Mr Harindra B. Dassanayake is a senior researcher, policy analyst and visiting lecturer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Formerly he was employed as Director (2015-2019, Research, Presidential Secretariat/Member – Gramashakthi National Advisory Council), Director (2012-2015), Department of Official Languages), and Head of Translations and Publications, & Research Coordinator (2008-2011, Colombo Institute for Advanced Study of Society and Culture). He was also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya, University of Colombo, and University of Peradeniya. He received a B.A. General Degree with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; an MA in Development Studies and Public Policy at the Open University of Sri Lanka; and an MSSC in Philosophy at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.