Amalapridman Vijitha has a background in Horticulture and Crop Science with a research focus on organic agriculture. She completed her BSc (Hons) in Agriculture at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (major in Agricultural Engineering). She is a lecturer in Department of Biosystems Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. She was awarded with "Eng.R.Vijayaratnam Memorial Gold Medal" for obtaining highest OGPA in Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture specialization in Agricultural Engineering for the academic year 2017. Currently, she is completing her MSc in Agriculture in Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Canada.