• Cooperative Society Gold Medal for the student who obtained Highest marks for Contemporary Management Thoughts course in Master of Business Administration programme, University of Colombo – 2010/2012 cohort
• Best Presentation - First prize, Session three, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Innovation for Sustainability and Growth (MISG-2014), Malaysia. Nanayakkara, K.G.M. and Azeez, A.A. (2014), Predicting Corporate Financial Distress in Sri Lanka: An Extension to Z-Score Model, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Innovation for Sustainability and Growth (MISG 2014), Global Illuminators, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
• Best Presentation - Third prize, HDR Conference, Federation University, Australia, July 2017 Nanayakkara, K.G.M., Colombage, S., and Valenzuela, E. (2017), ‘scaling up Green Bond market worldwide: A fantasy or a reality?’ 2017 HDR Conference, Federation University, Australia, July 2017
• Best poster – Honorable mention, HDR Conference, Federation University, Australia, July 2018. Nanayakkara, K.G.M., Colombage, S., and Valenzuela, E. (2016), ‘Do investors in Green Bond market pay a risk premium? Global Evidence’, HDR Conference, Federation University, Australia, July, 2018
