Ms. S.H.T. Kumudumali

Ms. S.H.T. Kumudumali

Lecturer

Academic Qualifications

  • Master's:
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Reading).
  • Bachelor's:
    Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (Hons) in Operations Management (1st Class Honours), University of Peradeniya.
  • Diploma:
    Diploma in English, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Areas of Teaching

  • • Business Forecasting
  • • Operations Research
  • • Business Mathematics and Statistics
  • • Data Analysis

Research Interests

  • • Supply Chain Management
  • • Tourism
  • • Operations Management
  • • Knowledge Management

Publications and Research Projects

  • • S.H.T. Kumudumali, Ravindra Hewa Kuruppuge, Hotniar Siringoringo, (2023). Green supply chain management and operational performance: a study of controlled environmental agriculture in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 45(1), 50-66.
  • • S.H.T. Kumudumali, R.H. Kuruppuge. (2020). Sustaining the Farming over Operational Performance: A Study of Controlled Environmental Agriculture in Sri Lanka, ASERC Journal of Socio-Economic Studies,Vol. 3, (2)
  • • Sisira Kumara Naradda Gamage, SK Illangarathne, SHT Kumudumali, Alexandru-Mircea Nedelea. (2020). Terrorism and Tourism: A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature., Revista de turism-studii si cercetari in turism, 29.
  • • Sisira Kumara Naradda Gamage, RPIR Prasanna, JMSB Jayasundara, EMS Ekanayake, PSK Rajapakshe, GAKNJ Abeyrathne, SHT Kumudumali, Alexandru Mircea Nedelea. (2020). Social Capital and SME: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Directions., Ecoforum Journal, Vol. 9, (3).
  • • Sisira Kumara Naradda Gamage, SHT Kumudumali. (2020). How Individuals’ Characteristics Influence the Use of Credit Cards in Sri Lanka: A Probit Model Analysis, IHRA Journal, Vol.7, (1).
  • • S.K.N. Gamage and S.H.T Kumudumali. (2019). Individual Characteristics and Financial Inclusion: A Probit Model Analysis for Selected South Asian Countries, Journal of Accountancy and Finance (JAF), Vol.6, Issue II.
  • • S.K.N. Gamage and S.H.T Kumudumal. (2019). Financial Inclusion in Sri Lanka: Trends and Socioeconomic Determinants, The Journal of Studies in Humanities, Vol. 5, II.
  • • S.K.N. Gamage and S.H.T Kumudumali. (2021). Determinants of Mobile Phone Ownership in Sri Lanka: An Individual Characteristics Analysis, Journal of Technology and Value Addition, Vol. 5, (3).
  • • Sisira Kumara Naradda Gamage, RPIR Prasanna, JMSB Jayasundara, EMS Ekanayake, PSK Rajapakshe, GAKNJ Abeyrathne, SHT Kumudumali. (2020). Business Practices and SME Performance: Empirical Evidence From Sri Lanka, Journal of Accountancy and Finance (JAF), Vol.7, Issue I.
  • • M.M.F.S. Farwin, Kumudumali, S.H.T. (2024). Impact of Industry 4.0 Technologies on Export Performance in Sri Lankan Apparel Sector: The Mediation Role of Supply Chain Agility. 9th Interdisciplinary Conference of Management Researchers (ICMR 2024). Pp 51.
  • • Kumudumali S.H.T., Ravindra Hewa Kuruppuge (2023). The Effect of Green Supply Chain Integration on Technological Innovation: The Mediating Roles of Information Processing Capabilities. Proceedings of PIM Annual Research Conference (PIMARC-2023). pp. 19-20.
  • • S.H.T. Kumudumali, (2021). Emerging Entrepreneurial Innovations in the Pandemic: A Study of Small and Medium Enterprises in Sri Lanka, iPURSE 2021.
  • • S.H.T. Kumudumali, (2021). A Study of Innovation Capabilities on Operational Performance.. iPUMSE 2021
  • • Sisira Kumara Naradda Gamage, RPIR Prasanna, JMSB Jayasundara, EMS Ekanayake, PSK Rajapakshe, GAKNJ Abeyrathne, SHT Kumudumali, (2021). Business Practices and SME Performance: A Case of Sri Lanka, 08th International Conference on Social Sciences 2021 (ICOSS 2021)
  • • S H T. Kumudumali. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism Industry: A Review, MPRA, Online at https://mpra.ub.unimuenchen.de/102834/MPRA Paper No. 102834, posted 16 Sep 2020 09:48 UTC , (2020)
  • • Naradda Gamage, Sisira Kumara and Kumudumali, S. H. T. and Otamurodov, Shavkat. (2020). The Nexus between Tourism and Economic Growth: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions. MRPA, Online at https://mpra.ub.unimuenchen.de/104086/MPRA Paper No. 104086. (2020) Conferences

Direct Contact

+94813135093

Memberships & Awards

  • • “University Prize for Academic Excellence” - 2018/2019 – for Final Degree Examination for Bachelor of Business Administration, awarded by the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  • • Certificate of Academic Excellence in 2017-2018 in the Department of Operations Management, Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya

Current Appointments

  • • Honorary Member - Arts Council - University of Peradeniya, (March,2024 - Present)
  • • Department Internship Coordinator- Department of Operations Management, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (April, 2024- Present)
  • • Member – Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya (AAUP)- (2023-Present)
  • • Member - Proposal development of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours in Business Analytics, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (January, 2023- Present)
  • • Editorial Board Member- Department of Operations Management Seminar Proceedings, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (January, 2023- Present)
  • • Advisory member - “The Operations Management Student” Student Newsletter of Operations Management Students’ Society, (2022- Present)
  • • Member - Student Liaison Committee, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (January, 2023- Present)
  • • Editorial Member- Peradeniya Management Reader, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (2023- Present)
  • • Member: Faculty Scholarship Committee, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (2023- Present)
  • • Tutor/Mentor for BBA Online Degree Programme (2021 to present)
  • • Voluntary Student Councilor, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (2021-Present)

Previous Appointments

  • • Secretary: Teacher’s Welfare Association, Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya, (2025)
  • • Member- Specialization selection committee, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (2025)
  • • Executive Committee Member, Peradeniya Faculty of Management Teachers’s Association (PFOMTA) (2025)
  • • Organizing Committee Member- Award Committee- iPurse-2024, University of peradeniya, (2024)
  • • Advisory Member– Netball Society, University of Peradeniya,( 2024)
  • • Chairperson- Specialization selection committee, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya, (2024)
  • • Assistant Secretary: Teacher’s Welfare Association, Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya, (2024)
  • • Voluntary Deputy proctor, Faculty of Management, University of peradeniya (2022-2024)
  • • Organizing Committee Member- Ceremonial Committee- iPurse, (2023)
  • • Organizing Committee Member- Registration Committee - Peradeniya University Management Research Sessions (iPUMSE), (2021)
  • • Department Representative, Centre for Skills for Life, (2021-2023)