The flagship ICT programme of the Government of Sri Lanka, known as the e-Sri Lanka initiative was launched in 2002. The Telecentre Development Programme (TDP) is one of the primary components of the 'e-Sri Lanka' initiative.

The rationale for this study is to consolidate learning from the Sri Lanka Telecentre Development Programme, in order to share this learning widely and contribute to an understanding of the issues and prospects for Telecentres in the country. The main focus of the study will be an in depth analysis of the implementation of the 1000 Telecentre Project of the e-Sri Lanka initiative to bridge the digital divide. It will examine the prevailing digital disparity in Sri Lanka and the measures that have already been taken under the e-Sri Lanka initiative. The study will conclude with a comparative study of the initiatives taken by India to combat their digital divide problem. The final outcome of the research will be a comparison of the e-Sri Lanka initiative with the initiatives taken by India to tackle this problem. 

• Masters in Library and Information Science (MLS)
  Thesis:  "Usage of Library Software in Sri Lanka: historical development and present status"
  University of Colombo, Sri Lanka 1998, 2002
• Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Documentation Science
  University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka - 1994
• Postgraduate Diploma in Writership and Communication
  University of Sri Jayewardenapura, Sri Lanka - 1991
• B.A. (External)
  University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - 1988
• Professional Advanced Certificate Examination in Library Science and Documentation
  University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka - Part I - 1981, Part II - 1983, Part III - 1988

• Librarian - From 01 February 1997 to date, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)
• Actg. Assistant Librarian - April 1996 - 31 January 1997
• Assistant Librarian - May 1994
• Library Assistant - February 1990 - May 1994, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• Library Assistant, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, December 1985 - February 1990

International

• Governing Board Member - Asia and Oceania Section, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2007-2009
• Chair - Division VIII, Regional Activities, IFLA 2007-2009
• Chair - Asia and Oceania Section, IFLA 2007-2009
• Secretary - Asia and Oceania Section, IFLA 2005-2007
• Associated Member - Charted Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), UK - since 2004

National

• Secretary - Twinning and Adoption Task Force of the Disaster Management Committee of Library and Information Science and Archives, 2005 - Sri Lanka National Library
• Coordinator - Tsunami Affected Library Rehabilitation Project, 2004 December -Sri Lanka Library Association
• Vice President -  Sri Lanka Library Association, 2006/2007
• General Council Member - Sri Lanka Library Association, 2005/2006
• Member - Continuing Professional Development Committee, 2004/2005, 2005/2006 Sri Lanka Library Association
• Member - Publication and Public Relations Committee - 2004/2005, Sri Lanka Library Association
• Assistant Education Officer - 2002/2003 - Sri Lanka Library Association
• Publication Officer - 1999/2000, 2000/2001 - Sri Lanka Library Association
• Associate Member - Sri Lanka Library Association, 1995 to date

• E-Sri Lanka Bridging the Digital Divide, (Premila Gamage and Dr. Edward Halpin) - The Electronic Library, Vol. 25, Issue 6 November 2007 (in print)
• Threats and Harassments: Whither Freedom of Expression in Sri Lanka? - Sri Lanka Library Review, Vol. 19, June 2005. pp.21-30
• "Tsunami Devastates Sri Lankan Libraries" - International Leads - American Library Association, Vol. 19, No. 1, March 2005. pp.1-2, 8
• "Political Conflict and Sri Lankan Libraries" - Journal of Library and Archival Security, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Spring) 2003. pp.43-51
• "Development of Library Automation in Sri Lanka" - Proceedings of the CALIBER 2003, India
• "Library Automation in Sri Lanka with Special Reference to Software Usage" - Proceedings of the LIBCOM 2002, Russia

• Tsunami Devastates Libraries - Charted Institute of Library and Information Professionals, 25 August 2005
• Rising from the Rubble (Poster) - 71st World Library Congress, 14-18 August 2005
• Public Library Services: Political Perceptions: a View from Sri Lanka - World Library Congress, Berlin 2003.
• Political Conflict and Sri Lankan Libraries (Poster) - 68th IFLA Conference, 14 to 24 August 2002
• Usage of Library Software in Sri Lanka - National Library Anniversary Seminar on Library Automation, 7 to 24 May 2002

