Japan honors UGC Chairman Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga has been conferred with the title ‘The Order of the Rising Sun’ by the Japanese Government.

 

President Rajapaksa, after receiving the award from Mr. W.K.H. Wegapitiya, Chairman of University of Sri Jayewardenepura Alumni Association and Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki, presented it to Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga.

 

The Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Most Ven. Ittapana Dhammalankara Thera presented a memento to Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki to mark his visit. Sudantha Liyanage, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, presented a memento to the President.