Awards and Grants

Best Poster award for the title 'Cross-Cultural Web Design Guidelines' in the 14th International Web for All (W4A2017), Perth, Australia, April 2-4. 2017

2017: $765.62 AUD Conference Travel award from Murdoch University. The grant was pursued to present a research entitled 'Cross-Cultural Web Usability Model' in the WISE 2017 conference at Russia.

2017: $500 USD Conference Travel award from the 14th International Web for All (W4A2017) conference, Perth, Australia, April 2-4 to supplement conference fees, travel, and lodging expenses while attending the conference. The grant was pursued to present a research paper titled 'Cross-Cultural Web Design Guidelines'

2014-2017: AU$26,280 Tuition fee award from Murdoch University, Australia for the PhD in IT study. The grant was pursued a PhD research proposal entitled: 'Usability Themes In High and Low Context Culture: a Comparative Study'

2014-2017: AU$25,392 (Tax exempt, per year, for 3 1/2 years) Murdoch International Postgraduate Scholarship (MIPS) from Murdoch University, Australia for the PhD in IT study.

2014-2017: AU$3081 (Single rate for visa length cover) OHSC award and AU$281 (per annum – full time enrolment) Student Services & Amenities Fee award from Murdoch University, Australia for the PhD in IT study.

2016–2017: $800 Loop11 free access award from Loop11 to use the Loop11 platform for the remote cross-cultural web usability study. The grant was pursued the PhD study.

2008: £2000 Scholarship award from University of East London, UK for the MSC IT study.

• 2023: Rs 564680 research grant from the University of Vavuniya for the research titled - Towards the Gamification of Training: Investigating Hotel Employees Perceptions of Game Elements.

• 2012: Rs 65,000 Research Grant from the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna. The grant was pursued to conduct research entitled 'An ICT-Based Real-Time Solution for Controlling Dengue Epidemic in Sri Lanka'

• 2011: Rs 50,000 Research Grant from the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna. The grant was pursued to conduct a research entitled 'Automated Usability Testing: Analysing Asia Web Sites'

• 2008: Rs 15,000 Research Grant from the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna. The grant was pursued to conduct a research entitled 'Robotics'