Falling Walls Lab Colombo 2026 concluded successfully
And the winners were:
The winner of the Lab 2026: Melissa Aluwihare, University of Colombo
Breaking the wall of delayed AMR detection
Winner 2: Ramlah Mohamed Kamal, University of Colombo
Breaking the wall of Bladder Cancer Diagnosis
Winner 3: Vinushayini Ravichandran, University of Kelaniya
Breaking the walls of health hazard by microplastic from tea bags
Audience Choice: Chalindu Yohan, Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT)
Breaking the wall Maternal & Fetal death
Melissa Aluwihare will go to the Falling Walls Lab finale 2026, Berlin, and will pitch her idea there!
The members of the jury were:
- Arthur Rapp, Jury Chair and Director, DAAD Regional Office New Delhi
- Dr. Iroja Caldera, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
- Mr. Martin Klose, Chief Delegate, Delegation of Germany Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka
- Dr. Lishani Wijewardene, Senior Lecturer, University of Ruhuna
- Dr. Indunil Piyadigama, Senior Lecturer, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboAll the finalists had received pitch-training from Dr Bhaskar Das, Manager-Bioincubator, KIIT-Technology Business Incubator, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India.
DAAD and University of Colombo thank all the contestants, members of the jury, and all the members of the audience!
