D.S.K.Wijebandara holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering and is currently the Team Leader of PALM Foundation in Nuwara Eliya and has served on the board of PALM Foundation since 1991. He worked as a quantity surveyor and design Engineer at Kean Nam Enterprises in Saudi Arabia and worked as a District Officer in charge of Sarvodaya technical services, implementing and managing water, sanitation and rural infrastructure projects. Also he was trained as a technical officer at the Department of Irrigation of Sri Lanka. He was appointed as a Director of the PALM Community Development Services Company (G) Ltd since 2009.