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:

1993

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

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

References

^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". The Sunday Times. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ ^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.
^ "National Honours after 12 years". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of Sri Lanka

National honours

Sri Lankabhimanya
Deshamanya
Deshabandu
Veera Chudamani
Vidya Jyothi
Kala Keerthi
Sri Lanka Sikhamani
Vidya Nidhi
Kala Suri
Sri Lanka Thilaka
Veera Prathapa
Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana
Sri Lanka Rathna
Sri Lanka Ranjana
Sri Lanka Ramya

Police awards and decorations

Gallantry/Meritorious	Janadhipathi Police Weeratha Padakkama Sri Lanka Police Weeratha Padakkama Sri Lanka Police Vishishta Seva Padakkama

Service	Sri Lanka Police Long Service Medal Desha Putra Padakkama Sewabhimani Padakkama Sewa Padakkama Sri Lanka Police First Aid Medal Purna Bhumi Padakkama

Campaign	Riviresa Campaign Services Medal Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal

Anniversary	Ceylon Police Independence Medal Janaraja Padakkama President's Inauguration Medal 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal Sri Lanka Police 125th Anniversary Medal 75th Independence Day Commemoration Medal