Prof. Ranjith Premalal De Silva is a Senior Professor of Geo-Informatics at the University of Peradeniya. He holds a PhD in Applied Remote Sensing and GIS from Cranfield University, UK, along with postgraduate degree in natural resources management from Asian Institute of Technology. He founded the Geo-Informatics Postgraduate Programme and the Geo-Informatics Society of Sri Lanka. Professor De Silva has served as the Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka and the University of Vocationaal Technology, Sri Lanka and served on multiple national and presidential committees. He worked as a consultant for the UN, FAO, World Bank, British Gas and UN's African Spatial Data Infrastructure Programme. He is also an accomplished researcher with 75+ journal publications, 150+ other publications, authored textbooks, and edited over 35 works.