Prof. N. Selvakkumaran of the School of Law at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology was its founder Head and Professor. He is also a Member of the Public Service Commission. Before joining the School of Law he had been serving the University of Colombo for more than 40 years in various capacities including as a Senior Lecturer in Law and as the Dean of the Faculty of Law for 12 consecutive years. He was a former Member of the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka.

Professor Selvakkumaran has held many positions in the past: he was a Chairman and Member of the Official Languages Commission, and a Member of the Law Commission, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. He was also a Member of the Commission of Inquiry on Local Government System in Sri Lanka. He was also appointed a member of the Panel of Experts to assist the Constitutional Assembly in the Parliament of Sri Lanka during 2016 – 2018. He was also a Member of the Experts’ Panel which assisted the All Party Conference which was set up by the President to propose Constitutional Reforms. He was a Member of the Sri Lanka Foundation.