Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Thesis: Manifestation of “Digital Buddhism”: Study on multi-faceted phenomenon of transformational Popular Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Anthropology, First Class (3.79 GPA), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Awards
B.A. Tennyson Perera Gold Medal - 2019 (45th Convocation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
Silver Medal for the Second place as the best poetry writer - 2017 (Ranrasu Competition, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
W.K.M. Wijayarathna. (2019). Anthropological Study of New Trends and Changes of Christian System of Belief and Rituals: With Special Reference to Chilaw Area. Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Proceedings of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 5th and 6th December 2019. (Oral Presentation) Extended Abstract, p.547.
D.M.K.G.K. Dissanayake., W.K.M. Wijayarathna, G.A.A.N. Sri Shan. (2019). සංස්කෘතික බලපෑම මත ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ස්ථාපිත යුනානි වෛද්ය ක්රමයේ වත්මන් භාවිතය පිළිබඳ අධ්යයනයක්, Proceedings of the 12th Annual Research Conference, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 28th and 30th March 2019. (Oral Presentation) Extended Abstract, p.213.
S. Samarasekara., A.A.C.N. Amarakoon., H.M.K.G. Dushmantha., A.G.K.C. Gunawardene., W.K.M. Wijayarathna. (2019). පශ්චාත් යුද සමයේ මුහුදු වැදි ජනතාව කෙරෙහි සිදු කළා වූ සංවර්ධන ව්යාපෘතීන් පිළිබඳ මානව විද්යාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්: කුන්ජම්කල්කුලම්, මේවාන්ඩුකුලම් සහ මිනිමිත්තවිල ගම්මාන ඇසුරින්, Proceedings of the International Research Conference in Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 29th and 30th November 2018. Abstract, p.190.
G.A.A.N. Sri Shan, W.K.M. Wijayarathna, D.M.K.G.K. Dissanayake. (2019). මුහුදු වැදි ජනතාව කෙරෙහි සිදු කළා වූ අවිධිමත් සංවර්ධන ව්යාපෘති ඔවුන්ගේ සමාජ සංස්කෘතිය වෙනස් කිරීමෙහි ලා ඇති කළ බලපෑම පිළිබඳ මානව විද්යාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්, Proceedings of the Annual Research Conference on Sinhala Studies, University of Colombo. Sri Lanka, 6th December 2019. (Oral Presentation) Abstract, p.31.
D.M.K.G.K. Dissanayake, W.K.M. Wijayarathna, G.A.A.N. Sri Shan. (2019). ජනශ්රැතිකාංගයක් ලෙස උඩුනුවර ප්රදේශය තුළ පවතින හෙණකඳ බිසෝ බණ්ඩාර දේවිය පිළිබඳ සටහන් වන මූලාශ්ර හා සම්බන්ධ විශ්වාස පිළිබඳ අධ්යයනයක්, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage, Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 26th September 2019. (Oral Presentation) Abstract, p.156.
G.A.A.N. Sri Shan, H.M.K.G. Dushmantha, W.K.M. Wijayarathna. (2019). ඓතිහාසික කැබිලිත්ත පුදබිම හා බැඳුණු ඇදහිලි, විශ්වාස, පුදපූජා හා චාරිත්රවිධි පිළිබඳ මානව විද්යාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 26th September 2019. (Oral Presentation) Abstract, p.157.
D.M.K.G.K. Dissanayake., R.D. Windsor., W.K.M. Wijayarathna. (2019). B.P de Silva: The Legacy of Asia’s Finest Jewelers. Proceedings of the International Conference on Heritage as Soft Power, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 26th and 27th December 2019. (Oral Presentation) Abstract, p.47.
W.K.M. Wijayarathna. (2021). Anthropological analysis on the new trends and changes of Christian system of belief and rituals (with special reference to Chilaw, Sri Lanka), Journal of Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Vol. 1(1).
