Alexander Rukshan

Dr. A. Rukshan

Senior Lecturer in Information Technology

Department of Management and Entrepreneurship

Faculty of Business Studies

University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Manner Road, Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, 43000,

Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

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Newspaper Article

My article "Sri Lanka Emerging as a Rising Star in Global MICE Tourism" has been featured in the 'Researches & Innovations' section of the Sunday Observer (27th April 2025 edition)!

Discover how Sri Lanka is stepping onto the global stage as a premier destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) tourism - with fresh opportunities and inspiring developments!

Read the full article here: https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2025/04/27/education/50684/sri-lanka-emerging-as-a-rising-star-in-global-mice-tourism/

Chairperson of the curriculum development committee for the new undergraduate degree program - BBM Honours in Business Information Systems

As a Chairperson of the curriculum development committee for the new undergraduate degree program - BBM Honours in Business Information Systems, I organised a full day workshop, on 28th June 2024, from 10am to 3pm. This workshop was to get insights in the developed new curriculum. This curriculum incorporates 60% of total credits of the computing modules from Information Systems. And the other 40% comes from the area of Business Management. A total of 30 experts from IT industry and academics came from various parts of the Sri Lanka to participate in the full day workshop and gave valuable suggestions to further improve the curriculum.

Chair in the Technical Session

One of the chairs in the Technical Session - Business Technology at the International Conference on Contemporary Management (ICCM) - 2024 held on 12.06.2024 organized by Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Leading researcher in the University of Vavuniya Scientist Rankings 2024

I was listed as the leading researcher in the University of Vavuniya Scientist Rankings 2024 by the AD Scientific Index 2024. Screenshot was taken on 1st May 2024.

Dissemination of knowledge by writing articles in the Intelligence Space

Dissemination of knowledge by authoring articles in the Intelligence Space. The articles are related to Business plus ICT in the contemporary issues.

If you want to publish your articles in the Intelligence Space, please contact me.

Research paper presentation at the ACIS 2023 Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

A research paper titled "Factors Influencing Adoption of Digital Marketing by the Supermarkets in Sri Lanka", authored by Raveena Maddumage, Rukshan Alexander, Kajanthy Venujan, and Nik Thompson, has been presented in the 34th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2023), in the Session on Strategy, Governance & Leadership, on 5-8 December 2023, Wellington, New Zealand.

Research paper presentation at the IHIET 2023 Conference, Nice, France

Together with the primary author, Ms. Jeyaranjan Prasheenaa, presented a research paper titled - The use of gamification in the knowledge management practices, at the 10th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies. from August 22-24, 2023, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France

Panel Member of the Scientific Dialog in TRInCo-2022

On the topic "The need for Digitizing the Tourism and Hospitality industries in Sri Lanka" in the 5th International Research Conference (TRInCo-2022), organied by the Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lank, on 9th November 2022. Accessible at: https://trincoconf.tc.esn.ac.lk/trinco-2022/

Resource Person for workshop on Gamification

Resource Person for Workshop on 2D/3D Virtual Navigation and Tourism Promotion through Gamification This two-day workshop has been organised by Skills for Inclusive Growth (S4IG), Sri Lanka, which supports skills training, sustainable job creation, and business growth across the tourism value chain in Sri Lanka. The workshop was held on May 11th and 19th, 2022. I have delivered the background of 2D/3D virtual navigation and tourism gamification suitable to implement in the Sri Lankan context, which is possible to enhance the economy.

Award for top-cited Journal article in 2020-2021

My research paper titled Cultural factors and the role of privacy concerns in acceptance of government surveillance, published in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, an A* Journal listed in the ABDC Journal Quality List - is among the top cited papers and has generated immediate impact in the research community.

Research paper presentation at the ACIS2021 Conference, Sydney, Australia

Presented a research paper titled - Usability Perceptions of Culturally Adapted Web Pages, in the 32nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS2021), Sydney, Australia, from December 8 to 10, 2022.

This paper was presented on Day 3 of the conference, on December 10, 2021, in Track 9: Usability, Usability Thinking, and Human-Centered Design in Contemporary Organisations.

Sri Lankan UGC's Graduate Training Programme - 2020

Act as a resource person to deliver a training on "Digital Tools" on 30th September 2020, in both Mannar and Vavuniya.

Find more on my community engagement activities.

Workshop - Social Media for Social Change

Conducted a workshop on Social Media for Social Change for Divisional Youth Camp 2019, in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, on 20th October 2019. This camp was organized by the Divisional Federation of Youth Clubs, National Youth Service Council Vavuniya. A total of 40 youths benefited.

Distant Learning Education Project

Act as a consultant as well as the coordinator for the Distant Learning Education Project to implement the Learn TV program at a school, Jayanthi Maha Vidyalaya in Jayanthi Wewa, Padavi-Sripura, Sri Lanka. The project was launched successfully on the 27th November 2019 at 2.00 pm.

Fellowships and International Collaboration

Adjunct Professor at Chhatrapati Shahu Institute of Business Education and Research - [CSIBER ], Kolhapur, India, from March 14, 2023, to date.
University Associate, Curtin University, School of Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Australia.

a) One year from June 28, 2021.

b) Two years from February 1, 2019.

Information Systems Research Group Member at Murdoch University, School of Engineering and It, Australia, from 2008.

About me

I work as a senior lecturer in information technology in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vavuniya, starting in July 2019. Further, I worked as a lecturer in information technology from 2011 to 2019 and an instructor in computer technology from 2005 to 2011, attached to the Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Vavuniya.

I also worked as an instructor in computer technology in the computer unit of the University of Jaffna from 2004 to 2005.

My academic career started as a tutor in computing in the Department of Computing and Information Systems, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, from January to August 2004.

Summary of Education

1) PhD in IT (Murdoch University, Australia, from 2014 - 2019), Effective date 26th June 2019.

2) Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, from 2012 - 2013)

3) MSc in IT (University of East London, Uk, from 2009 - 2010)

4) Pg.Dip in IT (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, from 2006 - 2007)

5) BSc in Applied Sciences (Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, from 2000 - 2004)

Research Interests

The following are the core research interests:

Gamification
Digital Business
Information Systems
Web Applications for Business
Management Information Systems
Data Science
Cross-cultural Communication
Data Mining
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
User Experience (UX) Design
Usability and Accessibility
Information Security

The interests page details my research interests, together with research ideas to supervise students.

Language Skills

English, Tamil, and Sinhala

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