Dr. Anushka Hewa Heenipellage

Lecturer

Department of Management Studies
Faculty of Management
University of Peradeniya- 20400, Sri Lanka

anushka@mgt.pdn.ac.lk

081-2394060

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Academic/Professional Qualifications

Bachelor

Bachelor – B. Com (2 nd Class Upper Division), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Diploma

Diploma in Computer Science, Data Information Bureaus (Pvt) Ltd, Kandy

Ph.D

PhD – PhD (in Management), University of Wollongong, Australia

Appointments
  • Chair – English Language Teaching Committee – Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Chair – Curriculum Revision Committee – Department of Management Studies – Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Chair – Scholarship Committee - Department of Management Studies – Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Senior Treasurer – B. Com Students’ Society - Department of Management Studies – Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Department Dissertation Coordinator – BBA Degree program - Department of Management Studies – Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Voluntary Student Counselor - Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Member – Higher Degree Committee - Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Member – International Partnership Program - Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Member – Faculty Liaison Committee - Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Member - Ceremonial Committee –Peradeniya University International Research Session (IPURSE) 2016 – University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Member – Food Committee – Peradeniya University International Research Session (IPURSE) 2016 – University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Member - Curriculum Development Board- Faculty of Management -University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Member- Web Committee – Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Member – Research Committee- Faculty of Management University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Student Counselor – Faculty of Management – University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Member- Curriculum Revision Board- Faculty of Management-Uva Wellassa University – Sri Lanka
  • Program Coordinator – Field Trip 2015 – B.com Exposure Program – Department of Management Studies - Faculty of Management - University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Department Dissertation Coordinator- Department of Management Studies - Faculty of Management - University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Department Internship Coordinator - Department of Management Studies - Faculty of Management - University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Member- Hall Arrangement Committee- Convocation 2012-Uva Wellassa University – Sri Lanka
  • Invigilator- Aptitude Test- Uva Wellassa University – Sri Lanka
  • Industrial Training Supervisor- Entrepreneurship & Management Degree Program - Uva Wellassa University – Sri Lanka
  • Committee Member-Internship Committee - Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
  • Academic Sub Warden- Sarasavi Medura Hall- University of Peradeniya
  • Academic Sub Warden- Camelia Girls’ Hostel - Uva Wellassa University – Sri Lanka
  • Academic Sub Warden- Ramanathan Hall, University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka
Memberships/ Awards

  • Member – Sustainable and Responsible Business Special Interest Group – British Academy of Management (BAM), UK
  • HDR student Member- Centre for Cross Cultural Management- University of Wollongong- Australia
  • Associate Member- Australian New Zealand Academy of Management
  • Outstanding Student Paper and Presentation- Management- Higher Degree Research Student Conference- University of Wollongong
  • Women’s Education Leadership Awards – Womeicon Organisation – womenicon.org
  • International Postgraduate Tuition Fee Award – University of Wollongong – Australia
  • QUT – NCAS PhD Scholarship – Queensland University of Technology –Australia and Ministry of Higher Education – Sri Lanka
  • Travel Grants – University Grants Commission – Sri Lanka
  • Research Grants – University of Peradeniya
  • Kundanmals Prize for Commerce- Best Performance- General Convocation 2012 - University of Peradeniya
  • Global Management Internship- AIESEC Bangalore – India
  • Semi- finalist- All Island Inter University Best Speaker 2011- Gavel Club- University of Kelaniya – Sri Lanka
  • Prize Winner – Business Statistics Subject – Annual Prize Giving- Girls’ High School, Kandy
  • Award Winner – People’s Bank Officers’ Association, Sri Lanka

Research Interests

Ethical decision-making, Sustainability, Hotel Sustainability, Moral Intensity

Publications and Researches

  • Banda, O.G.Dayarathne, and Anushka Gunatissa. Financial Analysis. Kelaniya: Author, 2013. ISBN-978-955-44087-1-5
  • Weerakoon, W.M.P.G.C., & Gunatissa, H.H.A.J. (2104). Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention (With reference to Undergraduates of UWU, Sri Lanka). International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 4(11)

Other Details

  • Reviewer – International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration - 2022
  • Reviewer- International Peradeniya University Research Sessions 2023 (iPURSE) – University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • Panel member - International Peradeniya University Research Sessions 2023 (iPURSE): Strategizing for Sustainable Competitive Advantage” track - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • Co-Chair – Editorial Committee – iPURSE 2023 Conference - University of Peradeniya – Peradeniya
  • Reviewer – British Academy of Management Conference 2023 – University of Sussex, UK
  • Reviewer - British Academy of Management Conference 2022 – University of Manchester, UK
  • Session Moderator – APacCHRIE Conference 2022: Creating Tourism Sustainably in Challenging Times – Sunway University, Malaysia (Virtual mode)
  • Reviewer- International Peradeniya University Research Sessions 2021 – University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • Reviewer- Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference 2021- Australia
  • Reviewer- Academy of Management Conference 2021- USA
  • Reviewer- Academy of Management Conference 2020- USA