Chief Operations Officer & Indicators Specialist
Along with her administrative duties as COO, Helani leads research on ICT and telecom sector indicators at LIRNEasia. This ongoing research includes analyses of the telecom regulatory environment, and the compilation of mobile and broadband price indicators among various countries in emerging Asia. She works with national regulatory agencies (NRAs), national statistical organizations (NSOs) and operators in the SAARC and ASEAN regions to develop, collect and report comparable sector indicators. She also leads activities related to capacity-building of NRAs and NSOs at LIRNEasia. She is involved in researching various policy aspects of using mobile phones for more-than-voice services, and previously conducted research on the ability of ICTs in increasing product traceability in agricultural markets. She has conducted research on e-governance.
Before joining LIRNEasia, Helani worked at ICTA, the apex ICT body in Sri Lanka. Prior to that, she was a management consultant in the USA, working with public and private sector clients.
Helani holds a master’s degree in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
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