{"id":4259,"date":"2026-10-28T19:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/pub\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2026-10-28T19:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:50:52","slug":"awarding-ceremony-of-dr-w-a-wijewardena-merit-scholarship-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/pub\/awarding-ceremony-of-dr-w-a-wijewardena-merit-scholarship-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Awarding Ceremony of Dr. W.A. Wijewardena Merit Scholarship -2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Dr. W.A. Wijewardena Merit Scholarship for 2026 has been conferred upon four undergraduates of the Department of Public Administration who recorded the highest academic excellence in each part of the degree programme. The Dr. W.A Wijewardena Merit Scholarship was established in 2014 to recognize and support outstanding students in acknowledgement of their academic achievements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award ceremony was held on 3 rd September in the Faculty Old Boardroom with the participation of Dr. W A Wijewardene, the Dean of the Faculty, academic staff members of the Department of Public Administration, several invited Alumni members, and the students of the Department.
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This year merit scholarship recipients are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Disni Maheshika (2024\/2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Vickruthan Denam (2023\/2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Rasakumar Riyansini (2022\/2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Janitha Vishwanath (2021\/2022)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Heartfelt congratulations to all the awardees on their outstanding achievements!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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