Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Research Excellence 2021
Professor Shyam Sanjeewa Nishantha Perera from the Faculty of Science received the Vice Chancellor’s award for research excellence during the Postgraduate Convocation 2021 on the 02nd of March 2023 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Shyam Sanjeewa Nishantha Perera is the Chair Professor of Mathematics and the Head of Department of Mathematics. He holds a First-Class Honours degree in BSc Mathematics, a PG Diploma in Modeling & Complex Realities, a Master of Science (by research) in Mathematical Modeling and PhD in Mathematics.
Prof Perera has authored about 90 international peer-reviewed journal publications and has authored 140 presentations at national and international conferences and 15 book chapters. He has received numerous research awards including the NRC Merit Awards on 3 times, NSF SUSRED Award on two times, SLAAS Merit award in 2010, University of Colombo Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence in 2018, University of Colombo Senate Award on 6 times, Faculty of Science Research Excellence Award on 4 times. He was awarded Junior Associate Membership in recognition of multidisciplinary research activity by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Italy) and ERASMUS MUNDUS MAHEVA Fellowship in 2011. He has supervised 10 PhDs and 02 MPhils.
Prof Perera received his primary education at Sri Devananda Vidyalaya Ambalangoda and secondary education at Royal College, Colombo.
