Awards and grants

• 2006
  Research Fellowship (10 months tenure) awarded

  Research Fellowship (10 months tenure) awarded by Japan Foundation Research Fellowship Program, September, 2006.
• 1989
  Indo-Sri Lanka Cultural Exchange Program Scholarship

  Indo-Sri Lanka Cultural Exchange Program Scholarship for post-graduate studies, Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka, October 1989.
  
• Japan Foundation Fellow

  Japan Foundation Fellow Gakshuin University, Tokyo,Japan.