The Vidya Nidhi (Sinhala: විද්යා නිධි) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for meritorious scientific and technological achievements". 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
- 2005
- Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage
- 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
- 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.
- ^ "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". The Sunday Times. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "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.
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