Sanjanah's Channel

Sanjana is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives and Head of ICT and Peacebuilding at InfoShare. He has an Advanced Masters in Conflict Resolution and International Relations at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and holds an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Delhi, India. He has significant practical experience in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of peace and media support programmes and has handled complex Track II processes for conflict transformation. Sanjana is an internationally recognised thought-leader in Information and Communications Technology for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).

Writing frequently on topics related to media, conflict and technology for peacebuilding in local and international print and electronic media, Sanjana is regularly consulted by local and international actors on how best to create, promote and sustain state-of-the-art conflict transformation and peace support initiatives using new media and ICTs.

He is a Fellow of the Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution, at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sanjana is Editor of Groundviews (www.groundviews.org), a pioneering and award-winning web based citizen journalism initiative in Sri Lanka. He is married with a son, loves travelling, a good read and Sri Lanka.