Staff Achievements

Dr. T. Mathanarajan is among the Stanford – Elsevier list of the world’s top 2 % of Scientists

An article published in PLOS Biology on 08-10-2020 with authors from Stanford University and Elsevier BV is linked to a publicly available database of 100,000 top-ranked scientists, together with the top 2% of scientists for every sub-field (Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators (plos.org)). Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. Ranking of scientists is done using standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator.  This version (6) is based on the October 1, 2023 snapshot from Scopus, updated to the end of the citation year 2022. This work uses Scopus data provided by Elsevier through ICSR Lab (https://www.elsevier.com/icsr/icsrlab). Calculations were performed using all Scopus author profiles as of October 1, 2023.  For more detailed information, including the full paper and datasets, please refer to the following link: [https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6]

In the list of the top 2% scientists for the year 2023, Dr. T. Mathanarajan, Senior Lecturer (Grade I) in Mathematics, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science was included. The faculty congratulates him for his outstanding research record in the year 2023.  

CSSL ICT Researcher of the Year Award – 2022

In the National ICT Awards ceremony held on October 11, 2023, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, Professor A. Ramanan, from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Jaffna, was awarded the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) Researcher of the Year Award for 2022 by His Excellency Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, the President of Sri Lanka.

ICTP Senior Associateship

Dr. T. Pathmathas has been selected as a Senior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) from January 2023 to December 2028. The Associateship Scheme is one of ICTP’s oldest programmes that provides support for active scientists from developing countries to maintain long-term, formal contact with the Centre. The programme supports the visits of scientists to ICTP, exposing them to the most modern aspects of their scientific fields. In return, the Associates are expected to play a major role in building their scientific communities, enhancing physics and mathematics education at all levels, and planning research projects related to the specific needs of their home regions. Senior Associates have at their disposal up to the sum of Euro 8,000 (LKR 2.8 million) to be spent over the above six-year period. These funds can be made available for travel costs and any other support during the visit to ICTP at Trieste based on the ICTP rules.

The faculty congratulates Dr. T. Pathmathas for winning the prestigious Senior Associateship.

CSSL ICT Researcher of the Year Award – 2021

Prof. M. Siyamalan

In the 40th National IT Conference held on October 12, 2022, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, Professor M. Siyamalan, from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Jaffna, was awarded the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) Researcher of the Year Award for 2021 by His Excellency Mr. Michael Appleton, the New Zealand High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and Maldives.

President’s Awards for Scientific Research Publications

‘’President’s Awards’’ were awarded in the year 2021 to the following staff for their Scientific Research publications 2018:

Prof. S.N. Surendran
 (Dept. of  Zoology) 

Prof. K. Gajapathy
 (Dept. of  Zoology)

Ms. S. Kokila
(Dept. of  Zoology)

Mr. S. Arthiyan
(Dept. of  Zoology)

Dr. M. Siyamalan
(Dept. of Computer Science)

NRC Merit Awards for Scientific Research Publications

‘’Merit Awards’’ were awarded by the NRC in the year 2021 to the following staff for their Scientific Research Publications 2018

Dr. P. Iyngaran
(Dept. of Chemistry)

Dr. A. Manjceevan
(Dept. of Chemistry)

Prof. G. Sashikesh
(Dept. of Chemistry)

NSF SUSRED (Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees) Award

NSF SUSRED (Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees) Award’’ was awarded to the MPhil thesis entitled “On the initial algebras and final coalgebras of endofunctors arising from self- similar systems on the category of k – pointed metric spaces”

Mr.M.Annanthakrishna
(Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics)

UBL Award - University of Jaffna

‘’UBL Award – University of Jaffna’’ was awarded to Mrs. S. Sathyaruban (Principal Investigator) and Prof(Mrs.) S. Kuganathan (Co-Investigator) from the Department of Fisheries

Mrs. S. Sathyaruban
(Dept.of Fisheries)

Prof (Mrs.) S. Kuganathan
(Dept.of Fisheries)

Gold Medal in the Island-wide invention and innovation competition "Sahasak Nimavum-2020”

Harichandra

‘’Gold Medal’’ was awarded by Sri Lanka Inventors Commission to Mr. K. Harichandra (Technical Officer, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Science)  for his design of a sensor-based automated faucet that dispenses water and liquid washing agent in a proper time interval in order to maintain regulated handwashing with null contamination.

Fellowships

Dr. M. Siyamalan
(Dept. of Computer Science)

‘’India Science and Research Fellowship‘’ was won from the Dept. of Science and Technology, Government of India by Dr. M. Siyamalan to conduct research activities in India (at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur) for a duration of three months in 2021. 

INSA-JRD TATA fellowship’’ was won from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) by Dr. M.Siyamalan to conduct collaborative research at the Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India for a duration of three months.