Samanthi Mahatantila

Teaching Cambridge IGCSE Geography to students from Secondary 1 to 5 at Mont Fleuri Secondary School, Ministry of Education, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles.

Provided external resource teaching for Geography for grades 6, 8, and A/L at Sujatha Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo 05.

Volunteered as a Facilitator for the British Council Active Citizens leadership training program for Partner Schools Global Network at Colombo South International College.

Worked as a Research Specialist and Geo-Spatial Analyst under the Archaeological Research project of Yan Oya Middle Basin Mortuary at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya.

Worked as a Geo-Spatial Data Analyst for Past Preservers Archaeological Services (PPAS).

Worked as a GIS Specialist under the USAID Land Administration and Property Protection program.

Delivered guest lectures on 'Geographic Information System for Biodiversity' for the Diploma in Biodiversity Management at the Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.

Worked as a Geo Spatial Analyst at Geoinformatics International (Pvt) Ltd.

Instructed final year undergraduates in the Skills Enhancement Program of Information Technology, conducted by the University of Colombo under Institutional Block Grants II for Information Technology.

Volunteered as a Resource Person in the GIS unit of Environment & Management Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

Provided voluntary teaching for grade one new students at KT Deeyakaduwa Primary School, Bulatsinhala.

Managed sub factory operations at Nam Gang Lanka (PVT) Ltd, Agalawatta.

Volunteered as a Master Trainer for the practice of mindfulness at Satipasala Foundation.

Volunteered as Teacher In-Charge of the Environmental Pioneer Program collaborated by Central Environmental Authority at Colombo South International College.

Served as Head of the Department and Teacher for Geography for grades 8 to 11 of the National section and grades 9 to 11 of the Edexcel Curriculum, and also acted as student counsellor.

Currently reading for a Master of Psychology at Eurasian Campus, Sri Lanka.

Currently reading for a degree in Psychology and Counselling at IMBS Green Campus, Sri Lanka.

Certificate for the programme of improving skills of effective interpersonal communication, completed in 2008.

Certificate for the non-credit online course 'Learn to Program: The Fundamentals' from University of Toronto, completed in September 2012.

Diploma in Teaching Skills for Educators with 885 XP from Alison, completed in April 2026.

Grade: Credit

Business Management Diploma with Credit pass from Management and Higher Professional Training Institute, completed in 2004/2005.

Certificate for the Training Programme on Remote Sensing Satellite Data Processing for Resources Mapping and Monitoring, completed in January 2007.

Certificate for full time training on environmental impact assessment conducted by Central Environmental Authority, completed in December 2018.

Certificate for residential training on environmental impact assessment conducted by Centre for Environmental Justice, completed in January 2019.

Certificate for the National Geographic Educator thirty hour course 'Connecting the Geo-Inquiry process to your teaching practice', completed on 29 November 2021.

Grade: Second Class Upper Division

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Second Class Upper Division) in Geography from the University of Colombo, completed in 2006.

Skills enhancement program in Information Technology under the project of Improving Relevance and Quality of Undergraduate Education, completed in 2006.

Certificate for the Short Course for GIS and its Applications from University of Peradeniya, completed in February 2008.

Master of Philosophy in Geographic Information System, Remote Sensing and Information Technology from the University of Colombo School of Computing, completed in 2015.

Certificate for the Facilitator Development Workshop (Training of Trainers) for the Partner Schools Global Network, completed in July 2017.

Grade: Merit

Diploma in Counselling and Psychology with GPA 3.85 and Merit pass from IMBS Green Campus, completed in 2024.

Certificate for the virtual course in Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Developing Relationships, completed in January 2025.

Advanced Diploma in Education and Teaching Practice from Eurasian Campus-Nile University, completed in 2025.