Mr.

A. D. Hettiarachchi

Orchid ID 0000-0003-0802-4739

Lecturer (Probationary)

Department of Business Economics

aseldevjith@sjp.ac.lk

BIO

Asel Hettiarachchi is a Lecturer (probationary) at the Department of Business Economics at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ). He holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration (Business Economics) with First Class Honors from USJ and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Accounting with First Class Honors from Oxford Brookes University. He has also completed his Master of Business Economics and is currently pursuing an MPhil in Business Economics. Alongside his academic career, Asel has nearly three years of professional experience as a practising economist at JB Securities (Pvt) Ltd and as an associate at Frontier Research (Pvt) Ltd. He is also a passed finalist of ACCA - UK and AAT Sri Lanka.

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • International economics
  • Managerial economics
  • Microeconomics
  • Economics of innovation

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Behavioural Economics
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Behavioural Finance
  • Behavioural public policy

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2021)
  • B.Sc. in Business Administration (Business Economics) (Special), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2019)
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Applied Accounting, Oxford Brookes University, England (2017)

AWARDS & HONOURS

  • Venerable Prof. Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thero Memorial Gold Medal - 46th Convocation of USJ
    Awarded by Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
  • Gold Medal donated by the National Institute of Business Management - 46th Convocation of USJ
    Awarded by Department of Business Economics

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Article

Caring for elderly parents while living away: Sri Lanka’s professional and skilled emigrants

2024 Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Chandrarathne, Udeshika and Hettiarachchi, Asel and Silva, Oshadhie

Journal Article

Happiness at work: case of apparel industry in Sri Lanka

2022 Kelaniya Journal of Human Resource Management

Silva, Oshadhie and Siriwardhane, Dinesha and Hettiarachchi, Asel

Journal Article

The Dynamic Impact of Taxation on the Economic Growth of Sri Lanka: An ARDL bounds testing approach

2022 Vidyodaya Journal of Management

Hettiarachchi, Asel and Fernando, Janaka and Rathnayake, Ananda

MEDIA APPEARANCES