Awards and Grants
Grants & Awards
Principal Investigator / Project Manager, ORCID GPF Grant — Catalyzing ORCID Communities of Practice
2023
USD 15,500
Principal Investigator, Gendered Experiences of Working from Home during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study of Information Technology Professionals in Sri Lanka
2021
USJ Research Grants — LKR 1,227,000.00
Co-Investigator, Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for Resilient Communities in Asia (SECRA)
2021–24
European Commission, Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (consortium total ≈ EUR 1 Million)
Principal Investigator, Project Sanifly
2020/21
USJ Innovation Grants — LKR 50,000
Co-Principal Investigator, Health Fact Check Network Project
2020
Internet Society Foundation Beyond the Net Small Grant Programme — USD 3,500
Merit Award Winner, SEF 360 Awards — Impact on Education (Individual Category)
2019
Sustainable Education Foundation
MEXT Scholarship — Government of Japan
April 2010 – March 2014
Postgraduate training, 4 years
Presidential Scholarship for University Lecturers to do Masters/Doctoral Degrees
2003/04
Awarded but relinquished — selected for the MEXT Scholarship instead
H.E. President's Prize, Royal College Colombo
1993
First prize at the Annual Prize Giving
Co-Investigator, The forgotten garment workers: life stories of marginalized women in Sri Lanka's export apparel industry
Manchester School of Art Research Centre Covid Research Recovery Fund — ≈ GBP 5,000
Award: Highest Citation Impact, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (2014, 2015, 2016)
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Awards 2016 (awarded 2017)
Award: 2nd Highest H-Index, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (2018)
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Awards 2018 (awarded 2019)
Certifications
WIPO Distance Learning Course on Introduction to the Patent Cooperation Treaty
July 2019
WIPO Advanced Course on Software Licensing including Open Source
May 2018
Workshop on Intellectual Property Law in Sri Lanka
September 2018
Innovation, Invention and Venture Creation Council, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Review Workshop
September 2017
ICTA
WIPO General Course on Intellectual Property
May 2016
AuthorAid Online Course in Research Writing
December 2015
Merit Pass
E-Learning Policies
2007
Asian Development Bank Institute
ICDL (International Computer Driving License) certificate holder
2007
Unix/Linux Fundamentals, Network & System Administration
2006
University of Colombo School of Computing
Local Area Networks Using Windows NT
1999
Institute of Computer Technology – University of Colombo
Data Communication & Computer Networks
1999
Arthur C. Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies
Certificate of Merit: National Productivity Awareness Programme
1994
National Institute of Business Management (NIBM)
Keynotes
Graduation Ceremony (Sri Lanka)
2024
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT
Plenary Talk — Information Systems and Knowledge Management Track
February 2022
2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC) 2022
FMSC Research Sessions
August 2016
Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce
Competitive Performances
Semi-Finalist, 3 Minute Thesis Competition
February 2017
Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientists
Represented Sri Lanka at the 5th SAARC Quiz Programme
1997
Placed third in the SAARC Region
Member of the Technical Experts Team, IET Sri Lanka Network
Won the IET Local Network Award 2008 (against 130 networks in 37 countries)
Student Achievements
Supervisor, Project Sanifly
Winners at Western Province Level, Runners Up Nationally — SLASSCOM Ingenuity Awards 2021
Supervisor, Project Sanifly
2nd Runners Up — Innoserve International Innovation Awards, Taiwan 2021
Supervisor, Project Sanifly
Global Winners, Eco-Tech Category — 5th Commonwealth Digital Health Awards 2022
Supervisor, Project Sanifly
Merit Award Winner — E-Swabhimani Digital Social Impact Awards
Supervisor, Project Sanifly
Gold Winner, ICT – Universities Category — Sahasak Nimawum National Inventors Award
Team Mentor — Huawei ICT Competition (Cloud Track)
Sri Lanka Winners