Dr. Tharaka Ananda is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. She is a biological anthropologist specializing in forensic anthropology, with expertise in skeletal age estimation, human skeletal biology, biological anthropology of Indigenous populations, anthropometry, craniofacial morphometrics, human biological variation, and population affinities. Her forensic anthropology research focuses on the validation and application of the Suchey–Brooks pubic symphysis method and the İşcan–Loth fourth rib method for skeletal age estimation in the Sri Lankan population.

Through these research she explores the biological anthropology of Sri Lanka’s Indigenous Vedda populations, with particular emphasis on anthropometric variation, craniofacial morphology, biological diversity, and population affinities. Her work integrates anthropometric, morphometric, and osteological approaches to investigate human biological variation, evolutionary relationships, and population history.

In addition to her academic responsibilities at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Tharaka Ananda serves as a visiting lecturer at several higher education institutions in Sri Lanka. She is actively involved in teaching, academic supervision, interdisciplinary research, and national and international collaborations that contribute to the advancement of biological and forensic anthropology.

Through this website, Tharaka Ananda shares her research, publications, teaching resources, and academic activities with students, researchers, and the wider community. Her mission is to advance scientific knowledge in biological and forensic anthropology while promoting a deeper understanding of human cultural/biological diversity, skeletal biology, and forensic applications through research, education, and public engagement.