Award for excellence in Research for 2000 from the PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA for the paper Seneviratne HR, Rajapaksa LC. Safe motherhood on Sri Lanka : A 100–year march. World Report on Women’s Health 2000”. Guest Ed: Shirish S. Sheth. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2000; 70: 113 – 124.