• Copy Editor - Sri Lanka Journal of Librarianship and Information Management, Vol. 1 (1&2) 2005/2006, National Institute of Library and Information Sciences, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Editor (Joint) - Our Future Our Responsibility: Road Map Towards Poverty Free South Asia (Sinhala Translation), 2004, Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation.
• Editor, NETELIS 2003, (Annual sessions proceedings of the Sri Lanka Library Association) CD
• Editor, Towards an Information Society, 2001 - Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA)
• Editor, SLLA Newsletter, Vol. 14, Nos.1 to 4; 1999/2000, Vol. 15, No. 1-4; 2000/2001 - SLLA
• Editor, Sri Lanka Library Review, Vol. 13, Nos. 1&2, 1999, Vol. 14. No. 1; 2000; Vol. 14 No. 2 2001, Vol. 15 No. 1 -  SLLA
• Co-Editor, COLA Newsletter, Vol.1, No.1; Sept.-Dec. 1998, Society of Library Automation, Sri Lanka
• Assistant Editor, Dinamina Vesak Annual, 1992, 1993 - Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., Colombo

• Resource Person - Community Information for Life Long Learning in a Digital Environment, UNESCO/ Sri Lanka Library Association, December 2006 and June 2007
• Resource Person - International Workshop on Web-Cataloguing, UNESCO/ Sri Lanka Library Association, February 2005
• Visiting Lecturer - National Institute of Library and Information Science, University of Colombo - Since 2001 to date
• Visiting Lecturer - Sri Lanka Library Association, 2000-2001

• A survey questionnaire and follow-up interview study of 'Tele-Centres and Rural Knowledge Centres that come under e-Sri Lanka initiatives to examine their role in bridging the digital divide.

• Country project officer of the worldwide research programme of the 'Libraries and Politics Group' of the IFLA - Carried out an island wide survey on "Public Library Politics" to evaluate policy maker's attitudes towards the role, value and impact of public library services in Sri Lanka. The research was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Bob Usherwood of the University of Sheffield. The preliminary findings of the survey were presented at the 69th World Library Congress in Berlin in 2003. The country report which I wrote on the above research will be published by IFLA under the editorship of Prof. Bob Usherwood.
• Conducted a survey and presented the research report on 'Establishment of a Plantation Information Resources Centre' - Programme Support Group (a Dutch funded institute which committed to assist the Plantation Housing and Social Development programmes in Sri Lanka), May 2000

• Supervised Postgraduate Diploma Students of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Trained 34+ Library Science Students as Library Assistants from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Library Association
• Supervised essays of the final year students of the Sri Lanka Library Association

• Centenary Ph D Scholarship - 2007 - Leeds Met University, UK
• NORAD Speakers Travel Grant - 2005 - to attend 71st World Library and Information Congress, Oslo, Norway
• IFLA/ALP Scholarship - 2004 - to attend Information Literacy Training Programme (November to December) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• IFLA/ALP Speakers Grant - 2003 - to attend 69th IFLA Conference, Berlin, Germany
• NSF Research Grant - 2001 for the Masters in Library and Information Science Research Project
• Mortenson Centre Associate Grant - 2000 - Visiting Scholar (July to December), University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
• Dutch Grant 1998 - to attend 64th IFLA Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• SIDA/SAREC Scholarship 1996 - to follow a Course on Electronic Libraries (June to July) at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

• Columnist - on ICT to leading national newspaper, 2003-2005
• Layout Artist, Dinamina Vesak Annual, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 - Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., Colombo
• Published a book of original poems titled Donkaraya (Echo), 1992
• Published many articles in newspapers and journals as a freelance journalist since 1990
• Narrated and scripted the programmes for the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) - 1988 - 1990