President ’s Award for Scientific Publication (2007 , 2009 , 2011, 2013 , 2014 , 2015)

Award for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.

Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, General Research Committee Award (Life time award for excellence in research carried out in Sri Lanka)

National Research Council Merit Award

Excellence in Research - Merit award in Biotechnology for 2004 Awarded by the National Science Foundation, S ri Lanka

Presidential Research Awards

Post - doctoral fellowship & Visiting fellowship - awarded by the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada. Tenured at the Tree Physiology & Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Canada