Scholarships, Awards and Medals

1. University Research Grant 2025 - Title of Research project: Diversity and Identification of the Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Agricultural Cropping Systems in Jaffna and Kilinochchi Districts- Grant Number: URG/2025/SEIT/02

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

3. AHEAD Scholarship- for the University Academics for the PhD program to pursue a PhD at Lincoln University, New Zealand.   

4.  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.

5 . 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]

6. Semi-Finalist Award for the Three-Minute 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 the National Science Foundation [NSF] of Sri Lanka, October 2018.

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

• Paper Title: Distribution of entomopathogens 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.

8. 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.