Nilshan Perera is a Visiting Lecturer at the leading government and private institutions and universities. He studied for his Bachelor at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in the Department for Marketing Management. His Master of Business Management in Marketing (MBM) was funded by the University of Kelaniya. He was awarded MBA with Distinction from the University of Northampton UK.

He works as a Marketing Analyst and data Scientist in the leading Organisation and has experience in streams of Sales, marketing and branding. He has recently published academic articles in high-profile peer-reviewed journals. He is also a Chartered Marketer and an associate member of Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM).