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
  • Norman Rienzie de Silva[2]
  • S. K. Sayakkara[2]
  • Prematilake Wijesekera[2]
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

  1. ↑ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. 1 2 3 "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". The Sunday Times. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "National Honours after 12 years". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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