Awarded to Theja Kuruppu Arachchi, Laurianne Sitbon, Jinglan Zhang, Ruwan Gamage and Priyantha Hewagamage In recognition of the most outstanding contribution to the application of interactive systems for social and economic development of people in developing countries for the refereed paper titled ``LIFT: an eLearning Introduction to Web Search for Young Adults with Intellectual Disability in Sri Lanka`` at the INTERACT 2021 IFIP TC13 Conference on Human Computer Interaction conducted by the International Federation for Information Processing.

Award for 'Supporting Learning' by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), UK and the Accreditation of Senior Teachers in Higher Education (ASTHE) of University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Teaching for Master Program of the Research Center for Knowledge Communities, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Fellowship is the highest achievement as a member of the Sri Lanka Library Association, the umbrella organization for library profession in Sri Lanka.

Learning, Teaching and Assessing (Named Award) of the Staff and Educational Development Association, UK, and the Certificate of Teaching for Higher Education (CTHE) at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Awarded by the International Library & Information Group (ILIG) of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), UK for initiating and maintaining the Sri Lanka Library Friends e-Group since the year 2003.

Persued Doctoral studies at the School of Information Management at the Wuhan University, PR China.

The International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), awarded US $500 to a group of researchers from the NILIS, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and the School of Library and Information Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, India. List of awardees: Dr. Rashmi Kumbar, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, India; Dr. Pradeepa Wijetunge, Director - NILIS, University of Colombo; Mr. Sagender Singh Parmar, PhD Student, School of Library and Information Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, India; Dr Ruwan Gamage, Senior Lecturer, NILIS, University of Colombo; Mr. Uditha Alahakoon, Senior Assistant Librarian, NILIS, University of Colombo.

LKR. 1,000,000.00 Grant provided by the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) under a joint project of the ICTA and the National Library & Documentation Services Board (NLDSB). ICTA/GOSL/CON/IC/2017/27

Grant of USD 4500 awarded by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) to digitize theses and dissertations (T&D) and make them available for online access. INASP Contract No. 1492010.

Stitching IFLA Foundation Grant awarded to attend the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Annual Conference held in Singapore in August 2013.