Dr. Bhagya Senaratne
Director of Education, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Sri Lanka
Dr. Bhagya Senaratne is the Director of Education at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), Sri Lanka, where she leads educational initiatives, develops innovative teaching programmes, and fosters global understanding. Previously, she served as a Postdoctoral Fellow of Global Asia at New York University Shanghai, where she led the ‘BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) and South Asia’ project and curated the ‘CGA BRI Talk Series’. She has over eight years of experience as a Senior Lecturer at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, where she has taught and mentored more than 5,500 students. Her research intersects Foreign Policy Analysis, China Studies, agency of small and medium states, security studies and Maritime Security. Dr. Senaratne has edited several publications, including Sri Lanka’s Post-Independence Defence Policy: Past, Present and Future Projections in 2023 and Pakistan-Sri Lanka Relations: A Story of Friendship in 2017.
