Vidya Nidhi
The Vidya Nidhi (Sinhala: විද්යා නිධි) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for meritorious scientific and technological achievements".[1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Vidya Nidhi ranks lower than Sri Lanka Sikhamani.
Awardees
Awardees include:
1993
- Dr. (Vidya Nidhi, Vidya Shekara, Chudamani) Abhayasinghe Arachchige Stephen Abhayasinghe
- 1998
- 2005
- Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage[3]
- C. A. N. Fernando[3]
- Chales Santiapillai[3]
- H. H. Subasinghe[3]
- M. A. K. L. Dissanayake[3]
- Nimal Guanthilake[3]
- Niriellage Chandrasiri[3]
- P. Amitha Jayasinghe[3]
- Raja Gnanasiri Hewa Bowala[3]
- Shanthi Mendis[3]
- S. M. H. Sena Banda[3]
- V. Kumar[3]
- W. P. Siripala[3]
- 2017[4]
- Sarath Somasiri Gunawardhana
- Don Tilak Dias Jayaweera Abeysekera
- Sivalingam Sivananthan
- Ahmed Mumtaz Masoon Cassim
- Herath Peruma Mudiyanselage Gunasena
- Lekamage Ramsay Lloyd Perera
- Mariapillai Sellamuthu Pillai Mookiah
- Somasundaram Sandarasegaram
- Vithanage Nimal Chandrasiri Gunasekera
- Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda Wanninayake
References
- ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
- ^ a b c "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". The Sunday Times. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "National Honours after 12 years". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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