Celebrating Commitment to Research: The Senate Awards for Research and Senate Commendation Awards 2022
The Senate Awards for Research recognizes the contributions of the academic staff members of the University through their research work in national and/or international peer-reviewed indexed journals. The award strives to promote a strong research culture and showcase the University’s contribution to the production of new knowledge. Thirty-five distinguished awardees were recognized for their impactful research endeavours across the general and early career categories at the Annual Research Symposium 2023, held on 2nd November 2023 at the Prof. V. K. Samaranayake Auditorium of the University of Colombo School of Computing. Eighty Senate Commendation Awards were also presented, in appreciation of the academic staff members’ dedication to research. The list of awardees is as follows.
Senate Awards for Research 2022 - General Category
Dr DDPM Dunusinghe
Faculty of Arts
Dr YA Karunarathne
Faculty of Arts
Dr HML Kumari
Faculty of Education
Professor MSM Shiffa
Faculty of Indigenous Medicine
Dr KPKR Karunagoda
Faculty of Indigenous Medicine
Professor N Kamardeen
Faculty of Law
Professor AS Adikaram
Faculty of Management & Finance
Professor P Kailasapathy
Faculty of Management & Finance
Professor Priyanga Ranasinghe
Faculty of Medicine
Professor Ranil Jayawardena
Faculty of Medicine
Professor SSP Warnakulasuriya
Faculty of Nursing
Professor GAS Premakumara
Faculty of Nursing
Professor DUJ Sonnadara
Faculty of Science
Dr MK Jayananda
Faculty of Science
Dr WKSM Abeysekera
Faculty of Technology
Dr Jayani J Wewalwela
Faculty of Technology
Dr DC Kuruppu
Library
Mrs Sajeewanie D Somaratna
Library
Dr Pradeep Weerasinghe
Sri Palee Campus
Professor Ranjan Hettiarachchi
Sri Palee Campus
Dr DAS Atukorale
University of Colombo School of Computing
Professor Shiroma Handunnetti
Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Professor OVDSJ Weerasena
Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Dr DMCC Gunathilake
Institute for Agro Technology and Rural Sciences
Senate Awards for Research 2022 - Early career Category
Ms IW Rathnayake
Faculty of Arts
Ms WR Samaranayake
Faculty of Law
Dr SDK Wanninayake
Faculty of Management & Finance
Professor Dakshitha Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Medicine
Professor Gnanaselvam Kisokanth
Faculty of Nursing
Dr ADDS Amarasekera
Faculty of Science
Mr NN Thilakarathne
Faculty of Technology
Ms Kumesh Prabhashini
Sri Palee Campus
Professor Sameera Samarakoon
Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Mr LM Rifnas
Institute for Agro Technology and Rural Sciences
Senate Commendation Awards 2022
Faculty of Management & Finance
Faculty of Science
- Professor IC Perera
- Dr D Halwatura
- Professor MR Wijesinghe
- Professor EYK Lokupitiya
- Professor CD Dangalle
- Professor D Wickramasinghe
- Professor SS Seneviratne
- Professor PV Udagama
- Professor CM Edirisinghe
- Dr DR Jayasundara
- Dr EMD Siriwardane
- Professor KRR Mahanama
- Professor WRM De Silva
- Professor KMN De Silva
- Dr KJ Wijesinghe
- Dr LHR Perera
- Professor GHCM Hettiarachchi
- Professor MN Kaumal
- Dr WMC Sameera
- Professor CM Nanayakkara
- Dr J Jeyasugiththan
- Mr DM Satharasinghe
Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Faculty of Medicine
- Ms Chathurani Sigera
- Professor Vajira HW Dissanayake
- Dr Yasith Mathangasinghe
- Professor Nirmala Sirisena
- Professor Hemali Goonasekera
- Dr Dineshani Hettiarachchi
- Dr BMOD Basnayake
- Professor TK Wetthasinghe
- Dr EP Meran Keshawa
- Professor Pulani Lanerolle
- Professor Indu Waidyatilaka
- Professor Senaka Rajapakse
- Professor Prasad Katulanda
- Professor Thashi Chang
- Professor Panduka Karunanayake
- Professor Eranga Wijewickrama
- Dr Inoshi Atukorala
- Dr Dilushi Wijayaratne
- Dr Praveen Weeratunga
- Dr Harsha Dissanayake
- Professor Upul Senarath
- Dr Shreenika De Silva
- Dr Nadeeka Chandraratne
- Dr Dulani Samaranayake
- Professor Manuj C Weerasinghe
- Professor NMCK Arambepola
- Dr WDYN Walpita
- Professor Indika Karunathilake
- Professor Chiranthi Liyanage
- Dr Anuprabha Wickramasinghe
- Professor WADL Amarasiri
- Professor Sudarshani Wasalathanthri
- Professor DN Samarasekera
- Professor Sanjeewa Seneviratne