Ms. Gayani Kaushalya

Ms. Gayani Kaushalya

 

Lecturer (On Study Leave)
B.Sc. Fin. (Special) (USJ); M.Sc. in Management (USJ); CIMA (UK) Passed finalist 

 

Qualifications

Academic

  • M.Sc. in Management (USJ)
  • B.Sc. Finance (Special), First Class, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Professional

  • CIMA (UK)

Positions held

  • Faculty member representative of Probationary Lecturers (2018)
  • Department Website Representative (2015 – 2020)
  • Committee member of the Faculty Orientation Programme; (2018, 2017, 2016)
  • Assistance to the Quality Assurance Standard 6

Areas of Research Interest

  • Corporate Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Business Valuation
  • Asset Pricing

Work Experience

  • Financial Analyst – Comtrust Asset Management Pvt Ltd (March 2014- July 2015)

Teaching

  • Financial Management
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Investment and Portfolio Management
  • Bank Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Derivatives

Supervision

  • CFA Research Challenge – Faculty Mentor

Other Interests

  • Eastern Music – Violin
  • Watching movies
  • Travelling
  • Reading books

Research Publications

  • Kaushalya, G. and Dissabandara, H. (2021). Factors Affecting the Changes in Broker Credit Directives in Sri Lanka. In: Annual Emerging Financial Markets and Policy Conference – EFMP 2021. Annual Conference. Colombo: The Sri Lanka Finance Association, pp.73–79. Available at: https://slfa.lk/wp-conten, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3925149

Conference Presentations

  • Best Paper Award – Kaushalya, G. and Dissabandara, H. (2021). Factors Affecting the Changes in Broker Credit Directives in Sri Lanka. In: Annual Emerging Financial Markets and Policy Conference – EFMP 2021

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