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
  • 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
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References
  1. Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254.
  2. "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". The Sunday Times. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. "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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