Prof. Lalith Edirisinghe

Biography

Professor Edirisinghe commenced his career in 1981 as a Cadet in Merchant Navy. He counts 40 years work experience in the corporate sector including Ceylon shipping Corporation and Board of Investment of Sri Lanka.
He is an Expert Consultant appointed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
He holds a PhD, in Transportation planning and Logistics Management. He is a Chartered Logistician and Chartered Marketer and an office bearer of the Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics, University of Moratuwa.
He is the author of first logistics textbook and shipping textbook written in Sinhala introducing many theoretical models and developed new theories and concepts in transport.
He served as the project Chairman of the first ever National Logistics Awards 2018 conducted by Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka and currently serves as the Chairman of the Panel of Judges in the National Logistics Awards 2021 organised by the Sri Lanka Freight Forwarders Association.
Prof. Edisrisinghe.is a past student and a Prefect Teacher of Ananda College, Colombo and at present, he is the Dean of Faculty of Management and Social Sciences and the Head of Higher Education Society Linkage Cell of CINEC Campus. CINEC and Professor Lalith Edirisinghe were instrumental in establishing Logistics as a part of school curriculum in Sri Lanka and declaring a National Day in Sri Lanka for Logistics in consultation with the Ministry of Transport.