Department of Livestock Production - Achivements
Prof. DMA Gunaratne
- President's award for scientific publications (2011, 2013, 2016), National Research Council, Sri Lanka
- NRC merit award for scientific publications (2010, 2015), National Research Council, Sri Lanka
- Endeavour Research Fellowship (2018) RMIT University, Australia
- Visiting Scholar (2018). SJTU University, Shanghai China.
- SUSRED, award (2018), NSF, Sri Lanka
- Commonwealth academic fellowship (2014), Glyndwr University, UK
- Outsanding researcher (2013), Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka in recongnition of the research exellence in the field of Food Science and Technology
- University award (2013) for the patent research work carried out for the innovative finding of Walligama coconut wilt disease, Sri Lanka.
- University award for the highest number of citation counted for year 2013 in the feild of Food Science and Technology
Dr. HAD Ruwandeepika
- NRC Merit Award for Scientific Publication (for international publications) -2015, awarded in 2017, based on the National Research Council’s scheme of ranking scientific publications
- Presidential Award for scientific research (2014), evaluated by peers and published in international scientific journals cited in the science citation index
- NRC Merit Award for Scientific Publication (for international publications) -2012, awarded in 2014, based on the National Research Council’s scheme of ranking scientific publications
- Travel Grant for participation to an international conference (Larvi 2013- Fish and Shellfish Larviculture symposium) - by Gent University, Belgium
- Merit Awards for best presenter at research session of Young Scientists forum. 2013
- Visiting research scientist: Centre for Science Education & Research, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, India
- Visiting research scientist: UNESCO Centre for Marine Biotechnology, College of Fisheries, Mangalore, India
Dr. RM Amila S Bandra
- Ph.D. (Animal Biosciences-Animal Welfare) - Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Canada 2019
- Best presenter award, Annual research symposium- 2017, Campbell Center for the study of Animal Welfare, University of Guelph, Canada.
- Research Assistant- University of Guelph, Canada (2015 - 2019)
- Teaching Assistant - Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biosciences - University of Guelph, Canada (2018)
- Visiting Scientist-Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, USA ( 2017)
- Working as a scientific manuscripts reviewer in the journal of Animals, Switzerland (Since 2018)
- Certificate course in Teaching Development Program (TDP) -University of Guelph, Canada (2017)
- Certificate of recognition in professional and academic skills development-University of Guelph, Canada
- M.Phil - Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2013
Prof. MMP Sumith
- Indian Science Research Fellow- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad, India 2016/17
- Endeavour Research Fellow- ANZAC Clinical and Medical Research Institute, Concord General Hospital, University of Sydney, Australia 2017
- Fulbright Academic and Research Fellow- University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA, 2013/14
Dr. CN Walpita
- VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity council, Belgium) scholarship to follow “International Training Program on “Food safety management, quality assurance systems and risk analysis”
- Outstanding oral presentation award for “Egg laying ability of zebrafish is thyroid hormone dependent” in the 16th International Conference on Biotechnology in Animal Production, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Ms. HMGP Herath
- Scholarship for PhD, School of Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand
- Scholarship Award, 15th Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies, Animal Science Congress
- Robert Munasinghe Memorial Gold Medal, Department of Livestock Production, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Mr PPSK Patabandi
- VLIR-UOS Masters Scholarships 2013 - Belgium