- 1983/ 1987 Mahapola Scholarship for higher education at the University of Colombo 1997 Visiting Fellowship of the British Council to the University of Edinburgh 2000/2004 Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award – awarded by Committee of Vice-chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom 2000/2003 Professional Development International Fellowship (PDIF) – awarded by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research – New York. USA 2000/2004 Social Science Overseas Studentship – awarded by Faculty of Social Science of the University of Edinburgh, UK 2000/2003 Sir Ernest Cassell Educational Trust merit Award for Commonwealth Countries postgraduate students, UK 2004 Sir Radcliffe Brown and Sir Raymond Firth award for doctoral thesis writing, awarded by Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) and Radcliffe Brown Trust. UK 2006 Post-PhD development grant awarded by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research – New York, USA 2007 British Academy/ESRC Visiting Fellowship to University of Edinburgh. UK 2008 American Academy of Religion Visiting Fellowship to Chicago, USA 2009 British Association of South Asian Studies Research Fellowship to University of Sussex. UK 2010 International Travel Award to attend conference on Multi-disciplinary approach to Prevention of Violence at University of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA 2011 International Travel Award to the Alfred Deakin Research Institute at the School of Humanities and Social Science, Deakin University, Australia 2015 International Travel Award to attend a conference on ‘Religion and Social Diversity in South Asia’ by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India 2016 Honorary Professorship at the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University, Australia 2016 Vice Chancellor Award in research, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo 2018 State Literary Award (the best academic translation of Book) 2018 Most outstanding Senior Researcher Award by Committee for Vice-chancellors and Directors (CVCD)
- 2000/2003 Professional Development International Fellowship (PDIF) – awarded by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research – New York. USA
- 2000/2003 Sir Ernest Cassell Educational Trust merit Award for Commonwealth Countries postgraduate students, UK
- 2000/2004 Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award – awarded by Committee of Vice-chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom.
- 2000/2004 Social Science Overseas Studentship – awarded by Faculty of Social Science of the University of Edinburgh, UK
- 2004 Sir Radcliffe Brown and Sir Raymond Firth award for doctoral thesis writing, awarded by Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) and Radcliffe Brown Trust. UK
- 2006 Post-PhD development grant awarded by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research – New York, USA
- 2006 Post-PhD development grant awarded by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research – New York, USA
- 2007 British Academy/ESRC Visiting Fellowship to University of Edinburgh. UK
- 2008 American Academy of Religion Visiting Fellowship to Chicago, USA
- 2009 British Association of South Asian Studies Research Fellowship to University of Sussex. UK
- 2010 International Travel Award to attend conference on Multi-disciplinary approach to Prevention of Violence at University of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
- 2011 International Travel Award to the Alfred Deakin Research Institute at the School of Humanities and Social Science, Deakin University, Australia
- 2015 International Travel Award to attend a conference on ‘Religion and Social Diversity in South Asia’ by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India
- 2016 Honorary Professorship at the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University, Australia
- 2016 Vice Chancellor Award in research, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo
- 2018 Most outstanding Senior Researcher Award by Committee for Vice-chancellors and Directors (CVCD)
- 2018 State Literary Award (the best academic translation of Book)
- 2019 – Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK
