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.