Prof. Niranga Devanarayana is working as an Professor in the Department of Physiology, University of Kelaniya, Srilanka. Her Research Interests are Gastroenterology (paediatric GI diseases, Gastrointestinal motility disorders,functional gastrointestinal diseases). Her Awards Awards University of Kelaniya Cash Award – 2014 For research papers published in the journals indexed in Science Citation Index University of Kelaniya, Senate Honours 2014 For publication of papers in High Quality Journals. University of Kelaniya Cash Award – 2014 For winning Presidents Awards Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2014 Award for bringing honour to the University by winning prestigious awards,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. President's Awards for Scientific Publication 2013. Awarded by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2013 Award for bringing honour to the University by winning prestigious awards,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. IFFGD Research Award 2013 – Junior Investigator in Pediatrics Awarded by the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases (IFFGD), Miwaukee, USA President's Awards for Scientific Publication 2012. Awarded by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2012 Award for bringing honour to the University by winning prestigious awards,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2011 Award for bringing honour to the University by winning prestigious awards,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka President's Awards for Scientific Publication 2011. Awarded by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. Poster prize for the best poster, European Paeditric Motility Meeting 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is awarded to the abstract titled "Gastric emptying and antral motility according to the subtypes of irritable bowel syndrome: a paediatric study". Devanarayana NM, Rajindrajith S. The vice Chancellor Award for the Most Outstanding Young Researcher – 2010 Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2010 Award for bringing honour to the University by winning prestigious awards, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. President's Awards for Scientific Publication 2010. Awarded by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. Hiran Tillakeratne Special Award for Research (in the field of Medicine) 2007-2009 Awarded by the University Grants Commission, Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka For the thesis titled "Gastric myoelectrical activity, gastric emptying time and oro-caecal transit time in children with recurrent abdominal pain syndrome". K.N. Seneviratne Research Award 2009 Awarded by the Physiological Society of Sri Lanka. For the research work carried out on "The recurrent abdominal pain in school children: association with gastrointestinal motility" Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2009 Award for bringing honour to the University by winning prestigious awards, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Professor Ebrahim Prize for the Best Paper in Tropical Paediatrics Is awarded to, Functional abdominal pain in children and adolescents:Association with impaired gastric motility. Devanarayana NM, Dharmawansa R, Rajindrajith S. 6th Congress of the Paediatric Association of South Asian Countries 2009, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Abstract no. FP 02. President's Awards for Scientific Publication 2008. Awarded by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. The vice Chancellor Award for the Most Outstanding Young Researcher – 2008 Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya

Gastroenterology (paediatric GI diseases, Gastrointestinal motility disorders,functional gastrointestinal diseases)