Nalanda College

The Ananda versus Nalanda cricket match is played between Ananda College, Colombo and Nalanda College Colombo since 1924

?Annual Prize Giving - all Nalandians who gained unique academic achievements in education are felicitated.?Annual Colours Awarding Ceremony - Ceremony to felicitate students who performed and achieved national and international victories during a year.?International Awarding Ceremony - Ceremony to award students who gained high recognition in the international arena.?Nalanda Puthra Abhinandana Award - Service to the nation?Nalanda Keerthi Sri - The award is aimed at recognising alumni who have excelled in their respective profession and thereby contribute to the school`s legacy and enhance the morale of its students

The main medium of education at Nalanda is Sinhala while students have the option to select English from year seven onwards.

The English and the Sinhala versions are `Character illumines Wisdom` and `Yahapath Charithayen Praggnawa Opanangwe` respectively.

Nalanda College is a national school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The school was established by P. de S. Kularatne as an offshoot of Ananda College Colombo and was registered as a separate school on 1 November 1925

Over the years Nalanda College has produced many world-famous cricketers such as Bandula Warnapura, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Mahela Jayawardena.

Award recipients include: Kala Keerthi Dr Henry Jayasena, President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa, Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara, Sri Lanka Ranajana Dr Sarath Gunapala, Professor Chandana Jayaratne, Kuppiyawatta Bodhananda Thera, Dr Gunadasa Amarasekara, Professor Pathmajeewa Ganepola, Professor K. N. O. Dharmadasa, Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala, Air Chief Marshal Kapila Jayampathy, Air Chief Marshal Sumangala Dias.

The school name Nalanda also proposed by Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero.