Prof. Menaha Thayaparan, attached to the Department of Building Economics, has received a SUSRED-2024 award at the annual awards ceremony of the National Science Foundation (NSF) which was held on 16th July 2025 at Lotus Hall, BMICH. NSF Awards Ceremony 2024 celebrated Excellence in Science and Innovation, recognising the outstanding contributions of Sri Lanka’s scientific community. SUSRED (Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees) is an NSF award given to Supervisors of full-time postgraduate research degrees (MPhils and PhDs) carried out in all fields of Science and Technology, in recognition of their service to the nation. As such Prof. Thayaparan received this award in regognition of her successful full-time PhD supervision of Dr. Kalindu Mendis for the research titled “Inclusivity of Marginalised Communities during Post-Disaster Phase in Sri Lanka.” This research was co-supervised by Prof. Yamuna Kaluarachchi from Manchester School of Architecture, University of Manchester.
