2008 - 2009

American Institute for Lankan
Studies Fellow to conduct
field research in Sri Lanka
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1986 - 88

Post-Doctoral Research
Fellowship, IIMI, Sri Lanka.
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1973 - 78

Graduate Tuition and
Fee Scholarship
and Teaching Assistantship,
Department of Anthropology, UCSD.
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2003

Invited Keynote Address :
“Cultural Environments,
Practices and Interpretation”.
WATER: Histories, Cultures, Ecologies:
An Inter-disciplinary Research
Symposium on the Future of Water,
The University of Western Australia, Perth.
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1980

Recognized as an Outstanding Teacher at
UCLA, by the UCLA Daily Bruin.
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1989 - 90

Research Associate,
South Asia Center, Syracuse University.
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1976 - 78

Doctoral Fellowship, Social
Science Research
Council and American Council
of Learned Societies.
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1966

First Prize in the All Ceylon Essay
Contest sponsored by the
Government of Ceylon to
promote local industry.
Essay title: "Industrial Devel¬opment in
Ceylon."
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