I would like to introduce myself as a dynamic and entrepreneurial individual with experience in a start-up as an undergraduate. During the business, I actively engaged in creative designing using adobe creative suite, digital marketing, and event management in physical and virtual settings in local and international events. Apart from that, I possess demonstrated history of working in the Hospital and Retail industry as a Marketer and Retail Manager-Operations Executive (FMCG). With that industry exposure, I completed the next two years of my career in the educational sector as an Assistant Lecturer, a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya, and a Business Development officer at the CIPM Sri Lanka.

My educational history follows a solid academic background with a four-year bachelor’s degree and one year master’s degree in Sri Lanka. Since my first year at the university, I have been intensely interested in Entrepreneurship concepts and theories and how to use them with technology to support start-ups and existing businesses. With this inspiration, we managed to start a small business as third-year undergraduates and secure the title of the Best Entrepreneurial Team of the year 2017 at the Entrepreneurship Day 2017, University of Kelaniya. These settings led me to complete my Bachelor’s Degree in 2018 from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and obtain the Bachelor of Commerce Special Degree in Entrepreneurship with a second-class upper division. The major subject area of my Bachelor’s was Entrepreneurship and Business Management, along with many extra-curricular activities.

After six months of internship and two years of retail industry work experience, in 2020, I got an opportunity to join the University of Kelaniya as an Assistant Lecturer. During that period, I completed a one-year Master’s Degree in Business Studies as a partial requirement of Academia and achieved the second-highest GPA (3.98). As an Assistant Lecturer, besides the business management subjects, I mainly taught topics related to Entrepreneurship, Business Creation through Innovation, Enterprise Growth, and Creativity. Apart from doing lectures for undergraduates, during weekends, I did visiting lectures at the same university for the students who follow the Diploma in Business Program.

Dear recruiter, I have hands-on experience in different disciplines and business functions, as you read and understood. As I believe having different experiences and exposures in various industries and job roles makes me a perfect candidate for your organization. And as a person, I see myself as a self-learner; I love to seek new knowledge and explore them by myself to gain new skills.