Awards, Fellowships and Memberships

Awards

  • Center for Global Asia Travel Fund – 2024
  • NYU Shanghai Travel Fund – 2024
  • Center for Global Asia Travel Fund – 2023
  • ‘Best Poster Award’ – 10th Anniversary NYU Shanghai Postdoctoral and Doctoral Research Assembly – New York University Shanghai – 2023 (news | award)
  • Joint recipient of the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2020 grant – U.S. Department of State 2020
  • ‘Best Presenter Award in the Social Sciences and Humanities track’ – Rajarata International Conference 2019
  • International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) – U.S. Department of State – 2019
  • Awarded the role of Visiting Scholar at the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing, China – 2017
  • Awarded a placement in the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) by the U.S. State Department, U.S.A.
  • Nominated by the Sri Lankan government and selected by the GCSP for a scholarship to follow the New Issues in Security Course (NISC) at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Switzerland –2017
  • Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) scholarship by the Government of India – 2010
  • Appointed as the Assistant National Leader of the Sri Lankan delegation 22nd Ship for World Youth Program organized by the Government of Japan – 2010 (Represented the University of Colombo)
  • Awarded a scholarship to attend the Training for Trusteeship by Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research – 2009

Fellowships

Memberships

  • Member – Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)
  • Member – International Studies Association (ISA)
  • Member – Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
  • Member – Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)
  • Life Member – Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL)
  • Alumna – Near East and South Asia Center (NESA) – United States of America
  • Member – University of Colombo Alumni Association
  • Vice President – Ship for World Youth Alumni Association Sri Lanka (SWYAA-SL)