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:

1. Arthur Rapp, Jury Chair and Director, DAAD Regional Office New Delhi
2. Dr. Iroja Caldera, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
3. Mr. Martin Klose, Chief Delegate, Delegation of Germany Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka
4. Dr. Lishani Wijewardene, Senior Lecturer, University of Ruhuna
5. 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!