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Sandaru Weerasingha

PhD Candidate in Manchester, UK.

Sandaru Werasingha is a highly talented national Badminton player who represented Sri Lanka many times and shined in the international level too. She represented Sri Lanka for International tournaments in Singapore, Indonesia, Maldives, and South Korea between 2005 to 2007. She became a Champion in 2009 Won-Gu International Peace Tournament in South Korea and also awarded the “Best University Sportsperson” award in 2014 in Sri Lanka.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015 Sandaru represented Sri Lankan Universities Badminton Team and won medals in Kazen, Spain, and Russia and Gwangju, and Korea. In 2016 & 2017 she represented University of Manchester and British Universities and Colleges Nationals (BUCS). In 2017, she was emerged Champion at the Christie Cup in Leeds. Sandaru studied at Visaka Vidyalaya and obtained the Best Results in GCE A/L in Business Studies. In 2015 completed BSc (Honors) in Town and Country Planning from University of Moratuwa with a First Class and thereafter enrolled at the University of Manchester in 2016 and completed MSC in Geographical Information Science with a Merit pass. During 2016 to 2018, Sandaru gained a skilled full experience as a Research Assistance in Environmental, Cultural and Historical Architecture in Both Kotte Kingdom in Sri Lanka as well as Non-Conventional Technology in UK.

In 2018, Sandaru was chosen as a PhD candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University in UK for Urban Studies and will be graduated in 2022. She was a Demonstrator and later promoted as the Tutor for MA Architecture and Urbanism to Manchester School of Architecture. She engaged in Joint Journal Publications every year from 2017 to 2021.

Sandaru met the CEO of SUPPAS to get UK visas for her Masters studies in 2016 and thereafter worked closely with the CEO for all her and her family and friends visa matters. Considering her dedication and commitment to support international students and also work she has already completed with the CEO, Sandaru was chosen as one of the “Global Ambassadors” to represent SUPPA’S. In addition, she is playing a major role in content writing, in charge of the quality of researches and projects conduct by SUPPA’S.