Mr.

B. Romesh De Silva

Temporary Assistant lecturer

Department of Business Administration

romeshdesilva@sjp.ac.lk

BIO

I am an academic in the field of Business Management and Organisation Studies. I currently serve as a Lecturer (On-Contract) in the Department of Business Administration. I enjoy teaching undergraduate courses on Sociological and Psychological aspects of Business.
I am currently completing my Master of Philosophy in Business at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, where I have submitted my thesis on the topic “Discursive Construction of Masculinities among Men within Transnational ICT Workspaces of Sri Lanka.” My study is positioned within the broader fields of Masculinities and Critical Studies on Men, and employs Norman Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis as its primary methodological approach. Furthermore, I am currently reading for a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology at the University of Colombo.
I completed my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Special) Degree with First Class Honours at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Before joining the Department, I worked as a Category Manager in a leading modern trade chain of a Sri Lankan conglomerate, where I gained industry exposure as a manager.
In addition to teaching courses in the Department’s internal degree programme, I also teach in the External Degree Programme and serve as a visiting lecturer for several academic programmes offered by state universities in Sri Lanka.
I am an early-career researcher with interests in Diversity and Inclusion within organisational contexts, Masculinities and Critical Studies on Men, and Critical Labour Studies. My ongoing research focuses on the formation of techno-masculinities within transnational workspaces in the Global South.
I am passionate about teaching and committed to becoming a competent educator with the ability to inspire individuals and communities through education.

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Business Psychology
  • Contemporary Issues in Management

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Diversity and Inclusion at Work
  • Masculinities and Critical Studies on Men
  • Transnational Working and Labour

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.Sc. Business Administration (Special), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2023)

AWARDS & HONOURS

  • Winner - National Pitching Research Competition 2024 - Sri Lanka
    Awarded by University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Postgraduate Institute for Management in Collaboration with International Society for Pitching Responsible Research
  • Honourable Mention at the Global Pitching Research Competition (IGPRC2024)
    Awarded by International Society for Pitching Research for Responsible Science (InSPiR2eS)
  • Best Research Paper Award in the track "New Ways of Working and Managing People in the World of Work" at the ICBM 2025.
    Awarded by International Conference for Business Management 2025 - University of Sri Jayewardenepura

PUBLICATIONS

Conference Paper

Organisational Stigmatisation of HIV and Potential Employability of People Living with HIV (PLHIV): A Developing Country Perspective

2025 21st International Conference on Business Management

De Silva, B R

Conference Paper

Rethinking Gender Dynamics in (Management) Education and Corporate Leadership in Sri Lanka.

2025 Reimagining Management Education in Sri Lanka—A Colloquy on the 45-year Legacy of the Department of Business Administration, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Illangasinghe, R.W; Samarakoon, S.M.G.P.K; De Silva, B.R.

Conference Paper

STI Stigma and Employment: A Study on Individuals with Sexually Transmitted Infections (ISTIs) Employed in Private Sector Organisations in the Western Province of Sri Lanka.

2023 Undergraduate Research Day, Department of Business Administration, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

De Silva, B R

MEDIA APPEARANCES