Tilak Jayatilake
Resident Director, Sri Lanka
Start date
January 2007
Interests
Anthropological Research • Traveling • Cartoon • Cricket • Cooking
Tilak Jayatilake
“I have been helping American students for more than 25 years with resident visas, housing, food, health and safety, and academic research. It’s a job that requires finding creative solutions every day, but it is a pleasure to see the increased interest and great success the students gain about the culture, language, society, and biodiversity of Sri Lanka.”
Education
Tilak earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. He has three postgraduate diplomas in library science, counseling, and conflict resolution and communal harmony from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka.
Travel Experience
Tilak has traveled to India, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates.
Did You Know?
Tilak is a cartoonist and has created line drawings for many international publications.