blockchain Research, School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Brisbane	Australia
Dr. Sanath Alahakoon	Discipline Leader in Electrical Engineering, The School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Central Queensland University	Australia
Prof. A. Atputharajah	Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna	Sri Lanka
Prof. A. Nallanathan	Founding Head of Communication Systems Research Group, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London	UK
Prof. Mahesan Niranjan	Professor of Electronics and Computer Science, Chair ISIS Research Group, University of Southampton	UK
Prof. Udantha Abeyratne	Honorary Associate Professor, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland	Australia
Prof. Mathini Sellathurai	Dean, Science and Engineering, Herriot Watt University	UK
Prof. Mahesh Sooriyabandara	Managing Director, Bristol Research & Innovation Laboratory, Toshiba Europe Limited	UK
Prof. Mithulananthan Nadarajah	Professor in School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Queensland University	Australia
Prof. Dinesh B. Ekanayake	Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Dept. of Mathematics and Philosophy, Western Illinois University	USA
Dr. Chandima Ekanayake	Senior Lecturer, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland	Australia
Dr. Dinesh Pamunuwa	RAEng/Microchip Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol	UK
Dr. Roshan Weerasekara	Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol	UK
Dr. Sarod Yatawatte	Senior Researcher, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, ASTRON	Netherland
Dr. K. Pirapaharan	Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna	Sri Lanka
Prof. T. Thiruwaran	Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Jaffna	Sri Lanka
Dr. Saman Atapattu	Senior Research Fellow, STEM College, RMIT University	Australia
Dr. Lakshitha Narampanawa	Research Fellow, The Centre for Energy Data Innovation (CEDI) at The University of Queensland	Australia
Dr. Chinthaka Dinesh	Research Scientist, Simon Fraser University/ Research Engineer, Weatherhaven, Greater Vancouver	Canada
Dr. Shirantha Welikala	Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Notre Dame, Indiana	USA
Dr. Anuththara Rupasinghe	Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton, New Jersey	USA
INDUSTRY
Eng. N. Marikkar	Chief Operations Officer, LTL Holdings Pvt., Ltd	Sri Lanka
Eng. L.S.N. Perera	Chief Executive Officer, Ceylex Engineering, Pvt., Ltd	Sri Lanka
Eng. J.M. Athula	Director General, SL Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA), Colombo	Sri Lanka
Mrs. Tharalika Livera	Director IT, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
Eng. Dantha Manikka-Baduge	Software Engineer IV, Haas Automation, California	USA
Eng. Kapila Jayasundara	OSS Consultant at O2 (Telefonica UK)	UK
Eng. R.M.Sirira Piyaratne	Chief Administrative Officer, Sri Lanka Telecom	Sri Lanka
Eng. P. Priyatharshan	Microsoft, North Carolina	USA
Eng. Saman Piyasinghe	Deputy General Manager, Provincial Business Sabaragamuwa and UVA provinces · Sri Lanka Telecom	Sri Lanka
Eng. Vipula Nawarathne	Chief Technology Officer at Silphium, UK	UK
Dr. Sathyan Thuraiappah	Senior Software Engineer, Lockheed Martin Australia, Adelaide	Australia
Eng. Thushara Jayathunga	Manager Cyber Security - Internal Audit, NAB, Melbourne	Australia
Eng. Wipula Dharmasooriya	Customer Engineer at NCR Corporation, Greater Brisbane Area	Australia
Eng. Kalhara Welandagoda	General Manager at TIEC Consultants (Pvt) Ltd.	Sri Lanka
Eng. Nilantha Ranasinghe	Reporting Analyst/Developer, Telstra, Sydney	Australia
Eng. Srimantha Rajapakshe	Senior Developer/Tech Lead/Technical Architect(Director) at Mizuho, England	UK
Eng. Ruwan Wijesinghe	Director, Product Engineering, Assette
Eng. Nethali Zoysa	Associate Director, Security and Resilience (Cloud Practice), Tokyo	Japan
Eng. Thushara Thilakarathna	Senior Offering Management Specialist: Honeywell Process Solutions, Houston, Texas	USA
