{"id":90,"date":"2018-09-11T10:54:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2024-11-20T11:59:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T06:29:43","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/awards-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Awards<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Innovator of the Year 2024 Awarded by the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Professor Ruwan Gamage of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences, University of Colombo, and Dr. Priyanwada Wanigasooriya of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya were jointly awarded the Best Innovator Award for their introduction of a 'Custom GPT' for converting book images to standard compliant online catalog records. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1st September 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Interaction Design for International Development Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/2021-Interaction-Design-for-International-Development-Award-Certificate.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        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. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">SEDA-PDF Named Award on Supporting Learning<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-13-at-7.34.51.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        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.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">January - March 2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Visiting Fellow, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media, University of Tsukuba, Japan.<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/TsukubaU-1024x1024.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        Teaching for Master Program of the Research Center for Knowledge Communities, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media, University of Tsukuba, Japan.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">May 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Fellow of the Sri Lanka Library Association<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/SLLA_Logo_transparent.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        Fellowship is the highest achievement as a member of the Sri Lanka Library Association, the umbrella organization for library profession in Sri Lanka. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">January 2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Learning, Teaching and Assessing (Named Award) of SEDA<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-13-at-7.34.51.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        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. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Award for Making a Difference in Libraries and Information Centers Outside the UK <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-13-at-6.52.14.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        Awarded by the International Library &amp; 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. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2004-2008<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Chinese Government Scholarship for Doctoral Studies<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Wuhan_University_Logo.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        Persued Doctoral studies at the School of Information Management at the Wuhan University, PR China. \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Grants<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2023\/2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">National Science Foundation Research Grant<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Designing an information, financial, and mobile literacy curriculum for senior citizens of Sri Lanka (Grant No. RG\/2023\/SS\/01)\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">May 2022<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Takeshi Murofushi Research Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        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.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2017-2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Baseline Survey on Public Libraries in Sri Lanka<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-2\">\n\t\t        <img alt=\"image\" class=\"thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/nilis\/ruwangamage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-13-at-6.57.43.png\">\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n\t\t        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 &amp; Documentation Services Board (NLDSB). 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