Beyond

MBZUAI Consulting Club

Founding President; chartered the club from zero to bridge AI research with business strategy.

• Established the UAE's first inter-university case competition with 7 teams from MBZUAI, NYUAD, and AUS; BCG and Kearney consultants ran the preparatory workshops and judged the finals.
• Hosted the flagship "Introduction to Consulting: Digital & Analytics" session and an AI Industry Panel with Kearney's AI Leader for Middle East and Africa, engaging 50+ students.
• Ran case-prep cycles, alumni speaker series, and mentored students through interviews for top consulting firms.

AIESEC

International student-run non-profit; cross-cultural leadership development.

• Member during undergraduate years at the University of Peradeniya chapter.
• Engaged with the global volunteer and exchange programs that connect students across 100+ countries.

Long-distance running keeps the head clear and the deadlines honest. Showing up with other people is what turns a single run into a habit - the standing time, the friendly pressure, and the post-run breakfast all do more for consistency than any training plan I've tried alone.

• Recreational distance runs in Dubai with the LFG Dubai crew (lfgdubai.com) and the Your Best Version community (@_yourbestversion on Instagram).
• Track and field at Trinity College earned me Sri Lanka Schools Colors - which mostly means I learned to lose well before I learned to win.

Pickup games and 5-a-side - the sport that never stops being fun.

• Weekly 5-a-side to 7-a-side matches every weekend.
• Played for Trinity College during high school.

The fastest-growing racquet sport in the UAE, played on a glass-walled court the size of a small living room.

• Occasionally play in Abu Dhabi and Dubai - the glass walls turn every rally into a chess problem at full speed, and the short court makes it easy to rope in friends who have never picked up a racquet before.

Track days when the calendar permits.

• Yas Kartzone laps in Abu Dhabi - a quick way to reset after a heavy training week or a tough debugging session.