{"id":16,"date":"2018-09-05T02:37:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T08:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-05-31T10:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:25:02","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/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\">2023<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Commendations for Research<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded Senate Commendations for Research 2022 at the Annual Research Symposium 2023, University of Colombo in 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\">2023<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">NSF SUSRED Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) SUSRED Award 2021 in Recognition of Supervision of a PhD titled, Mapping Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Lightning Activities Over Sri Lanka Using Satellite Data to Explore Lightning Risk by GIS and Remote Sensing\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\">2022<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Commendations for Research Excellence<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded in Recognition of Excellence in Research 2021 under the general category at the Annual Research Symposium 2022, University of Colombo in 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\">2022<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Award for Research Excellence<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded Faculty Award for Research Excellence 2021 at the Annual Planning Workshop of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo in 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\">2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publication<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received the \u201cNational Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publication\u201d for the recognition of Scientific Research published in the year 2016 in International Scientific Journals cited in the Science Citation Index (January 2019).\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\">International Invention GRAND AWARD<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        International Invention GRAND AWARD received for the novel medical device, 'Nasal Airflow Detection and Flow Rate Measuring System\u2019 invented by C. Mahesh Edirisinghe and Thimira Thilakarathna at the World Inventors Association at the World Invention Innovation Contest (WiC2018) in Seoul, Korea\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\">International Invention GOLD MEDAL<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        International Invention GOLD MEDAL received for the novel medical device, 'Nasal Airflow Detection and Flow Rate Measuring System\u2019 invented by C. Mahesh Edirisinghe and Thimira Thilakarathna at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (SVIIF) in California, USA (July 2018).\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\">International Invention GOLD MEDAL<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        International Invention GOLD MEDAL received for the novel medical device, 'Nasal Airflow Detection and Flow Rate Measuring System\u2019 invented by C. Mahesh Edirisinghe and Thimira Thilakarathna at the World Invention Innovation Contest (WiC2018) in Seoul, Korea (June 2018).\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\">International Invention GOLD MEDAL<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        International Invention GOLD MEDAL received for the novel medical device, 'Nasal Airflow Detection and Flow Rate Measuring System\u2019 invented by C. Mahesh Edirisinghe and Thimira Thilakarathna at the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland.\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\">International Special Awards <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received a \u201c<strong>SPECIAL AWARD in recognition of the services done for the promotion and upliftment of innovative culture in Sri Lanka towards the international competitive level<\/strong>&#8221; awarded by the World Women Inventors &amp; Entrepreneurs Association at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (SVIIF) in California, USA (July 2018)\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\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Contribution Awards <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received a \u201cCONTRIBUTION AWARD in recognition of The Outstanding Leadership`` awarded by the World Invention Intellectual Property Associations (WIIPA) at the Kaohsiung International Invention and Design EXPO (KIDE-2016) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (December 09\u201311, 2016)\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\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publication<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received the <strong>\u201c<em>President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publication<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> from His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka for the recognition of Scientific Research published in the year 2007 in International Scientific Journals cited in the Science Citation Index (January 2014).\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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Certificate of Appreciation SLAAS<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded a \u201cCertificate of Appreciation\u201d for the services done for the Development of Physical Sciences in Sri Lanka at 60th annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.\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\">1995<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Arthur Lambert Rupasinghe Scholarship for Physics<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded the <strong>\u201c<em>Arthur Lambert Rupasinghe Scholarship<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> from the University of Colombo for the best results in Physics in 1993, on the results of the first and second year of undergraduate studies.\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\/Fellowhips<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2005<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded the <strong>Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/strong> to <strong>Division for Electricity and Lightning Research, Department of Engineering Sciences,<\/strong><strong> Uppsala University, Sweden<\/strong> from International Science Program, Sweden (September 2005 \u2013 June 2006).\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\">2003<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded the <strong>Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/strong> to <strong>Division for Electricity and Lightning Research,<\/strong><strong> Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden<\/strong> from International Science Program, Sweden (February \u2013 November 2003).\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column 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