Upadidari Vyavasayaka Udanaya Grant Award Ceremony - 2023 which was organized by the National Enterprise Development Authority (NEDA) was held on 14^th of December 2023 at the Auditorium of the Ministry of Industries.  Students at the University of Kelaniya

represented the event as the grant award winners. Present at the occasion were Senior Professor Dilkushi Wettewe, Director of the Career Guidance Unit of the University of Kelaniya, and Mr. K. A. M. V. Abeysinghe, Career Counsellor of the University of Kelaniya as guests of honor.

The NEDA award winners were Mr. K. Indika Pushpakumara (CM/2018/081), Miss. T. K. Dilhara (HS/2017/0202), Miss. P. D. L. S. Gunawardena (HS/PC16/0010), Miss. R. A. I. C. Ranathunga (EM/2019/080), and Mr. M. G. Thilina Nuwan Chandrarathne (Bs/2019/051).