LIST OF AWARDEES RUSL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2023
Lifetime Award
Prof. Anjana Silva (Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences)
RUSL Research Excellence Gold Award
RUSL Excellence Awards
Prof. W.A.N.D. Wickramasinghe Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
RUSL Excellence Award for the Most Outstanding Senior Researcher (>40 years on the closing date of application)
Dr. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
RUSL Excellence Award for the Most Outstanding Young Researcher (<40 years on the closing date of application)
Top Ten Researchers with the highest number of indexed journal articles
Prof. Anjana Silva
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Dr. P.N. Yapa
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Dr. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Mr. W.V.V.R. Weerasingha
Faculty of Agriculture
Prof. W.A.N.D. Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. N.S. Abeysingha
Faculty of Agriculture
Dr. K.R.E. Padmathilake
Faculty of Agriculture
Dr. K.I.S. Koralegedara
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. D. Rathish
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. S.K.N. Gamage
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Top Ten Researchers with the highest h-index
Prof. M. Ranagalage
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Dr. L.K.W. Wijayaratne
Faculty of Agriculture
Dr. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. W.A.N.D. Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. Anjana Silva
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. S.K.N. Gamage
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Dr. D.M.S.L.B. Dissanayake
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Prof. H.M.A.M.C. Herath
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Dr. K.I.S. Koralegedara
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Mr. R.M.I.S.K. Senavirathna
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. E.M.S. Ekanayake
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Top Ten Researchers with the highest number of citations
Prof. M. Ranagalage
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Prof. S.K. N. Gamage
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Dr. D.M.S.L.B. Dissanayake
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Prof. E.M.S. Ekanayake
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Dr. L.K.W. Wijayaratne
Faculty of Agriculture
Dr. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. W.A.N.D. Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. Anjana Silva
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. N.S. Abeysingha
Faculty of Agriculture
Rev. Prof. Olaganwaththe Chandasiri
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Best Inventor
Not Awarded
Vice Chancellor’s Award at each Faculty and Library
Most Outstanding Senior researcher (>=40 years on the closing date of application)
Dr. L.K.W. Wijayaratne
Faculty of Agriculture
Prof. G.G.N.D. Guruge
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Dr. J.S. Kumari
Faculty of Management Studies
Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon
Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Prof. S.K.N. Gamage
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Dr. T.C. Bamunuarachchige
Faculty of Technology
Most Outstanding Young researcher (<=40 years on the closing date of application)
Mr. W.V.V.R. Weerasingha
Faculty of Agriculture
Not Awarded
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Not Awarded
Faculty of Management Studies
Dr. D. Rathish
Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Not Awarded
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Mr. H.K.S. de Zoysa
Faculty of Technology
Most Outstanding Researcher in Library Academic Staff
Not awarded
Researchers (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) with the highest number of indexed journal articles
Faculty of Agriculture
Dr. A.J. Fernando
Prof. A.M.J.B. Adikari
Prof. W.A.D. Nayananjalie
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Dr. K.A.S.H. Kulathilake
Prof. G.G.N.D. Guruge
Prof. H.M.A.M.C. Herath
Dr. W.M.S.Fernando
Faculty of Management studies
Dr. J.S. Kumari
Not awarded
Not awarded
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Dr. R M.S.I. Rajapakse
Not awarded
Not awarded
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Not awarded
Not awarded
Not awarded
Faculty of Technology
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Researchers (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) with the highest h- index
Faculty of Agriculture
Prof. M.H.J.P.Gunarathne
Prof. N.S. Abeysinghe
Prof. W.A.D. Nayananjalie
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Dr. L. Senarathne
Dr. P.N. Yapa
Dr. K.A.S.H. Kulathilake
