Presidential awards for Scientific publications
Name | Department | Years Award |
|---|---|---|
Prof. S.N. Surendran | Zoology | 2000, 2006, 2007, 2010- 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021 |
Prof. K. Kandasamy | Physics | 2000, 2001, 2003 |
Prof. P. Ravirajan | Physics | 2004, 2025, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2017 |
Prof. K. Vignarooban | Physics | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015 |
Prof. M. Siyamalan | Computer Science | 2017 & 2018 |
Prof. A. Ramanan | Computer Science | 2019 |
Dr. T. Kokul | Computer Science | 2019 |
Dr. E. Y. A. Charles | Computer Science | 2010 |
Mr. K. Prashanthan | Physics | 2017 |
Prof. M. Thanihaichelvan | Physics | 2015 |
Prof. K. Gajapathy | Zoology | 2021 |
Ms. S. Kokila | Zoology | 2021 |
Mr. S. Arthiyan | Zoology | 2021 |
CVCD Excellence Awards
Name of awardee | Dept. | Year of Award | Name of the ward |
Prof. P. Ravirajan | Physics | 2006 | Outstanding Young Researcher in Physical Sciences |
Prof. M. Thanihaichelvan | Physics | 2024 | Outstanding Young Researchers in Natural Science |
Petents
Name of the Inventors | Dept. | Patent No. with dates National/International | Status: Filed / Published /Sold |
Dr. M. Thanihaichelvan | Physics | Biosensor Device and Methods (US20210255184A1) | Published and Sold International |
Dr. M. Thanihaichelvan | Physics | Sensor Device and Methods (US20190346401A1) | Published and Sold International |
Mr. K. Harichandra | Fiheries | 21588(National) No. E03C1/05,F16K31/02 (International) | Filed (Classified) National |
Fellowships
Sabbatical Positions
Name of the Staff | Position Title | University and the Country | Year | Duration (Months) | Funding Agency |
Prof. K. Vignarooban | Assistant Research Scientist | Arizona State University, USA | 2023 – 2024 | 12 | Honeywell Aerospace |
Dr. S. Mahesan | Academic Fellow | University of Wales UK | 1999 – 2000 | 12 | Commonwealth Fellowship |
Recognized by the reputed institutions abroad
Recipient(s) | Department | Remark | Listing body | Year of Recognition |
Dr. T. Mathanaranjan | Mathematics & Statistics | The World’s Top 2% Scientists | 2023 & 2024 | |
Prof. S.N. Surendran | Zoology | The World’s Top 2% Scientists | 2024 | |
Prof. P. Ravirajan | Physics | Top 100 Asian Scientist | Asian Scientist Magazine | 2024, 2025 |
NRC Merit awards for Scientific publications
Name | Department | Years Award |
|---|---|---|
Prof. P. Ravirajan | Physics | 2015 |
Prof. P. Iyngaran | Chemistry | 2018 |
Prof. G. Sasikesh | Chemistry | 2018 |
Dr. A. Manjceeban | Chemistry | 2018 |
Awards for Research Supervision
In 2023, 42 MPhil/PhD theses from 17 state universities were selected for SUSRED awards. The University of Jaffna won awards for 7 MPhil/PhD theses, with our faculty staff earning supervision awards for 6 of 7 these selected from the University of Jaffna.
