Mr. K.Charith

Mr. K. Charith

Lecturer

MBA in Finance, University of Colombo
BBA (Finance) Special (Honours)
CIMA passed Finalist UK
CTHE (UWU)
Email :charithk@uwu.ac.lk
Phone : +94 553560090

  • Behavioral finance
  • Asset pricing
  • Financial Markets

 

Indexed Publications

 


Charith, K., Azeez, A.A. (2024). Exploring Herding Instincts Through the Lens of Adaptive Market Hypothesis: Insights from a Frontier Market. Asia-Pacific Financial Markets.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10690-024-09486-3


 

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

 


Charith, K., Davydenko, A. (2021). Informational value of dividend initiations: Impact of cash dividends on share prices of manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 13(3), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.5539/ijef.v13n3p13


Senadeera, W.I.U, Charith, K. (2024, August 23). Implementation Framework for Blockchainbased Tax Collection Mechanism in the Decentralized Era. 3rd Annual International Conference on Emerging Financial Markets and Policy EFMP2024, Badulla, Sri Lanka. https://slfa.lk/wpcontent/uploads/2024/11/efmp20244.pdf


 

Conference Presentations

 


Perera, K.L.T.S., Irugalbandara, I.B.M.T.M., Perera M.T.V., Charith, K., Hettikankanama, K.S.K. (2024). Sentiment Analysis of Financial news; an Application of Natural Language
Processing in Finance [Conference presentation abstract]. IRCUWU2024, Badulla, Sri Lanka.


Charith, K., Azeez, A.A. (2023, October 11-13). Exploring Herding Behavior during COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sri Lanka [Conference presentation abstract]. 45th EBES
Conference, Budapest, Hungary


Charith, K., Azeez, A.A. (2023, October 11-13). Evolutionary Herding Behavior over Market Episodes: Evidence from Sri Lanka [Conference presentation abstract]. 45th EBES Conference, Budapest, Hungary.


Senadeera, W.I.U., Hasangana, K.A.S., Senarathna, A.A.I., Hettikankanama, H.K.S.K., and Charith, K. (2024) Examining the Efficiency of Blockchain-Based Licensing and Ownership
Systems for Images: A Thorough Examination of Digital Photography Copyright Protection in the Decentralized Era [Conference presentation abstract]. 3rd Applied Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium (URSTech & APSURS) – 2024, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.


Charith, K., & Davydenko, A. (2020, July 29-30). Is Cash Dividend an Everlasting Stimulus? Impact of Cash Dividend on Share Price of Manufacturing Companies in Sri Lanka [ePoster]. IRCUWU2020. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12788372


Davydenko, A., & Charith, K. (2020, July 29-30). A Visual Framework for Longitudinal and Panel Studies (with Examples in R) [ePoster]. IRCUWU2020. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12749432


Charith, K. (2019). Trade-off between Working Capital Management and Firms profitability: Panel Data Analysis Based on Listed Manufacturing Companies in Sri Lanka [Conference presentation abstract]. IRCUWU2019, Badulla Sri Lanka


Charith, K. (2019). Empirical Study on Determinants of Capital structure: Panel Data Analysis for Listed Manufacturing Companies in Sri Lanka [Conference presentation abstract]. IRCUWU2019, Badulla Sri Lanka


Lewliyadda, I., Kulathunga, K.M.M.C.B., & Charith, K., (2021, June 26). Institutional adoption of principle-based corporate governance practices: study on the listed food, beverage and tobacco industry in Sri Lanka [Conference presentation abstract]. Annual International Conference on Emerging Financial Markets and Policy (EFMP 2021), Sri Lanka. https://slfa.lk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/efmp2021p_4.pdf


Student Counselor, Department of Computer Science and Informatics (2020 to 2024)


Conference secretary, EFMP2024


Track coordinator, Computing and Informatics IRCUWU2021


Internship coordinator, 2018


Research coordinator, 2019


Short Courses Coordinator, 2016


Academic Sub warden, 2018 to present


Team Leader, Program Review of Industrial Information Technology degree


CIMA passed Finalist UK

LECTURER from 2016 – present (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka)

  • Business Finance IIT334-2
  • Financial Management ICT111-2
  • Financial Accounting IIT232-3
  • Management Accounting IIT233-2
  • Business Strategy IIT445-3
  • Applied Economics and Financial Accounting SCT302-2