The Vidya Nidhi ( si, විද්යා නිධි) is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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national honour awarded "''for meritorious scientific and technological achievements''".
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
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
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S. K. Sayakkara
*
Prematilake Wijesekera
;2005
*
Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage
*
C. A. N. Fernando
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Chales Santiapillai
*
H. H. Subasinghe
*
M. A. K. L. Dissanayake
*
Nimal Guanthilake Nimal may refer to
*Nimal Bandara, Sri Lankan politician
*Nimal Gamini Amaratunga, Sri Lankan judge
*Nimal Gunaratne, Sri Lankan air force officer
*Nimal Mendis, Sri Lankan politician
*Nimal Piyatissa (born 1968), Sri Lankan politician
*Nimal Raja ...
*
Niriellage Chandrasiri
*
P. Amitha Jayasinghe
*
Raja Gnanasiri Hewa Bowala
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested fr ...
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Shanthi Mendis
Shanti may refer to:
In Sanskrit
* Inner peace, a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress
* Kshanti, one of the paramitas of Buddhism
* Sh ...
*
S. M. H. Sena Banda
*
V. Kumar
V. Kumar ( ta, வரதராஜுலு குமார், ) (28 July 1934 – 7 January 1996) was a yesteryear Tamil cinema music director, born in Chennai, Tamilnadu on 28 July 1934 to Varadharajulu and Dhanabhakiyam couple, in July 1969 ...
*
W. P. Siripala
;2017
* 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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Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka
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