The Department of Business Economics of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of
Sri Jayewardenepura, organised a ceremony to congratulate Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga, Chairman of the University Grants Commission, former Vice Chancellor, University of
Sri Jayewardenepura and Professor Chair of the Department of Business Economics, to felicitate the honour of being awarded ‘The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon’ by the Emperor of Japan, at the Shangri-La Hotel Colombo. Professor Sampath received the ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ award from the President of Sri Lanka, Gotabhaya Rajapakse.