Faculty of Management studies
Dr. R.M.N.C.Swarnapali
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Dr. D. Rathish
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Faculty of Technology
Dr. P. Jayasooriya
Mr. H.K.S. de Zoysa
Faculty of Technology
Not Awarded
Researchers (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) having the highest number of citations
Faculty of Agriculture
Prof. M.H.J.P.Gunarathna
Dr. R.H.G.R. Wathsala
Prof. W.A.D. Nayananjalie
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Prof. H.M.A.M.C. Herath
Dr. L. Senarathne
Dr. P.N. Yapa
Faculty of Management studies
Dr. R.M.N.C.Swarnapali
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Dr. K.I.S. Koralegedara
Mr. R.M.I.S.K. Senavirathna
Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon
Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Faculty of Technology
Dr. P. Jayasooriya
Mr. H.K.S. de Zoysa
Not Awarded
Library
Dr. S.K. Ilangarathne
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
Recognitions for the indexed articles published in the preceding year
Faculty of Agriculture
Dr. A.J. Fernando
Prof. A.M.J.B. Adikari
Prof. W.A.D. Nayananjalie
Dr. K.R.E. Padmathilake
Prof. N.S. Abeysinghe
Mr. W.V.V.R. Weerasingha
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Prof. G.G.N.D. Guruge
Prof. H.M.A.M.C. Herath
Dr. W.M.S.Fernando
Dr. P.N. Yapa
Mrs. J.U. Halpegama
Dr. K.A.S.H. Kulathilake
Faculty of Management Studies
Dr. J.S. Kumari
Mrs. K.G.P. Senani
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Prof. Anjana Silva
Prof. W.A.N.D Wickramasinghe
Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon
Dr. R.M.S.I. Rajapakse
Dr. D. Rathish
Dr. K.I.S. Koralegedara
Dr. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara
Dr. C.N. Kappagoda
Dr. J.M.D.D.Jayasundara
Mr. K.D.S.H. Shanthapriya
Dr. M. Weerasingha
Dr. S Rajapaksha
Ms. S.D. Gunasekara
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Prof. S.K. N. Gamage
Mrs. M.M.S.A. Marasinghe
Ms. J.M.G. Lalani
Faculty of Technology
Dr. I.M.N. Molagoda
Mr. H.K.S. de Zoysa
Co-Authors of the indexed articles
1. A. J. Fernando 2. A. K. Ranasinghe 3. A. Nawinna 4. A. H. M. A. K. Abeyratne 5. A. I. Rathnayake 6. A. N. Ediriweera 7. A. U. Hettiarachchi 8. Ajith C. Herath 9. Amali Kumari 10. Anuradha Wijesekara 11. Anushka Wanninayake 12. B. A. P. Serasinghe 13. B. M. M.D. Herath 14. C. Manawadu 15. C. Sarathchandra 16. D. Jayasundara 17. D. Sandaruwan 18. D. M. B. M. Deegala 19. D. M. R. B. N. Dissanayake 20. D. M. S. H. Dissanyake 21. D. W. M. M. M. Kumari 22. Deepthi Nayananjalie 23. Dilani Chandrika 24. Dilshani Weragama 25. E. G. Perera
26. F. N. De Silva 27. G. S. Amarasinghe 28. H. Nuwangi 29. H. Weerakoon 30. H. K. S. De Zoysa 31. Hemal Senanayake 32. I. Koralegedara 33. I. Senevirathna 34. Imasha Jayasinghe 35. J. Warnasekara 36. J. M. G. Lalani 37. J. P. D. Lakmali 38. J. S. Kumari 39. Jayani Upeksha Halpegama 40. Jayantha Adikari 41. K. Weerakoon 42. K. A. S. H. Kulathilake 43. K. G. P. Senani 44. K. G. S. Nirmanee 45. K. P. V. R. Karunanayake 46. K. R. E. Padmathilake 47. K. W. A. Madushan 48. Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela 49. L. Irangani 50. Lakmini Jayasumana
51. Lalith Senarathna 52. M. C. Galappaththi 53. N. Farika 54. N. Lokunarangoda 55. N. D. Wickramasinghe 56. N. S. Abeysingha 57. Nadeeka Rathnayake 58. Neelaka Molagoda 59. O. C. Ratnayakae 60. P. Abeyrathna 61. P. Thakshila 62. P. Weerawansa 63. P. R. Weerathunga 64. Parami Aberathna 65. R. Kalamulla 66. R. Kapilan 67. R. M. N. C. Swarnapali 68. R. P. I. R. Prasanna 69. Rajnish P.G. Vandercone 70. Ridma Liyanage 71. S. Pilapitiya 72. S. Rajapakse 73. S. Siribaddana 74. S. Srimantha 75. S. Waiddyanatha
76. S. Wedasingha 77. S. B. Agampodi 78. S. D. Gunasekara 79. S. H. Shanthapriya 80. S. P. Gunarathne 81. S. S. De Silva 82. Samali Ayoma Marasinghe 83. Sandamali Rajapaksha 84. Sharini Somasiri 85. T. C. Agampodi 86. T. C. Bamunuarachchige 87. U. Dahanayake 88. U. A. L. Deshan Rupasinghe 89. U. G. A. I. Sirisena 90. V. Mendis 91. Vallipuram Sundarabarathy 92. Viraj Weerasingha 93. W. M. S. C. Jayaratne 94. Wishma Karunannayake
Recognitions for the patented invention within the preceding year
Not Awarded
Department having the highest number of indexed journal articles published
Faculty of Agriculture – Department of Agricultural Engineering and Soil Science
Faculty of Applied Sciences – Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Management Studies – Department of Accountancy and Finance
Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences – Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities – Department of Economics
Faculty of Technology – Department of Bioprocess Technology
Appreciation of Researchers Based on the Hirsch Index (h-index) Tier 4* Based on the UGC Circular – 05/2028