Senate Award For Research Excellence (Early Carrier) 2017

Gold medallist and 1st Runner-up in the SLAYS 3-minutes Thesis Competition jointly organized by Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) and National Science Foundation (NSF) in collaboration with Coordinating Secretariat for Science and Technology Innovation (COSTI) (01-03-2017)

1st Runner up : Best Oral Presentation Session B, In 1st Ruhunu International Science and Technology Conference(RISTCON) for the paper: Induced colonization of GFP-labeled Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS 571 in rice roots (22-23 January 2014)d National Science Foundation (NSF) in collaboration with Coordinating Secretariat for Science and Technology Innovation (COSTI) (01-03-2017)

Was awarded a scholarship to participate for “A Program to Develop Human Resources for Enhancing Collaborative Science & Technology Research with Japan” organized by: Japan-Asia youth exchange programme in Science and administered by Japan Science and Technology Agency (From 05-11-2017 to 11-11-2017)