Scholarships, Awards and Medals

1. Conference Travel Grants (NZPPS and APPS) for Students - to attend the New Zealand Plant Protection Society Conference-2023 at Rotorua, NZ. 

2. AHEAD Scholarship for the University Academics for PhD program to follow PhD at Lincoln University, New Zealand.   

3. Certificate of Merit Award for Best Research Paper and Oral Presentation [Microbiology]

Paper Title: Production of an entomopathogenic nematode, Acrobeloides longiuterus using artificial solid media.

Award from the Young Scientist Forum (YSF), National Science and Technology Commission [8th YSF Symposium, @ Construction Industry Development Authority, CIDA]- January 2019.

4. Silver Medal Winning Invention- Category University and Tertiary Educational Institute- Field of Food Technology 

Title of Invention: A new biscuit developed using Lavulu fruit [Pouteria campechina]

Award from the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission [National Exhibition for Inventions and Innovations- October 2018]

5. Semi-Finalist Award for the Three Minutes Thesis Presentation [3MT]

Title: Potential of an insect-killing nematode, Acrobeloides cf longiuterus against crop pests.

Award from the Sri Lankan Academics of Young Scientists [SLAYS] and National Science Foundation [NSF] of Sri Lanka-October-2018

6. Certificate of Merit Award for Best Research Paper and Oral Presentation [Plant Protection]

Paper Title: Distribution of entomo-pathogens in Northern Sri Lanka and their potential as bio agents

Award from the Young Scientist Forum (YSF), National Science and Technology Commission [7th YSF Symposium, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka]- January-2018 .

7. Certificate of Merit Award for Best Research Paper and Oral Presentation [Food Technology] 

Paper Title: Acceptability and proximate valuation on a new biscuit by an underutilized fruit, Pouteria campechina (Lavulu)

Award from the Young Scientist Forum (YSF), National Science and Technology Commission [7th YSF Symposium, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka]-January-2018.