About

Shaseevan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1982. He followed B.Sc. (Physics, Mathematics and Statistics) in University of Colombo. He has completed the diploma level in the British Computer Society (BCS) examinations.

He has worked as Research Fellow (2009 – 2010) in “Youth, ICTs and Political Engagement in Asia” project which is initiated by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and National University of Singapore (NUS) forming a research collaboration with “Beyond Borders” Sri Lanka.

He is the Founding Director and Executive Director (2008 – 2015) of the Foundation. He contributed as a Project Coordinator of Project Noolaham and organised many successful projects. Under his management, Project Noolaham grew exponentially in number of works digitized, its organizational capacity was strengthened and the Noolaham Foundation was created.

He has worked as Project Manager of leading MVNO telecommunication company Vectone Mobile London, United Kingdom. (2014 – 2016)

His research interests are Information Society, Knowledge Economy, Technological change on Culture, Politics and Society.

He is located in Bristol, United Kingdom.