Asanka Thewara Hannadige has been studying the Bachelor of Applied Aquaculture degree course at NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE) in Australia since the 2008 academic year. After beginning studies on Fisheries and Marine Science at the National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asanka developed a strong desire to go abroad to study, and to specialize more in the exciting field of Aquaculture.

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is Australia's first international university attracting outstanding scholars and students from around the world. Its motto - Scientia Manu et Mente ('Knowledge by Hand and Mind') - encapsulates the University's central philosophy of balancing the practical and the scholarly.