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

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Awardees include:

1993

  • Dr. (Vidya Nidhi, Vidya Shekara, Chudamani) Abhayasinghe Arachchige Stephen Abhayasinghe
1998
2005
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

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  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. ^ a b c "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". The Sunday Times. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "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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