Eng. Upul Herath	Field Service Tendering and Inside Sales Manager at Schneider Electric, Toronto	Canada
Eng. Sumedha Senanayake	Senior Electrical Engineer- at Dornan Engineering Ltd.	Ireland
Eng. Tiran Gunarathna	Global Technology Procurement Category Manager, Hays, London	UK
Eng. Ragulan Kandiah	Director of Electrical Engineering, Microsoft, Redmond, Washington	USA
Eng. Ashan Kalugalla,	Captain (Pilot) at Sri Lankan Airlines	Sri Lanka
Eng. Ruchira Weerakoon,	Deputy General Manager - Information Systems and Value Added Services at SLT VisionCom (Pvt) Ltd	Sri Lanka
Eng. Ramitha Gannoruwa,	Senior Electrical Design Engineer at Aquatec Fluid Systems Pty Ltd, Melbourne	Australia
Eng. Samantha Galagama,	Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Olex Projects	Sri Lanka
Eng. Thilakasiri Vijayananda,	Engineer, Ceylon Electricity Board	Sri Lanka
Dr. P.T.B. Wijekoon	Expert Power Electronics Engineer/Technical Leader, Huawei Technologies, R&D	Germany
Dr. Chammika Mannakkara	Engineering Manager, MetapsOne Inc. Japan, Chiba	Japan
Dr. Nilanga Abeywickrama	Principal Scientist, Hitachi Energy Research	Sweden
Eng. Anuradha Udunuwara	Telecom & Tech Thought Leader, Sri Lanka Telecom PLC	Sri Lanka
Dr. Dhammika Elkaduwa	Senior Staff System Software Architect, NIO USA Inc, San Jose California (Former Head, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya)	USA
Eng. Madura P. Liyanarachchi	Director, Health Sector, Analytical Instruments Pvt. Ltd.	Sri Lanka
Eng. Farazy Fahmy	Director, Research and Development at Synopsys	Sri Lanka
Eng. Jananthan Ratnasabapathy	Director, Commercial and Pricing at Ericsson, Region Oceania.	Australia
Dr. Chandana J. Gajanayaka	Technical Manager, Power Electronics at Rolls-Royce	Singapore
Dr. Sarath S. Kumara	Scientist, NKT Cables AB	Sweden
Eng. Aravinda Devadittiya	Senior Applications Engineer at AustSys Technologies, Melbourne	Australia
Eng. Newton Perera	Regional Head of Capacity Business at BICS, Mobile Digital Communication PLatform Company	Singapore
Dr. D.K. Karunarathne	Individual Contributor at Intel Corporation, Portland, Oregon	USA
Eng. Kasun Atapattu	General Manager, Radio, Network and Planning, Dialog Axiata Pvt. Ltd.	Sri Lanka
Eng. Eranda Adikari	Head of Data Insight, Dialog Axiata Pvt. Ltd	Sri Lanka
Dr. Indika Wijayasinghe	Model Based Calibration Optimization Engineer, Ford Motor Company, Detroit	USA
Dr. Jagath Weerasinghe	Software Engineer at SolidusLink AG, Zurich	Switzerland
Dr. Dhanushka Kularatne	Software Engineer at Zoox, San Francisco Bay Area	USA
Dr. Thilan Ganegedara	Software Engineer at Facebook, San Jose, California	USA
Dr. Dulanjalie Ganegedara	Senior Software Engineer at Cisco, San Jose, California	USA
Dr. D. N. Navaratne	Additional General Manager (Generation), Ceylon Electricity Board	Sri Lanka
Dr. Pramuditha Perera	Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS), New York	USA
Dr. Sarith Fernando	GM of Data Product at Open Insurance, Sydney	Australia
Dr. Yasith Liyanage	Data and Applied Scientist at Microsoft, Greater Seattle Area	USA
Dr. Chaminda Bandara	Computer Vision Engineer at Apple, Washington DC, Baltimore Area.	USA
ENTREPRENEUR
Eng. Sanath Pilapitiya	Managing Director, Future Network Holding Pvt. Ltd, Director at 3N Food Pvt. Ltd.	Sri Lanka
Eng. Sujendan Thavanathan	CEO, Danson Electronics Ltd (A member of Danson Group), New South Wales	Australia
Eng. Deepthi Kottegoda	Electronic Security Consultant, TDB EELink Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Melbourne	Australia
Dr. Hiranya Jayakody	CTO and Co-founder of HEO Robotics	Australia
Eng. Sujith De. Silva	Founder/Snr. Project Manager, Ceymage Technical Services Ltd. Saskatoon	Canada
Dr. Damith Abeywardana	Founder and Managing Director at Infinity Avionics Canberra	Australia
Dr. Kash Sirinanda	Founding Director, Mine Connector, Brisbane	Australia
Eng. Gayan Samarasekara	Founder/CEO/Solution Architect at Mylinex International (Pvt.) Ltd	Sri Lanka
Eng. Upul Dissnayake	Founder and CEO at LONGWApps (Pvt.) Ltd.	Sri Lanka
Eng. Lasanda T. Jayadeva	Co-Founder at Tharaka Laser Art	Sri Lanka

