Udith K. Jayasinghe-Mudalige holds the degrees from University of Peradeniya (Bachelors in Agriculture and Masters in Agricultural Economics) and University of Guelph, Canada (PhD in Food and Agric. Econ. & Business). He serves as a Visiting Professor in University of Massachusetts, USA and Monash University, Australia and the Quality Assurance Consultant to the Ministry of Higher Education of Sri Lanka. He has been offered a Senior Fellowship by the Staff & Educational Development Association (SFSEDA), United Kingdom. He has published widely in the areas of food & agricultural economics and business management; environmental and resource economics as well as teaching-learning, assessment, and skills development in higher education and has led and contributed to a large number of national and international consultative projects targeting capacity development; monitoring & evaluation, and information dissemination.  

Economics of agricultural & food production and supply chain management, Economics of food safety and quality management, Food security, Economics of environmental and resource management