Falling Walls Lab Colombo, Sri Lanka 2026

The DAAD & the University of Colombo look forward to receiving you on 26 May 2026, 14:00-18:00 hrs, at  Mini Auditorium 1 (Level 1), Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, UCFM Tower, Maradana Road, Colombo 7.

The finalists in 2026 are (in alphabetical order):

1. Anuji Weragoda
   Breaking the Wall of Manual Water Treatment
2. Brigitta Tissera
   Breaking the Wall of Toxic Dyeing using Fungal-based Pigments
3. Chalindu Yohan
   NOVALITH: Always-On Pregnancy Safety with AI
4. Eleesha Fernando
   Breaking the Wall of Plastic Pollution in Coastal Fisheries
5. Gayathma Weerawanni
   Jackfruit Seed-Based Gluten-Free Food Ink for 3D Printing
6. Kalindu Habarakadaarachchi
   Breaking the Wall of Hidden Microplastic Exposure in Birds
7. Malitha Premasiri
   Breaking the Wall of Solar Energy Storage Limitations
8. Melissa Aluwihare
   AMR-kinetiX, AI-based Rapid Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance
9. Pradeepa Basnayake
   Breaking the Wall of Invisible Early Dysfunction
10. Ramlah Mohamed Kamal
    Breaking the Wall of Bladder Cancer Diagnosis
11. Shashikala Sewwandi Karunarathna
    Breaking the Walls of Late Oral Cancer Detection
12. Tharushi Fernando
    Breaking the Wall of Intermittent Pregnancy Monitoring
13. Vandana Hettiaratchi
    Breaking the Wall of Invisibility in the Gemstone Industry
14. Vinushayini Ravichandran
    Breaking the Wall of Health Hazards by Microplastics from Teabags
15. Yogashini Ramakrishnan
    Portable Urea Detection Using a DMAB-Based Color Strip

This unique competition challenges participants to think critically and creatively. It is not just about identifying the problem but to presenting  a practical , innovative and well structured solution to the problem.All the finalists are getting special pitch training for the Falling Walls Lab competition by Dr Bhaskar Das, Manager-Bioincubator, KIIT-Technology Business Incubator, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India.