Vidya Jyothi

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

• Geoffrey Manning Bawa
• Arthur Charles Clarke
• Suntheralingam Gnanalingam
• Arumadura Nandasena Silva Kulasinghe
• Arumugam Wisvalingam Mailvaganam
• Christopher Rajindra Panabokke
• E.O. Eustace Pereira

1987

• Gamini Lakshman Peiris

1988

• Phillip Reyvatha Wijewardene
• Kanapathypillai Yoheswaran
• Nandrani Swarnamitta de Zoysa

1989

• Ratna Sabapathy Cooke

1990

• Cyril Andrew Ponnamperuma
• Kotti Rambukkana Mahawahalla Anthony Don Michael
• Mohamed Uvais Siddeek Sultanbawa

1991

• Hapugoda Rankotge Premaratne
• Raja Hemapala de Silva

1992

• Beatrice Vivienne de Mel
• Kudatelge Rubert Shelton Peiris
• Sembukuttiarachchilage Roland Silva
• Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe

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

• A. D. S. Gunawardena
• Colvin Gunaratne
• Damian Nobert Lakshman Alwis
• Damitha Ramanayake
• Dayantha Sepala Wijesekera
• E. W. Marasinghe
• Eric H. Karunanayake
• Janaka de Silva
• Lalitha Mendis
• Mohan Jayatilake
• S. Mahalingam
• S. Mohanadas
• Wijaya Godakumbura

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

• Arjuna de Silva
• Don Dilshan Abeywardane^[4][5][6]
• Bandula Wijesiriwardena
• Asita de Silva
• Prasad Katulanda
• Vajira Dissanayake
• Mandika Wijeyaratne