Awards and Grants

• 2005
  Leadership Development Award

  Special Leadership Development Award from the International Association of School Librarianship for promoting teacher librarianship nationally and internationally.
• 2011
  Best Woman Librarian

  The Best Woman Librarian in 2011 from SATKAL (Satinder Kaur foundation for the Advancement of Librarianship) Foundation of India for the contribution made to the development of LIS education.
• 2012
  University of Peradeniya Research Grant

  Information seeking and research strategies of undergraduates in the digital age: a case study at University of Peradeniya
• 2015
  Research Grant by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publication (INASP), UK

  Survey of e-resources usage by the Sri Lankan university academics
• 2016
  University of Colombo Research Grant

  Information Seeking Behavior of the Humanities and Social Science Undergraduates: A Case of University of Colombo
• 2017
  Innovation Grant of International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), UK
• 2017
  Asian Library Leaders Professional Excellence

  Asian Library Leaders Professional Excellence Award for the year 2017 from Satija Research Foundation in LIS, INDIA