United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) award to attend the XXVII International Population Conference held in Bushan, Korea from 26-31 August 2013 and to present a paper.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) research grant to conduct the study ‘Health issues pertaining to internal migration’ in 2011 for the preparation of the Migration Health Policy in Sri Lanka.

Asian Population Association Award to attend the First Asian Population Association Conference, held in New Delhi, India from 16th – 20th November 2010 and to present a paper.

National Centre for Advanced Studies award to read for PhD at the University of Adelaide, Australia, January 2007 to January 2010.

Chinese Government award and invitation to attend the Regional Conference on Migration and Development in Asia held in Lanzhou, China from 14th-16th March 2005 and to present a paper.

Economic and Social Commission for Asia (ESCAP) award to attend the Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on Migration and Development held in Bangkok from 27-29 August 2003 and to present a paper