Dr. Saman Kelegama

Executive Director - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS)

Saman Kelegama is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS). He is a Fellow of both the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Economic Association and was the President of the Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA) during 1999-2003. 

He has published extensively on Sri Lankan and regional economic issues in both local and international journals. He is the co-editor of the South Asia Economic Journal (Sage Publications) and serves as a referee for a number of international journals. He is an author of many books.

He serves and had served in a number of government and private sector Boards as an independent member. He was a member of the Presidential Taxation Commission of Sri Lanka. He received his Doctorate (D.Phil.) and M.Sc in Economics from University of Oxford, U.K.

 

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