Awards

AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITIONS (Selected)

Featured PhD Graduation Story

Recognised by Queen’s University Belfast, UK, as an exceptional PhD journey of resilience for completing a PhD during the global COVID-19 pandemic and in the face of significant personal loss and economic upheaval by a featured PhD journey story in the Queen’s University Belfast Graduation News | QUB News Link | 2025

Future-Ready Award (Teaching)

Awarded for completing professional development in higher education teaching - Introduction to Teaching for Postgraduate Students | Queen’s University Belfast, UK | 2025

Postgraduate Associateship

Recognised with a Postgraduate Associateship by the Irish Studies Gateway, Queen’s University Belfast, UK for the Doctoral Studies on Sri Lankan Experiences of Migration to the West (including Northern Ireland and Ireland) | 2020

AHEAD PhD Scholarship Grant

Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development, Sri Lanka | 2019

Queen’s International Postgraduate Research Award

Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom | 2019

Best All-round Student Award

T. John College, Bangalore University, India – 2012

Best Performance in Academics Award

T. John College, Bangalore University, India – 2012

President’s Scout Award

Scout from 1st Batticaloa-13th Sri Lanka Scout Troup | Sri Lanka Scout Association – 2005

National Best Actor Award

Interschool English Drama Competitions, Sri Lanka – 2005

National Best Orator Awards

International Co-operative Day – 2003 | English Day Competitions – 2005

British Federation Music Awards

Two-time Gold Medalist in Piano Recital at the British Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech UK in Sri Lanka – 2000, 2001

Outstanding Performance Awards

Wendy Whatmore Academy of Speech and Drama, Sri Lanka | Best Performer Challenge Trophy – years 2000, 2001, 2005.