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| Supervisors | Year of Award | Student, MPhil/PhD thesis | Title of the thesis |
| Prof. M. Thanihaichelvan (S) Prof. P. Ravirajan Prof. V. Dhayalan (HVL) | 2024 | Mr. G. Abiram | Fabrication and characterization of perovskite thin film field effect transistors |
| Prof. S. N. Surendran (S) Prof. V. Arasaratnam Prof. T. Kumanan Prof. K. Gajapathy Prof. K. Suthakar | 2023 | Mr. T.T.P. Jayadas PhD | Aedes Larval bionomics, Circulating Serotypes and a risk map in relation to dengue transmission in Jaffna district. |
| Prof. A. Ramanan (S) | 2023 | Mrs. M. Shajini PhD | A Semi- Supervised Deep Learning Approach based on Attentive Visual Features for Fashion Clothing Classification. |
| Prof. M. Siyamalan (S) Prof. A. Ramanan | 2023 | Ms. R. Nirthika | Deep Learning Based Fine-Grained Diabetic Retinopathy Image Grading. |
| Prof. M. Senthilnanthanan (S) Prof. P. Ravirajan Prof. V. Dhayalan (HVL) | 2023 | Mr.T.Rajaramanan | Enhancing the Performance of Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells through Doping/Co-doping TiO 2 Electrodes. |
| Prof. M. Senthilnanthanan (S) Prof. P. Ravirajan Prof. V. Dhayalan (HVL) | 2023 | Ms. T. Kajana | Storage of solar energy by Heterostructured Carbon/ Silver- Metal Oxides/ Tin Sulphide Photocapacitors. |
| Prof. P. Ravirajan (S) Prof. V. Dhayalan (HVL) | 2023 | Mr.A.Prashanthan | Role of Quarterthiophene and Ruthenium-based dyes in enhancing the performance of hybrid Titanium dioxide/ polymer solar Cells. |
| Dr. Romaine Jeyawardene(S) Dr. Jayampathy Ratnayake (University of Colombo) | 2021 | Mr.M.Annanthakrishna (FoS staff) MPhil | On the initial algebras and final coalgebras of endofunctors arising from self-similar systems on the category of k – k-pointed metric spaces” |
| Prof. Mrs. S.Kuganathan (S) | 2012 | Mr.G.A.Charles | Population dynamics of Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the Jaffna lagoon |
| Prof. Mrs. S.Kuganathan (S) | 2014 | Ms.T.W.Shanthakumar | Reproductive characteristics of Scomberoides lysan (Forsskal, 1775) (Pisces: Carangidae) from the waters around Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka |
| Prof. Mrs. S.Kuganathan (S) | 2014 | Ms.S.Sathyaruban | Lipid changes in relation to sexual maturity and spawning in Scomberoides lysan (Carangidae) from waters around the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka |
Awards/prizes | Receptionised (s) | year | Awarding body | Remarks |
SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Award 2025 | Mr. B. Nimantha | 2025 | The Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) | For Best innovative project – University Category at the Provincial Level |
CSSL ICT Researcher of the year 2023 Award | Dr. T. Kokul | 2024 | The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) | |
IEEE Sri Lanka Section Outstanding Advisor Award 2024 | Dr. R. Nirthika | 2025 | IEEE Sri Lanka Section | For her invaluable contribution as an Advisor of the IEEE Women in Engineering Student Branch Affinity Group of the University of Jaffna |
National Educator (Silver) Award 2024 | Prof. A. Ramanan | 2024 | SLIIT Innovate | In recognition of excellence in teaching, scholarly work, and national contribution in the discipline of Computing |
CSSL ICT Researcher of the year 2022 Award | Prof. A. Ramanan | 2023 | The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) | |
CSSL ICT Researcher of the year 2021 Award | Prof. M. Siyamalan | 2022 | The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) | |
Outstanding Branch Counsellor Award | Prof. A. Ramanan | 2022 | IEEE Sri Lankan Section | For exceptional and dedicated efforts as a Student Branch Counsellor – 2021 |
SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Award | Ms. M. Mayuravaani Dr. M. Siyamalan (S) | 2021 | The Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) | For Best Innovative Project (University category) at the Provincial Level |
Young Scientist Award | Prof. P. Ravirajan | 2008 | SCOPUS, Elsevier Publisher, The Netherlands and National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka. | To four talented scientists who attain a high level of excellence in research work in any four fields from Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Medicine, Physics, and Mathematics |