Lead Scientist
Sujata Gamage, PhD, is a scientist who specializes in knowledge management ‐‐ the art and science of connecting people and organizations to each other and to the knowledge they need, to do what they do better. Her current research is on knowledge management in local government in Sri Lanka; she explores means of connecting these institutions for better performance. She also studies the role of universities in developing countries, assessing their capacity and experimenting within creative ways of connecting them to the development processes.
Previously she has served as (a) strategic planning specialist at the Ohio State University, USA, developing an academic quality scorecard for that university (b) the Analytic Director of a team of consultants at QRC Macro International in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, responsible for conducting and reporting on science resources for the US National Science Foundation and (c) the Director General of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka, revitalizing the implementation of an ADB funded project on a national vocational qualification framework for Sri Lanka.
Her consultancies include a “Faculty Quality Report” for public university system in Sri Lanka and the “Corporate Plan for 2003‐2008” for the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka, reports on “Quality through Connectedness for Universities in Small Developing Countries” and “Knowledge] for Development: Role of Universities in Developing Countries” for the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada.
Sujata holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Ohio State University, USA.
Sujata is a scientist who specializes in knowledge
management ‐‐ the art and science of connecting
people and organizations to each other and to the
knowledge they need, to do what they do better. Her
current research is on knowledge management in local
government in Sri Lanka where there are 330+
institutions that function more or less autonomously.
She explores means of connecting these institutions
for better performance. The methodologies that she
develops in relation to solid‐waste management will
be applicable to other local government services or to
government services in general. She also studies the
role of universities in developing countries, assessing their capacity and experimenting with
creative ways of connecting them to the development processes.
Tools that she uses include (a) competency standards for a given sector (b) peer‐to‐peer training
(c) the sharing and propagation of good practices through traditional and/or new media and (d)
competitions to improve performance and (d) facilitation of links between universities and local
government authorities.
Previously she has served as (a) strategic planning specialist at the Ohio State University, USA,
developing an academic quality scorecard for that university (b) the Analytic Director of a team of
consultants at QRC Macro International in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, responsible for conducting
and reporting on science resources for the US National Science Foundation and (c) the Director
General of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka, revitalizing the
implementation of an ADB funded project on a national vocational qualification framework for Sri
Lanka.
Her consultancies include a “Faculty Quality Report” for public university system in Sri Lanka and
the “Corporate Plan for 2003‐2008” for the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka, reports on
“Quality through Connectedness for Universities in Small Developing Countries” and “Knowledge
for Development: Role of Universities in Developing Countries” for the International Development
Research Center (IDRC) of Canada.
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