Vidya Jothi Professor Emeritus Nimal De Silva, chairman of the national panel of judge board, members of the national panel of judge board Mr. Susira Udalamatta, Deaprtment of Integrated Design, Faculty of Architecture, Dr.Virajini Medagedara Karunaratne and Dr. Gayathri Ranathunga of Department of Textile and Clothing Technology , Faculty of Engineering were awarded recently in appreciation their contribution of knowledge expertise in terms of enhancing design aspect of Arts and Crafts of Sri Lanka. They were awarded at the Presidential awards ceremony organized by the National Craft Council of Sri Lanka , Ministry of Industries and Commerce in parallel to the SAARC regional Arts and Crafts festival and the presidential awards of “Shilpabhimani” on 04th October at the BMICH Colombo.
