Palitha Udayakantha, Senior Academic Advisor

MSc (Geodetic Science), Higher Diploma (Surveying and Mapping), BSc (Physical Science).

He is the former Surveyor General of Sri Lanka and Chairman of Land Survey Council Sri Lanka. Thirty-six years of experience in surveying in the survey Department and Five years as a Registered Licensed Surveyor. He was the former Project Director, National Land Titling Program, Head, Geodetic Section, Centre for GIS, State of Qatar.

He worked as a senior lecturer at the Institute of Surveying and Mapping Diyatalawa and is working as a visiting lecturer at Sabaragmauwa University of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Institute of Environmental Professionals in Sri Lanka.