He had his education up to secondary level at Royal College[6] and then proceeded to University of Colombo,[7] where he studied for a special degree in physics.

Soon after his first degree, Gomes joined the UoC as a lecturer in physics and started a joint PhD program with Uppsala University, Sweden.

From 1999 to 2009, while working as a senior academic and a researcher at UoC, Gomes was involved with several projects in promoting lightning safety and protection in the South Asian region.

[10][11][12] He was also involved with many commissions in Sri Lanka such as being the chairman of the Young Scientists Forum of NASTEC,[13] chairman of the committee on developing National Policy on Lightning Protection,[14] and Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's National Policy on Antenna Structures.

[19][20][21] He pioneered in establishing the African Centre for Lightning and Electromagnetics (ACLE), with the patronage of NAM S&T Center[22] in New Delhi and Ugandan Statehouse.

[26] Chandima Gomes has contributed to a number of research papers published on the lightning safety and protection in Asia and Africa.