1. Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, Fulbright Commission, USA 2022 NRC merit award for Scientific Research-2021
2. CVCD Excellence award- Most outstanding senior researcher- 2020-Category of Biological Sciences including Agriculture and Allied Sciences
3. Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (SUSRED) award- Supervision of Ph.D. degree and graduated within 4 years 2020
4. “Bronze Award’ won at the ‘Innovate Sri Lanka 2019’ and the ‘First Place’ won at the ‘Energy and Environment’ category at the ‘Innovate Sri Lanka 2019 the domestic water filter to treat drinking water
5. ‘3rd place’ under the category of “Energy and Environment” for the textile wastewater effluents treatment unit at Innovate Sri Lanka, 2019
6. Sri Lanka Leadership Award for Education- Best Professor in Zoology- 2018
7. “Best Researcher Vice Chancellors’ Award”; University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Research Award 2016 in recognition of best researcher in the University of Sri
Jayewardenepura at the Research Awards Ceremony held in 2017
8. University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Award 2016 in recognition of achieving the highest citation impact in the Faculty of Applied Sciences for the year at the Research Awards Ceremony held in 2017
9. University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Award 2016 in recognition of publishing research papers in indexed (SCI/SSCI/AHCI) journals at the Research Awards Ceremony held in 2017
10. University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Award 2016 in recognition of achieving the highest h-index in the Faculty of Applied Sciences for the year at the Research Awards Ceremony held in 2017
11. University of Sri Jayewardenepura – Research Award 2016 in recognition of
contribution of full article/s published in a refereed journal (Index Journal)
12. Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (SUSRED) award- Supervision of Ph.D. degree and graduated within 4 years 2017
13. Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (SUSRED) award- Supervision of Ph.D. degree and graduated within 4 years 2017
14. Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (SUSRED) award- Supervision of M.Phil degree and graduated within 3 years 2017
15. Presidential award for 2015-International publications in science index Journals
16. University of Sri Jayewardenepura -Research Award 2015 in recognition of
contribution of full article/s published in a refereed journal (Index Journal)
17. University of Sri Jayewardenepura -Research Award 2015 in recognition of achieving the highest h-index in the Faculty of Applied Sciences for the year -2016
18. University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Award 2015 in recognition of publishing research papers in indexed(SCI/SSCI/AHCI) Journals in 2016
19. Environmental Award for Green Jobs- Education and Awareness Creation
World Environmental Day (5th June 2009). Awarded by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.
20. NRC Merit Awards 2013-International publications in science index Journals
21. NRC Merit Awards 2011-International publications in Science Index Journals
22. Presidential award for 2009-International publications in science index Journals
23. Presidential award for 2008-International publications in science index Journals
24. Presidential award for 2007-International publications in science index Journals
25. Presidential ward-2005-2006. Category 3- Short-term research scholarships of Academic Staff of Universities.
26. Research Excellence Gold Medal: The Integrated Collage of Agriculture (RENDAI) Ehime University, Japan (2001)
27. Japanese Government (MONBUSHO) Scholarship (Research student Award-1998 – 2001).
28. Japanese Government (MONBUSHO) Scholarship (Ph.D Scholarship Award-(1995 – 1998).
