Awards

• 2016
  Presidential Award for Scientific Publication
• 2015
  NRC Merit Award for Scientific Publication
• 2003
  The Gulamhusein A. J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for Best Undergraduate Project in Zoology
• 2003
  The Gulamhusein A. J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for Best Zoology Special Degree Student
• 2001
  Keerthisinghe Memorial Prize in Zoology

• 2015
  NSF competitive research Grants

  Awarded by the National Science Foundation for the project titled “Investigation of GntR Family Transcriptional Regulators of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as Potential Drug Targets”

Grants/Fellowhips

• 2015
  NRC competitive research Grants

  Awarded by the National Research Council for the project titled “Ligand responsive MarR homologs as novel drug targets against Mycobacterium tuberculosis“

• 2014
  University Grant

  Awarded by the University of Colombo for the project titled “Functional analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis GntR family transcriptional regulators as potential drug targets”

• 2013
  HETC W3 and UGC research grant

  Awarded by HETC and supplemented by UGC for the project titled ” Building a national database of environmental toxicants by analyzing bird feathers”

• 2013
  HETC W3 research grant

  Awarded by the World Bank under HETC W3 for the project titled “Effect of heavy metals on selected faunal species”