| NRC Merit awards for Scientific Research published in 2020 (3 awards) by the National Research Council, Sri Lanka | 2025 |
| Grant for Strengthening Research Output (RC/SROG/2021/03), Research council, University of Kelaniya (Co-investigator) – Rs. 998,000.00 ($ 4,911.35) per annum | 2021-2024 |
| Seal of excellence for the proposal titled “Development of a novel ecological modelling and molecular analysis integrated toolkit for comprehensive, rapid assessment of mosquito vector-borne disease risk in data limited settings” submitted to HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 — MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022. | 2022 |
| University Senate honors for conducting high quality research and publishing in international indexed journals (2 awards) | 2021 |
| University Senate honors for conducting high quality research and publishing in international indexed journals (6 awards) | 2020 |
| University Senate honors for conducting high quality research and publishing in international indexed journals | 2018 |
| University Senate honors for conducting high quality research and publishing in international indexed journals | 2017 |
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