{"id":1283,"date":"2025-08-04T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/?page_id=1283"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:19:24","slug":"ms-silvaster-ajitha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/ms-silvaster-ajitha\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Silvaster Ajitha"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr><!-- LEFT COLUMN --><\/p>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"40%\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1756\" src=\"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ajitha-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ajitha-2.jpeg 413w, https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ajitha-2-233x300.jpeg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Silvaster Ajitha<br \/>\nLecturer (Probationary)<br \/>\nDepartment of Project Management,<br \/>\nFaculty of Business Studies,<br \/>\nUniversity of Vavuniya<\/p>\n<p>Official Email:<a href=\"mailto:ajitha@vau.ac.lk\">ajitha@vau.ac.lk<\/a><br \/>\nPersonal Email: <a href=\"mailto:silvastarajitha@gmail.com\">silvastarajitha@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Academic Qualification<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Bachelor of Business Management (Hons) in Project Management<\/strong>, University of Vavuniya<\/td>\n<p><!-- RIGHT COLUMN --><\/p>\n<td width=\"60%\"><div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Biography<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Silvaster Ajitha currently serves as a Lecturer (Probationary) in the Department of Project Management. She holds a Bachelor of Business Management Honors degree in Project Management and has previously contributed as a Temporary Assistant Lecturer within the same department. In addition to her academic role, she gained practical experience as a Field Assistant and Intern Trainee at AMCOR under the RESUME-II project, where she was involved in field-based research and community-oriented development work.<\/p>\n<p>Ajitha possesses strong leadership, communication, and self-motivation skills, which she continuously applies in both academic and professional settings. Her interests lie in project planning, development studies, student engagement, and applied research. She is committed to fostering interactive learning environments and contributing to the continuous improvement of teaching and learning practices within the field of project management.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Teaching Interests<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Agile Project Management<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>Procurement and Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n<li>Operations and Quality Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Research Interests<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Communication Management<\/li>\n<li>Human Resource Management<\/li>\n<li>Agile Project Management<\/li>\n<li>Procurement and Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Publications<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Ajitha S and Thirugnanasampanthar. S (2024) \u201cThe Impact of Employee Turnover on Project Stages of Non-Governmental Organizations\u2019 Projects in Vavuniya District,\u201d published in the proceedings of the Fifth RCBS Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>Ranush Dilshan. A.O.M., Anjana Appuhami. M.A.D.S., and Ajitha Silvaster (2024) \u201cHuman Trafficking for Cyber Slavery and Crimes\u201d published in the proceedings of the First URSPM Department of Project Management, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>Ajitha. S and Thirugnanasampanthar. S (2023) \u201cInfluence of Social Media on Project Communication\u201d published in the Journal of Information Systems and Information Technology. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seu.ac.lk\/jisit\/publication\/V8n1\/JISIT%202023%20Volume%208%20No%201%20Influence%20of%20Social%20Media%20on%20Project%20Communication%20Page%2051-61.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Publication<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ajitha. S and Thirugnanasampanthar. S (2023) \u201cInfluence of Social Media on Project Communication\u201d published in the Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Research Conference Faculty of Management and Commerce at South Eastern University Sri Lanka. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seu.ac.lk\/jisit\/publication\/V8n1\/JISIT%202023%20Volume%208%20No%201%20Influence%20of%20Social%20Media%20on%20Project%20Communication%20Page%2051-61.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Publication<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thirugnanasampanthar. S, Ajitha. S, and Sharangi. S (2025) \u201cThe Impact of Effective Project<br \/>\nManagement Practices on Successful and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Development in the<br \/>\nNorthern Province\u201d Published in the proceedings of the Sixth RCBS conference Faculty of<br \/>\nBusiness Studies, University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Awards and Grants<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>University Prize (Thambiah Mudaliar Chatram Trust)<\/strong> for the best performance in the fourth examination in Business Management Honors in Project Management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Silvaster Ajitha Lecturer (Probationary) Department of Project Management, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vavuniya Official Email:ajitha@vau.ac.lk Personal Email: silvastarajitha@gmail.com Academic Qualification Bachelor of Business Management (Hons) in Project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1839,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1283\/revisions\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/pm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}