Bhante completed his PhD in mathematics (History of Indian Mathematics in particular) in 2020 at the University of Canterbury, MPhil in Sanskrit in 2015, and BA (Hons) In Sanskrit in 2009 - both at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit at the Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya. He is also an associate of the New Zealand South Asia Centre, UC. Bhante lives in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
