UPALI AMARASINGHE

Senior Researcher

IWMI India (Hyderabad)

Curriculum Vitae

Upali Amarasinghe has a PhD degree in Statistics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign USA, and has 20 years of working experience in an international research organization. Dr. Amarasinghe has conducted research on various issues ranging from national and global food and water supply and demand modelling, poverty mapping, water footprint analysis, impact assessments of interventions, performance assessment in irrigation systems, and water resources management. He has extensive experience in managing large research projects in India and Sri Lanka and work experience in other countries including China, Malaysia and Pakistan. He has also conducted several training programs of IWMI PODIUM model to participants from India, Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, Iran and Central Asia.

Dr. Amarasinghe has joined the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in 1992 as a data analyst. Currently he is a senior international researcher, based in IWMI Hyderabad office. Dr Amarasinghe has published over 100 research articles.