Rajapakshe Wasala Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Ranjith Bandara (born 4 November 1961) is a Sri Lankan economist, academic, politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Ranjith Bandara
රංජිත් බණ්ඩාර
ரஞ்சித் பண்டார
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyNational List
Personal details
Born
Rajapakshe Wasala Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Ranjith Bandara

(1961-11-04) 4 November 1961 (age 63)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Peradeniya
University of Colombo
Agricultural University of Norway
University of Queensland
OccupationAcademic

Bandara was born on 4 November 1961.[1] He was educated at Sirimalwatte Rajakiya Vidyalaya.[2] He has a BA degree in economics from the University of Peradeniya (1990) and a MA degree in economics from the University of Colombo (1992).[2][3] He has a MSc degree in management of natural resources and sustainable agriculture from the Agricultural University of Norway (1995) and PhD in economics from the University of Queensland (2003).[2][3][4]

Bandara was a senior lecturer at the University of Colombo's Department of Economics before becoming a professor.[2][3][4] He has been a consultant to several Sri Lankan businesses.[2][4] Following the 2020 parliamentary election he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a National List MP representing the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.[5][6][7]

Bandara is the author of The Economics of Human-Elephant Conflict.[2] He was a director on the National Livestock Development Board, Sri Lanka-Libya Agricultural and Livestock Development Company and Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Ranjith Bandara". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Prematunge, Sajitha (26 August 2007). "All for the love of elephants: Dr. Ranjith Bandara and his concern for the human-elephant conflict". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Professor Ranjith Bandara". Colombo, Sri Lanka: University of Colombo. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections - 2020 - Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/2. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 August 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  6. ^ "SLPP National List goes to EC". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. ^ "SLPP releases National list". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.