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Great Trees have Strong Roots

Several alumni who have achieved great success in their careers have shared their Testimonials about the Department. These testimonials will be very beneficial for prospective students who are considering applying to our specialization program. We thank them for sharing their experiences, and we are proud of their accomplishments since graduating from the University of Peradeniya. Your success is a testament to the quality of education that you received here, and we are grateful that you have chosen to share your story with others.

I believe that the strong theoretical foundation I received from DEEE has played a key role in my research career. My research experience at DEEE provided me with a wide variety of skills, knowledge and inspiration, which had a significant impact on my successful doctoral research at the University of Maryland (which received a Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship Award and a Best Paper Award at IEEE ICC 2023).

- Sajani Vithana

Final year ECE Doctoral Student at the University of Maryland

The experience I gained from my research at DEEE has greatly impacted my academic and professional journey. The department provided exceptional education, research exposure, and inspiration, which allowed me to acquire skills during my NILM project. The solid research foundation I received from DEEE also played a crucial role in earning my Ph.D. and being recognized with a Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2022 from the University at Albany.

- Dr. Yasitha Liyanage

Data and Applied Scientist at Microsoft

Thanks to the comprehensive engineering education I received at DEEE, the transition to my graduate studies in the Department of Systems Engineering at Boston University was seamless. The subsequent success of my doctoral research (which received the Outstanding Dissertation Award in Systems Engineering) and my recent postdoctoral research (which received the Best Paper Award at the 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation) is a testament to the solid foundation laid during my time at DEEE.

- Dr. Shirantha Welikala

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame, USA (2023)

My initial education at Peradeniya was instrumental in providing me with a solid foundation for graduate studies. Courses at Peradeniya - particularly signals and systems, random signal analysis, digital signal processing, communication theory provided me with the essential theoretical background that is required to learn material in machine learning and computer vision. The course system at Peradeniya was structured such that students would obtain a general understanding about various disciplines in Electrical and Electronic Engineering before committing to a particular sub-field. I feel this choice helped me explore and identify a field that I was most passionate about.

- Dr. Pramuditha Perera

Applied Scientist at Amazon AI Labs

I strongly believe that the research experience that I got while working with you in 2014-2016 helped me a lot to make a substantial research contribution during my Ph.D. and after. So definitely, this research experience was one of the key factors to receiving this medal, the Governor General’s Gold Medal.

- Dr. Chinthaka Dinesh

Research Scientist at SFU (2022)

The DEEE academic program, which is characterized by a strong theoretical foundation and a comprehensive range of technical topics, as well as its esteemed and inspiring staff, have played a vital role in shaping the trajectory of my postgraduate and research career.

- Dr. Akram Shafie

Research Associate at UNSW