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:
- 1998
- 2005
- 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Vidya Nidhi
- Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka stubs