General Convocation 2022 – University of Colombo
The Faculty of Science held its General Convocation 2022 on 6th September 2023 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo. The event was graced by the Vice Chancellor Senior Professor H.D. Karunaratne, Rector, Deans of the Faculties, Directors of Institutes, Registrar, Acting Librarian, Bursar, academic and administrative staff, and graduands and parents.
The Vice Chancellor conferred the BSc and BSc (Honors) degrees to 435 students of the Faculty of Science. Gold medals were also awarded to students of the faculty who excelled. We wish the graduating class of 2022 from the Faculty of Science the very best.
The following students of the faculty were awarded Gold Medals for their outstanding performance:
| Professor B.L.T. de Silva Memorial Prize in Plant Sciences | G.L.S.N. De Silva |
| Dr. Swarna Senathirajah Memorial Prize for Genetics & Plant Breeding | G.L.S.N. De Silva |
| Professor R.L.C. Wijesundera Gold Medal for plant Pathology & Microbiology | G.L.S.N. De Silva |
| Sir Nigel Ball Award for Plant Sciences | J.K.D.M. Jayasekara |
| Professor B.A. Abeywickrema Award for Plant Sciences | G.A.P. Thihani |
| Gold Medal for Bioinformatics | D.R.R. Wijewardene |
| Gulamhusein A.J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | M.A. Gnanapragasam |
| Professor Stanley Wijesundera Memorial Gold Medal for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | M.A. Gnanapragasam |
| Gulamhusein A.J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for Pharmacy | W.M.D.N. Tharaka |
| Senaka Bibile Medal in Pharmacology | W.M.D.N. Tharaka |
| Bhikaji Framji Khan Gold Medal for Chemistry | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka |
| Gold Medal in Organic Chemistry | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka |
| Professor Mailvaganam Mahendran Gold Medal for Organic Chemistry | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka |
| Professor L.M.V. Tillekeratne Gold Medal for Chemistry | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka |
| Professor Pearlyn Pereira Memorial Gold Medal for Physical Chemistry | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka & M.A.K. Maduwantha |
| Professor R.S. Ramakrishna Gold Medal for Inorganic Chemistry | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka & M.A.K. Maduwantha |
| Dharmachandra and Tamarasa Gunawardhana Memorial Gold Medal for Analytical Chemistry | K.V.D.T. Chandraguptha & R.M.H.U Rathnayake |
| CUFSAA Gold Medal for Computational Chemistry | J.H.A.S. Chamantha |
| Gulamhusein A.J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for the Best Student in Zoology | T.S. Wickramasinghe |
| Gulamhusein A.J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for the Best Zoology Research Project | A.M.A.S. Adikari, W.H.A.T. Murthi & T.S. Wickramasinghe |
| The P.B. Karunaratne Memorial Gold Medal for Ornithology | W.H.A.T. Murthi & T.S. Wickramasinghe |
| The Field Ornithology Group Gold Medal for Business and Environment | H.A.O.H.S. Perera |
| Professor S. W. Kotagama Gold Medal for Environment Science | G.A.M. Eragama |
| Professor P.C.B. and Clauda Fernando Award for the Best Undergraduate Research Project in the Immunology & Integrative Molecular Biology Program | S.A. Ranasinghe |
| Dr. Charles Brenda Herath Gunaratne Gold Medal for the Best Student in the Honors Degree Program in Immunology & Integrative Molecular Biology | S.A. Ranasinghe |
| The Field Ornithology Group Gold Medal for Conservation Biology | W.H.A.T. Murthi & R.A.T.D. Ranasinhe |
| Gold Medal for the Best Final Year Research Project in Environment Science | J.M.S. Jayalath |
| Dr. C.A. Hewavitharana Memorial Prize for Physics | W.I.W.Y. Boteju |
| Gulamhusein A.J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for the Best Physics Research Project | W.I.W.Y. Boteju |
| Mailvaganam Memorial Award for Physics | W.I.W.Y. Boteju |
| Mr. A.G.W. Perera Memorial Gold Medal for Engineering Physics | K.L.A.P.S. Liyanage |
| Dr. Sarath Gunapala Gold Medal for Computational Physics | M.G. Heyn |
| Professor M.L.T. Kannangara Gold Medal for the Most Outstanding Physics Student of the Year | T.L.M.D. Fonseka |
| Dharmadasa Punchihewa Memorial Prize for Mathematics | A.N.L.N. Senarathna |
| Gulamhusein A.J. Noorbhai Gold Medal for the Best Student in Mathematics | A.N.L.N. Senarathna |
| Douglas Amarasekera Prize for the Best Student in Mathematics | A.N.L.N. Senarathna |
| Mr. & Mrs. D.P. Epasinghe Memorial Gold Medal for Mathematics | A.N.L.N. Senarathna |
| Professor Valentine Joseph Memorial Gold Medal for the Best Student in Mathematics | A.N.L.N. Senarathna |
| Mr. & Mrs. V.W. Samaranayake Memorial Gold Medal for Statistics | S.M.D.G.A. Siriwardena |
| Gold Medal for the Best Final Year Project in Statistics | D.S. Sonnadara |
| Prof. V.K. Samaranayake Memorial Gold Medal for the Best Student of the Statistics with Computer Science | S.P.P.M. Sudasinghe |
| Best Final Year Project of the Statistics with Computer Science | S.P.P.M. Sudasinghe |
| Gold Medal for Industrial Statistics | S.M.A. Prabashwara |
| CR and Bhargavi Rao Gold Medal for Statistics | S.M.A. Prabashwara |
| Gold Medal for the Best Final Year Project in Industrial Statistics | S.I. Ubayawickrama |
| Gold Medal for the Best Student of the Applied Statistics | S. Wickramathilake |
| Coomaraswamy Prize | H.R.K. Peiris |
| Joseph Nalliah Arumugam Memorial Award | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka |
| Justin Samarasekera Award for the Most Outstanding Science Student of the Year | M.D.D. De Costa |
The following students were awarded the University of Colombo Award for Academic Excellence – 2022
| Chemistry | R.A.N.K.C. Ranawaka |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | J.P.K.A.R.D. Perera |
| Computational Chemistry | J.H.A.S. Chamantha |
| Pharmacy | W.M.D.N.Tharaka |
| Molecular Biology & Biotechnology | P.A.D. Kalhari |
| Mathematics | A.N.L.N. Senarathna |
| Finance, Business and Computational Mathematics | K.D. Wijesinghe |
| Mathematical Finance | H.P.S.L. Premasiri |
| Finance and Insurance | H.G.P. Wickramadi |
| Physics | W.I.W.Y. Boteju |
| Engineering Physics | K.L.A.P.S. Liyanage |
| Computational Physics | M.G. Heyn |
| Plant Science | G.A.P. Thihani |
| Plant Biotechnology | G.L.S.N. De Silva |
| Bioinformatics | D.R.R. Wijewardene |
| Statistics | D.S. Sonnadara |
| Statistics with Computer Science | S.P.P.M. Sudasinghe |
| Industrial Statistics | S.M.A. Prabashwara |
| Applied Statistics | S. Wickramathilake |
| Zoology | R.A.T.D. Ranasinhe |
| Environmental Science | G.A.M. Eragama |
| Immunology & Integrative Molecular Biology | S.A. Ranasinghe |
| Business and Environment | H.A.O.H.S. Perera |
| Science and Management | K.A. Nanayakkara |
| Information Technology & Management | J.K.P.S. Ariyadasa |
OPEN AWARDS – 2022
| Prof. Thilak Hettiarchchi Award for Academic Excellence | S.A. Ranasinghe |