Mr.S.Balaputhiran
B.com (Hons), M.Com
Senior Lecturer Gr. I
+94718474875
sbalan@univ.jfn.ac.lk
Research Interests:
Accounting, Finance
Academic Profile
Teaching
Admin Roles
Research & Publications
Awards & Grants
Activities
Academic Profile
Degree
- Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Master of Commerce, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Resource Person
- Delivered a session for A/L Accounting Students thru Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on Introduction to Management Accounting, Overheads and Stock control telecast on May 30, 2020
- Delivered a session for A/L Accounting Students thru Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on Double entry system and Accounting equation telecast on July 25, 2020
- Served as a resource person at accounting workshop for G.C.E (A/L) Teachers of North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Western Provinces which was organized by Ministry of Education held from October 25th -26th , 2018
Institutional Development
- Coordinate the curriculum revision process of Bachelor of Business Administration Honours in Accounting at Department level.
- In the curriculum review of Bachelor of Commerce, an External Degree Programme at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka the curriculum for the new and existing course units have been reviewed with my significant contribution.
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
- Cost Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Management Accounting
- Management Science Application
Inter-faculty Teaching
- Cost Accounting, Faculty of Science, (2008/09; 2009/10; 2010/11)
Postgraduate Teaching
- Financial Reporting and Analysis, Master of Business Administration Programme of the University of Jaffna from 04.11.2017 to date
Visiting Lecturer
- Basic Accounting, Diploma Course in Fisheries of the University of Jaffna (2007; 2008)
- Basic Accounting, Certificate Course in Workers’ Education of the University of Jaffna (2003/2004)
- Basic Accounting, Diploma in Labour Studies of the University of Jaffna (2003/2004)
- Basic Accounting, Diploma in Marketing Management of the University of Jaffna (2012)
- Accounting for Micro finance and Business Statistics, Diploma in Micro Finance of the University of Jaffna from (2012 – to date)
Admin Roles
- Head of the Department of Accounting (2013 to 2015 and 2020 to date)
- Coordinator of the Professional Graduate Training Program (2011)
- Managing Editor of the Journal of Business Studies, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna (2020 to date)
- Senior Treasurer, Commerce Students’ Union. University of Jaffna, for the academic year (2006/2007; 2007/2008; 2008/2009)
- Treasurer, World University Service, University of Jaffna (2007/2010)
- Treasurer, University of Jaffna Teachers’ Association (2011/2012
- Student Counsellor, University of Jaffna (2006/2009)
- Committee Member of the Sports Advisory Board, University of Jaffna for the academic year (2009/2010)
- Subject Matter Expert (SME), Bachelor of Business Management Online Programme: Quantitative Method (BBM 2101) (01.12.2010 to date).
- Editorial member of the Journal of Business Studies, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna (2019/2022)
- Member of the Faculty Research Committee of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna (2018/2021)
- Member of proposal writing committee for Quality and Innovation Grant (QTG), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (2012/13)
- Member of the curriculum committee of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, (2018/2020)
Research & Publications
Journal
- Pratheepkanth.P., and Balaputhiran, S (2023). Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility disclosures: A comparative analysis between Australian and Sri Lankan markets, SMART Journal of Management Studies, 19(1), 98-110.
- Pratheepkanth, P., Velnampy.T and Balaputhiran.S(2020). Corporate governance, ownership structure and agency costs: evidence from Sri Lanka, Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 19 (2), 123-134
- Pratheepkanth, P., and Balaputhiran, S. (2018). Corporate governance and financing decisions of Sri Lankan listed firms. North South Business Review, 9(1), 34-48.
- Pratheepkanth, P., Velnampy, T., and Balaputhiran, S. (2018). An empirical analysis on capital budgeting models, uncertainty tools, cost of capital and firm performance: a comparison between Australia and Sri Lanka. European Journal of Applied Business and Management, 4(2), pp. 128-146.
Awards & Grants
- University prize (Thambiah Mudaliyar Chatram Trust), The best performance in Commerce Part I Examination for the Academic year 1992/1993, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- University prize (Mr.Veluppillai Memorial Award), The best performance at the final Examination in commerce for the Academic year 1996/1997, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- University prize (N. Jeevaratnam Memorial Prize), The best performance at the final Examination in Commerce for the Academic year 1996/1997, University of Jaffna Sri Lanka
Activities
Presentations
- Balaputhiran.S (2007) Impact of leadership styles on job satisfaction: An empirical study on the banking sector. International Research Conference on “Knowledge for Growth and Development”. Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, 100, Independence Square, Colombo 07, sri Lanka.
- Balaputhiran.S (2010) Impact of leadership styles on organizational commitment: An empirical study on the banking sector. International Research Conference on “Human resource Management practices for organizational growth”. Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, India.