Devanathan Memorial Award

Dr. M A V Devanathan, the doyen of Physical Chemistry in Sri Lanka is one of the greatest and internationally renowned chemists. His name is associated with the Triple Layer Theory in Electrochemistry which is called Devanathan’s Triple Layer theory.
This award is made annually to commemorate the commendable contributions and devoted services of Dr. Devanathan to the international community, the nation and the professional body of chemists in Sri Lanka.
The award is for exceptional research contribution of original nature in the field of Physical Chemistry and or related areas, such as Physical-Analytical, Physical-Inorganic, Physical-Organic and Biophysical Chemistry.
The award comprises a Silver Medal and a sum of Rs.25,000/-. The recipient of the award shall be invited to deliver the “Devanathan Memorial Award Lecture” at the Institute’s Annual Sessions.

Marking scheme: (Contribution for the last 10 years will be considered.)

  1. Research publications in SCI/SCIE journals SCOPUS (up to 3 points/publication and 2 points for indexing in the above indices) (no maximum limit)
    Research publications in other peer-reviewed journals up to 2 marks (no maximum limit)
  2. Patents
    International up to 10 points/patent (maximum 30 points) Local up to 5 points/patent (maximum 20 points)
  3. H index (0.5 x h index) points
    Impact factor: 0-0.99 (no marks); 1-2 (1 mark), above 2-5 (1.5 points), above 5 (2 points)

Note:

  1. For publications and patents which include multiple authors, marks will be allocated based on the applicant’s contribution stated in the application.
  2. Only publications/patents/research contribution in the field of Physical/Physical-analytical/ Physical-inorganic/Physical-organic/Biophysical Chemistry shall be considered for the award.
  3. Research publications in SCI/SCIE and other peer reviewed journals should be categorized accordingly.
    Important: The minimum requirement for eligibility of the award shall be 50 marks.

Awaed Winners

1993 – Prof O A Ileperuma

1997 – Dr R M G Rajapakse

2004 – Dr M D P De Costa

2008 –  Prof K M N de Silva