Dr. Ushan I. Peiris was born in Panadura, Sri Lanka, on 24th August 1980 and obtained the first degree, B.Sc. Honors in Financial Management with a Second Class Upper Division from the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka in 2006. He has completed MSc. in Financial Mathematics at the University of Moratuwa and his Doctoral of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Currently, he is working as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Accountancy and Finance, Faculty of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.He has carried out several pieces of research and publication in different areas of economics and finance, such as Trade Integration, Monetary Integration, Stock Market volatility & integration, and Foreign Direct Investment.