Awards and Grants

Awards and grants

  • 2024
    Best Research Paper Award in the research track 'Multi-Disciplinary Research'
    ``at the 21st International Conference on Business Management – 2025, University of Sri Jayawardenapura``
  • 2023
    Awarded the University of Colombo Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence
  • 2023
    Awarded the Senate Award for Research Excellence
  • 2023
    CVCD Excellence Award
    ``The Most Outstanding Senior Researcher Award`` in the field of Management Studies. (Lifetime Award).
  • 2022
    Visiting Research Fellowship
    offered by the University of Tokyo, Japan, under the Asian University Alliance (AUA) scholarship
  • 2022
    Awarded the Senate Award for Research Excellence
  • 2021
    Awarded commendation in Senate Award for Research Excellence
  • 2021
    Literati award by Emerald publishers for outstanding paper for the paper
    Battling COVID-19 with human resource management bundling published in Employee Relations: The International Journal. doi.org/10.1108/ER-08-2020-0390. (co-authored with Naotunna, N. P. G. S. I., & Priyankara, H. P. R.)
  • 2019
    Senate award for Research Excellence
  • 2019
    Awarded the University of Colombo Vice Chancellors award
    excellence in Management and Finance for the year 2018
  • 2018
    Awarded commendation in Senate award for Research Excellence
  • 2018
    Received the ‘Best Paper Award’
    for the paper ‘Value `{`in`}`congruence: A conceptual framework on value conflicts in public administration’ co-authored with C.M.Y.S.S. Bandara and K. Dissanayake, at the International Conference on HR, organized by the SRM school of Management, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, held in Chennai India on October 25th and 26th 2018
  • 2017
    RDW Fellowship
    offered by the International Labour Organization for the 5th International Research Conference on Regulating Decent Work.
  • 2017
    Awarded the University of Colombo Vice Chancellors award
    For research excellence in Management and Finance
  • 2015
    Visiting Research Fellowship
    offered by University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
  • 2014
    Received the ‘Didulana Sirimavian’ awa
    by Sirimavo Bandaranayake Vidyalaya, Colombo, for the outstanding service rendered to the country and bringing prestige to the school as a past student of the school.
  • 2014
    Pride of HR Profession
    Awarded theinternational award of ‘Pride of HR Profession’, by World HRD Congress. The award acknowledges the best HR Professionals in the world. HRD congress is considered to be the largest conglomerate of HR professionals from over 100 countries. (http://www.worldhrdcongress.com/)
  • 2010
    Ten outstanding Young PersonsAwarded the international award of ‘Pride of HR Profession’,
    by World HRD Congress. The award acknowledges the best HR Professionals in the world. HRD congress is considered to be the largest conglomerate of HR professionals from over 100 countries. (http://www.worldhrdcongress.com/)
  • 2010
    Ten outstanding Young Persons
    Awarded as one of the‘Ten outstanding Young Persons’ of the year 2010 (TOYP) by Junior Chamber International, Sri Lanka (JCISL), for academic accomplishment and leadership. JCISL is the Local Branch of Junior Chamber International, the world’s largest Youth Leadership Development Organization.
  • 2006
    Best Paper Award
    Received the ‘Best Paper Award’for the paper ‘sexual harassment among women in the banking sector of Sri Lanka’ for the International Conference on Business and Information held in Singapore on July 12th to 14th, 2006
  • FES/SLF Research Fellowship for Young Researchers
    Sri Lanka Foundation and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung