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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