Mr. J.L.S.M. Kumara of the Department of Statistics & Computer Science won the Gold Medal at the Best Undergraduate Research Project Award 2019 awarded by the Institute of Applied Statistics Sri Lanka (IASSL) for the research titled ‘Influence of the Factors Associated with Suicides: A Case Study for the Kelaniya Police Division in Sri Lanka' supervised by Dr. N.V. Chandrasekara. The Award was presented at the academic sessions & eighth annual general meeting of IASSL held at board room of Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardhanepura on 1st November 2019.