About us
The people behind #buildlk are average citizens of Sri Lanka. The order of member profiles change on each page load - we are a flat group who follow a merit based system for descision making.
Buildlk is a volunteer effort by citizens of Sri Lanka and a few expatriates from a diverse range of proffesions to face the reality of government lead corruption and national failures by providing information and proactive solutions
Achala Arunalu
ICT Professional, entreprenuer and nature conservationist
achala.meddegama@gmail.comOver 12 years experinece in IT and is the founder of Reforest Sri Lanka. In addition to IT Achala has experience in high tech. Agriculture, Tourism and Social Entrepreneurship. He worked at a government organization for nearly two years where he experienced government regulations and bureacracy which has provided some insights into process overhauls necessary for transparent and efficient public administration.
Achala also volunteered with independent political movements at their early stages (usually supporting environmental policy development) such as NPM and saw how ill-funded and mismanaged their operations are, and how larger parties thwart genuine efforts by sending saboteurs. Achala is a founder of the 225apitaepa campaign which was begun after the 56 day period when the parliament did not function in 2018 when the Mahinda Rajapakse lead opposition and Maithripala Sirisena tried to replace Ranil Wickremasinghe as the Prime Minister, revealing yet again how connected they all are, furthering his belief that all existing political forces and their families should be completely replaced at the highest levels to correct Sri Lanka's current desparate situation.
Madhura Rasanjaya
Telecommunications Engineer, father and social activist
madhura.somaweera@gmail.comOver 14 years in Telecommunications as a senior manager. He is an avid social worker in his spare time volunteering with the Cancer hospital, Reforest Sri Lanka, Local Dhamma school.
Shiran Vidanapathirana
Lawyer, Husband and Seeker of a just society
shirankandy@gmail.comIs a lawyer and an academic lecturer at the University of Peradeniya. He is a promoter of public interest litigation and supports social work and is a committee member of Reforest Sri Lanka
Jayantha Sirisena
Software Engineer, father and humanitarian
jayanthakgjls@gmail.comJayantha is a self made technology professional with a BSc from CSE, University of Moratuwa. He is a regular reforester with Reforest Sri Lanka and supports other humanitarian causes such as public healthecare and social support schemes.
Nalika Ulapane
Research scientist - BSc.Engineering, PhD
nalika.ulapane@gmail.comNalika is a researcher from Australia. He received a B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2011, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, in 2016.
He has then gone on to serve research fellowships at UTS and the University of Melbourne. His research work has revolved around mathematical modeling, machine learning, sensor technologies, and infrastructure robotics.