The Vidya Jyothi (; ) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for outstanding scientific and technological achievements". 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:http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/?page_id=340 List of National Honour Awardess
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 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170319/news/national-honours-after-12-years-233395.html 2017 National Honour Awardees 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 AbeywardanePresident confers ‘National Honours’ on 70 distinguished personalities. Daily News (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 20 August 2019.President confers ‘National Honours’ on 70 distinguished personalities National Awards. Guruwaraya (Sri Lanka) Prof. Arjuna P de Silva for being conferred with Vidya Jyothi Honours. The Old Boys’ Association, S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. Bandula Wijesiriwardena Asita de Silva Prasad Katulanda Vajira Dissanayake Mandika Wijeyaratne
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