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Research

Jul 01, 2025	Released our pre-print Effects of structure on reasoning in instance-level Self-Discover on arXiv
Oct 23, 2024	Published nanoJAXGPT: A pedagogical introduction to JAX/Equinox on the Hugging Face blog (code)
Apr 01, 2024	Released our pre-print OpenBezoar: small, cost-effective and open models trained on mixes of instruction data on arXiv

Industry

Feb 01, 2026	Joined Gapstars as a Senior AI Engineer, placed at Envision AI Labs (Leiden, Netherlands)
Jun 01, 2025	Joined Arcadea Group (Toronto, Canada) as a Senior AI Engineer
Apr 01, 2025	Promoted to Machine Learning Engineer at Surge Global
Oct 01, 2023	Promoted to Associate Machine Learning Engineer at Surge Global
Mar 13, 2023	Joined Surge Global as a Data Science Intern

Teaching & Talks

Sep 01, 2025	Started teaching as an Instructor on the StemLink AI Engineering Bootcamp
Apr 01, 2025	Gave an invited talk, A Step Beyond the Hype: A Journey Through Modern AI, at the IEEE Student Branch, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
Aug 01, 2024	Delivered an invited workshop, Implementing AI Agents, for university undergraduates at AI-Driven Sri Lanka

Awards & Honours

Aug 01, 2025	Selected as a Youth Delegate for the Global Leadership Program at Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Mar 27, 2024	Awarded Gold medal for best performance in Computer Science in the Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya at the 142nd General Convocation
Oct 13, 2023	Recognized as the Best Presenter at the 4th International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences (ICAPS 2023) - Kelaniya
Feb 02, 2023	Received Dean’s List award for Academic Year 2019/2020 at University of Kelaniya
Jan 29, 2023	Received Dean’s List award for Academic Year 2020/2021 at University of Kelaniya
Nov 15, 2022	Achieved Second Prize at the IEEE SA P2834 Student Challenge 2022, Valencia, Spain
Feb 19, 2021	Received Dean’s List award for Academic Year 2017/2018 at University of Kelaniya

Education

Jul 01, 2023	Graduated at the top of the class from the University of Kelaniya with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Computer Science (First Class Division)
Jul 19, 2021	Was selected for the specialized Computer Science Honours program at the University of Kelaniya based on exceptional academic performance
Feb 14, 2019	Secured admission to the Bachelor of Science program at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Community

Oct 01, 2024	Served as a Judge at Sri Lanka Artificial Intelligence Competition (SLAIC) 2024, IEEE Young Professionals Sri Lanka Section
Dec 01, 2023	Served as a Mentor for an AI Bootcamp final competition at IEEE Young Professionals - Sri Lanka