Academic Staff

Our staff comprises both visiting and permanent faculty. Visiting faculty includes over two dozen expert language teaching practitioners who function under the coordination and guidance of the permanent faculty.

Head of Department

W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake (Senior Lecturer Gr.I)

BA (Languages) (Special), MA in Linguistics, Master of TESL, MPhil in Linguistics
Contact Information: +94 72 022 2289 mobile | +94 11 264 0497 office
Email: prasannar@uom.lk | head-lang@uom.lk

Senior Lecturer

S.J. Gunawardena (Senior Lecturer Gr. I)

BSc (Special) (Physics), MA (Linguistics), MA (TESL), MA (Development Stu. & Public Policy), MS (Physics)

Contact Information: +94 77 360 2979 mobile
Email: sanathg@uom.lk

Lecturer (Confirmed) – On Study Leave

Osanka H. Rathnasiri
Contact Information: osankar@uom.lk

Lecturer (Probationary)

Ashmini Karunarathne 

BEd (Hons) (1st Class), MA (Linguistics) (Reading), MPhil (Reading), Graduate Diploma in IT (UK Level 7)
Coordinator of the ESP-(Engineering) programmes for the Faculty of Engineering
Email: ashminik@uom.lk 

Lecturer (Contract)

Lihini Nilaweera
Coordinator of the ESP programmes for the Faculty of Architecture and for the Faculty of Medicine
Email: lihinin@uom.lk

Lecturer (Contract)

Naduni Thebuwana
Coordinator of the Minor Specialization Elective programmes for the Faculty of Engineering
Email: nadunid@uom.lk 

Instructor (Temporary)

Thusara Wickramage
Coordinator of the Humanities Modules of the Faculty of Engineering and the Convener of Pre-Academic Term matters of all the Faculties
Email: thusaraw@uom.lk