SHORT BIO NOTE
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu received his Ph.D from the London School of Economics in 1986. He is currently Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) an independent and non- partisan public policy institute focusing on issues of democratic governance, human rights and peace through programmes of research and advocacy. Dr Saravanamuttu is a Co-Convenor of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Berghof Foundation for Peace Support and the Sri Lanka Advisory Group of the Asia Pacific Leadership Forum on HIV/AIDs and Development. He was a founder Member of the Board of the Sri Lanka Chapter of Transparency International and continued on the Board until June 2009.
