Falling Walls Lab Kathmandu 2026 concluded successfully

And the winners were:

The winner of the Lab 2026: Rojina Tandukar, Kathmandu University
Breaking the Wall of Postpartum Protein Deficiency

Winner 2: Shrisha Pandey, Tribhuvan University
Breaking the Wall of Invisible Pollution

Winner 3: Rikrita Sainju, Kathmandu University
Breaking the Wall of Inaccessible Gait Diagnostics

Audience Choice: Dr Prakriti Dhakal, Nepal Sanskrit University
Breaking the Wall of Chemical-based Sun-Protection

Rojina Tandukar will go to the Falling Walls Lab finale 2026, Berlin, and will pitch her idea there!

The members of the jury were:

1. Arthur Rapp, Jury Chair and Director, DAAD Regional Office New Delhi
2. Udo Eugen Volz, Ambassador of Germany to the Republic of Nepal
3. Dr Babita Paudel, Founder & Head, Center for Natural and Applied Sciences
4. Prof. Brijesh Adhikary, Act Director, Directorate of Research Development and Innovation (RDI), Kathmandu University
5. Rupesh Shrestha, Architect and Vice-President, Nepal German Academic Association (NEGAAS)

All the finalists had received pitch-training from Dr Bhaskar Das, Manager-Bioincubator, KIIT-Technology Business Incubator, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India.

DAAD and Kathmandu University thank all the contestants, members of the jury, and all the members of the audience!