Awards

• 2017
  National Award for Excellence in Agricultural Research, Certificate of Commendation ‘Plantation Sector’. Awarded by Sri Lanka Association for Agricultural Research Policy

• 2017
  National Research Council Merit Awards for Scientific Publication

• 2016
  National Research Council Merit Awards for Scientific Publication

• 2016
  ‘Scientific Excellence Award’ of the Coconut Research Institute during the period 2014-2015. Awarded at the 6th Symposium on Plantation Crop Research

• 2014
  National Research Council Merit Awards for Scientific Publication

• 2013
  Presidential Awards for Scientific Publications

• 2008
  President’s Award for Scientific Publication

• 2007
  Commonwealth full-scholarship, U.K. (September 2007 to March 2011) to read for a PhD at the University of Reading, U.K

• 2002
  Presidential Scholarship awarded for State Researchers

• 2011
  Merit Award for the best paper presented at Session A, First Symposium of the Young Scientist Forum, National Science and Technology Commission

• 2011
  Prize for the best presentation in Molecular Biology and Gene Manipulation Session of the 23rd Annual Congress of PGIA

• 2010
  International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) Fellowship

• 2000
  Swarna Senethirajah Memorial Gold Medal for Plant Biochemistry. University of Colombo.

• 2000
  Sir Nigel Ball Memorial Gold Medal for Genetics and Plant Breeding. University of Colombo.

• 1998
  ‘Botany Department Staff Prize’ for the best performance at the First Year Examination of Science. University of Colombo.

Grants

• 2014
  RG/2014/BT/01 - National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka.

• 2015
  Grant No: 15-124 - National Research Council, Sri Lanka.

• 2018
  University of Colombo Small Research Grant