Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- Chief Executive Officer of the Russian House in Colombo, Buddhipriya Ramanayake, is among 11 individuals who received honorary title of 'Ambassador of Russian Education and Science' from Russian Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov, at a ceremony held in Russia on Tuesday (14).

The Ambassadors' mission is to raise awareness abroad of Russian Educational opportunities and achievements in Scientific and Technological fields. Ambassadors are government and public figures, graduates of Russian and Soviet Universities, who have achieved outstanding success in their professional careers.

This year, the honorary title was awarded to 11 citizens from Vietnam, India, China, Colombia, Congo, Mali, Mongolia, Na...