{"id":94,"date":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:15:12","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/res.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/ashani.fernando\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;134&#8243; img_size=&#8221;225*300&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Google Scholar&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_type=&#8221;openiconic&#8221; i_icon_openiconic=&#8221;vc-oi vc-oi-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;research-btn&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fhl%3Den%26user%3DlBCcY14AAAAJ||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;ResearchGate&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_type=&#8221;openiconic&#8221; i_icon_openiconic=&#8221;vc-oi vc-oi-doc-alt&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;research-btn&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FAshani_Fernando2||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Academia&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;research-btn&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Findependent.academia.edu%2FAshaniFernando||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#000000\">Ashani Fernando<\/h1>\n[vc_column_text]Ashani Fernando is a Senior Lecturer (Grade II) in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, currently on study leave while pursuing an International PhD in National Economics at Peking University.<\/p>\n<p>Her research focuses on health economics, development economics, energy and environmental economics, applied econometrics, and the economics of higher education. 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