Ms Kongaha Kankanamge Achala Perera

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Management

College of Business and Law


I am a PhD Researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Operations and Resilient Supply Chains (CSORSC), Adelaide University. My research focuses on advancing sustainable and resilient supply chains through data-driven approaches, with particular interests in circular economy, circular supply chains, artificial intelligence, and forecasting.
Prior to commencing my PhD, I worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Supply Chain and Operations Management at SLTC Research University and as a Teaching Assistant and Research Scholar in the Department of Transport Management and Logistics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa. I also gained industry experience through an internship at Softlogic Retail Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.
My research interests lie at the intersection of supply chain management, sustainability, and data analytics, with an emphasis on developing evidence-based approaches to address complex supply chain challenges and support the transition towards a circular economy.

Date Position Institution name
2025 - 2026 Lecturer Sri Lanka Technology Campus
2024 - 2024 Research Scholar University of Moratuwa
2023 - 2024 Instructor Univeristy of Moratruwa
2022 - 2022 Supply Chain and Logistics Intern Softlogic Retail Holdings (Pvt) Limited
2018 - 2018 Purchasing Intern Raigam Group

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2026 Research Award 1st Runner-up - IASSL Best Research Awards 2025 – Postrgraduate Category Institute of Applied Statistics Sri Lanka (IASSL) Sri Lanka -
2024 Research Award Travel Award to The 44th International Symposium On Forecasting - 2024 44th International Symposium on Forecasting Organized by International Institute of Forecasters France -
2021 Achievement Express Logistics Challenge - Quiz - 2021 NSBM Green University Sri Lanka -
2021 Achievement KDU Logistics Challenge - Case study - 2021 Technical Sciences and Management Society of KDU Sri Lanka -

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Sinhala; Sinhalese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Tamil Can read and write

Date Institution name Country Title
2026 Adeliade University Australia PhD
2023 - 2025 Department of Transport Management and Logistics Engineering, Univeristy of Moratuwa Sri Lanka Masters by Research
2018 - 2023 Department of Transport Management and Logistics Engieering, Univeristy of Moratuwa Sri Lanka B.Sc. (Hons) in Transport and Logistics Management

Date Title Institution name Country
2026 REDCAP101: Data Capture and Surveys with REDCap Intersect Australia
2026 Introduction to Machine Learning using Python: SVM & Unsupervised Learning Intersect Australia
2021 Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach University of Washington United States

Year Citation
2025 Athapattu, T., Thibbotuwawa, A., Perera, A. H., & Nielsen, I. (2025). Neural Network-Driven Big Data Analytics for Marine Fish Price Forecasting. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 59(10), 2118-2123.
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Year Citation
2026 Perera, A. H., & Perera, H. N. (2026). Retail promotions: An operations management perspective. In Encyclopedia in Operations Management (pp. 411-424). Elsevier.
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Year Citation
2024 Perera, A. H., Talagala, P. D., Perera, H. N., & Thibbotuwawa, A. (2024). Enhancing Demand Forecasting in Food Manufacturing: Hierarchical Analysis of Aggregated and Individual Models. In 2024 9th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
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2024 Perera, A. H., Perera, H. N., Talagala, P. D., & Thibbotuwawa, A. (2024). Advancing Demand Forecasting for Material Requirements Planning in Food Manufacturing: A Hierarchical Forecasting Approach. In 2024 8th SLAAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SLAAI-ICAI) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
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