Vidya Nidhi Explained
The Vidya Nidhi (si|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
- Norman Rienzie de Silva[2]
- S. K. Sayakkara Prematilake Wijesekera
- 2005
- Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage[3]
- C. A. N. Fernando
- Chales Santiapillai
- H. H. Subasinghe
- M. A. K. L. Dissanayake
- Nimal Guanthilake
- Niriellage Chandrasiri
- P. Amitha Jayasinghe
- Raja Gnanasiri Hewa Bowala
- Shanthi Mendis
- S. M. H. Sena Banda
- V. Kumar
- W. P. Siripala
- 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
Notes and References
- Book: Gunawardena, Charles A.. Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. 2005. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 254. 9781932705485.
- Web site: Deshamanya for 14 Lankans. The Sunday Times. 5 April 1998. 10 July 2013.
- Web site: National Honours Part 2. Government Press. 10 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20141230234817/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1418-8/1418-8e/2.pdf. 30 December 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: National Honours after 12 years. The Sunday Times. 1 May 2017.