Background
Herath, Srikantha was born on November 8, 1957 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Son of Kiri Bandara and Kumari Malini Herath.
educator environmental scientist
Herath, Srikantha was born on November 8, 1957 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Son of Kiri Bandara and Kumari Malini Herath.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1980. Master of Science in Water Resources Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University Tokyo, 1988.
Civil engineer State Development and Construction Corporation, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 1980—1981. Irrigation engineer Irrigation Department, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1981—1982. Research associate Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1984.
Senior research engineer Nippon Koei Company Ltd., Tokyo, 1988—1991. Guest foreign professor, associate professor University Tokyo, 1991—2002. Senior academic programme officer United Nations University, since 2002.
Chairman First World Landslide Forum, Tokyo, 2008.
Coordinator Sri Lanka Academy Forum in Japan, Tokyo. Member of International Association Hydraulic Research, International Association Hydrological Sciences.
Married Cecilia Warain Herath. Children: Dhananjaya, Saman Warain.