Having earned 10 years of experience in research, Chamanthi developed a taste in mathematical modelling, strong enough to found a company based upon it for agricultural and water resource applications. She studied the application of AI in water treatment during her Master’s degree at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Universiti Sains Malaysia. She obtained experience in industrial model-based applications from her PhD research at Ghent University (Belgium). She is a graduate of the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering of University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka).