The Vidya Jyothi (Sinhala: විද්යාජෝති; Tamil: வித்யா ஜோதி, romanized: Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for outstanding scientific and technological achievements".[1] It is the highest national honour for science in Sri Lanka for outstanding contribution to the development of the country through dedicated work in the chosen field. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name.
Vidya Jyothi ranks lower than Veera Chudamani.
Awardees
Awardees include:[2]
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- Hapugoda Rankotge Premaratne
- Raja Hemapala de Silva
- 1992
- 1993
- Karannagoda Kankanamalage Yasaratne Wijayasundara Perera
- Herathmudiyanselage Herbert Ratnayake Samarasinghe
- Rezvi Sheriff
- Welapura Naidelage Gemunu Silva
- 1994
- Shelton Aloysius Cabraal
- Cecil Ashley de Vos
- Stella Gertrude de Silva
- 1998
- D. P. Anura Fernando
- C. B. Dissanayake
- M. A. Careem
- J. B. Peiris
- Diyanath Samarasinghe
- Senaka Dias Bandaranayake
- Arjuna Aluwihare
- V. K. Samaranayake
- R. O. Barnes Wijesekera
- 2005
- 2017 [3]
- Alagiyawanna Mohotti Appuhamillage Nimal Kitsiri Senanayake
- Bandula Wijayarathna
- Colvin Ananda Samarasinghe
- Delpechitracharige Gajabahu Harendra de Silva
- De Silva T. K. Nimal Padmasena
- Errol Radcliffe Jansz
- Lal Gotabhaya Chandrasena
- Mahamendige Wilfred Joseph Gerard Mendis
- Moderage Marian Rohan Waas Jayasekara
- Sarath Wimalabandara Kotagama
- Upali Tissa Vitarana
- 2018
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