IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2021
The IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2021 was held during the IEEE Sri Lanka Section Student | Young Professionals | Women In Engineering Congress 2021 on January 27th virtually due to the pandemic situation. The Awards Night was held in a full extravaganza for the sixth consecutive year to recognize the continuous efforts of the Section’s IEEE volunteers as they strive to maintain the quality of the initiatives done by the Organizational Units.
Seventeen prestigious awards were given away at Awards Night 2021 under 04 categories as Special Activities Awards, OU awards, Individual Volunteer Awards, and External Recognitions.
Awards were given out for the following projects and OUs:
Special Activities Awards
Best Sectional Project:
IEEE Techno Meetup Sri Lanka
Best Student Branch Project:
Rise Up Mora 2021
IEEE Student Branch University of Moratuwa
Best Affinity Group Project (Section AG Category):
AI – Driven Sri Lanka, IEEE Young Professionals Sri Lanka
Best Affinity Group Project (Student AG Category):
PITSTOP 2.0
WIE Affinity Group of IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Institute of
Information Technology
Best Technical Chapter Project (Section Chapter):
Leaders of Tomorrow University Ambassador Program,IAS Sri Lanka Chapter
Best Technical Chapter Project (Student Chapter):
Circuito’21,
IES Chapter of IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus
Best Industry Collaborative Project (Section OU Category):
IEEE Techno Meetup Sri Lanka
Best Industry Collaborative Project (SB OU Category):
InnovMind
IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus
Special Recognition for the Best Humanitarian Project:
IEEE FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE (ගම්මැද්දට IEEE අපි) – PHASE 2
IEEE Student Branch of University of Moratuwa
Special Recognition for Innovative/ Creative Project:
Not awarded this year
OU Awards
Outstanding Student Branch:
IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus
Special Recognition for Membership Recruitment & Retention:
IEEE Student Branch of University of Jaffna
Individual Volunteer Awards
Section Outstanding Volunteer (Student Category):
Chamika Ishan Sudusinghe
IEEE Student Branch of University of Moratuwa
Section Outstanding Volunteer (Member Category):
Not awarded as there aren’t applications
Outstanding Branch Counselor or Advisor Award:
Dr. Amirthalingam Ramanan
IEEE Student Branch University of Jaffna
Special Recognition for Fellows:
Prof. Janaka B. Ekanayake
Prof. Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hool
External Recognition
Outstanding Industry Partner:
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2020
The IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2020 was held during the IEEE Sri Lanka Section Student/Young Professionals/Women In Engineering Congress 2020 on January 17th virtually due to the pandemic situation. The Awards Night was held in full extravaganza for the fifth consecutive year to recognize the continuous efforts of the Section’s IEEE volunteers as they strive to maintain the quality of the initiatives done by the Organizational Units.
Six prestigious awards were given away at the Awards Night 2020 which included the Best Technical Chapter Activity Award, Membership Retention Award, the Best Industry Collaborative Project Award, the Best Student Branch Activity Award, the Best Young Professional Activity Award and the Best Women in Engineering Activity Award following the practice of the previous year. Awards were given out for the following projects and OUs:
Best Student Branch Activity:
IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus
IEEE GREEN INNOVATION SRI LANKA (GISLA) 2020
Best Women In Engineering (WIE) Activity:
WIE Student Affinity Group of Uva Wellassa University
SHECODERESS V3.0
Best Young Professionals Activity:
Mr. Pasindu Rathnayake and Mr. Dasun Herath
LETS TALK
Best Technical Chapter Activity Award:
IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter of University of Moratuwa
“ගම්මැද්දට අපි” (“GAMMEDDATA IEEE API”)
Membership Retention Award:
IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus
Best Industry Collaborative Project:
LETME HACK V2.0
IEEE Student Branch Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2019
The IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2019 was held during the IEEE Sri Lanka Section Student/Young Professionals/Women In Engineering Congress 2019 on the 21st December 2019 at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya. The Awards Night was held in full extravaganza for the fourth consecutive year to recognize the continuous efforts of the Section’s IEEE volunteers as they strive to maintain the quality of the initiatives done by the Organizational Units.
Six prestigious awards were given away at the Awards Night 2019 including the Best Technical Chapter Activity Award for the project having had the most strategic importance initiated through a Sectional or Student IEEE technical chapter, along with the Membership Retention Award, the Best Industry Collaborative Project Award, the Best Student Branch Activity Award, the Best Young Professional Activity Award and the Best Women in Engineering Activity Award following the practice of the previous year. Awards were given out for the following projects and OUs:
Best Student Branch Activity:
IEEE Student Branch of University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC)
GameRush
Best Women In Engineering (WIE) Activity:
WIE Affinity Group University of Peradeniya
Computer Hardware Training
Best Young Professionals Activity:
Ms. Nuwini Chamindi, Ms. Akila Wijethunga and Mr.Yasitha Harshanath
StudPro 3.0 | Career Fair
Best Technical Chapter Activity Award:
IEEE Computer Society of University of Colombo School of Computing
IntelliHack 2019
Membership Retention Award:
IEEE Student Branch of Uva Wellassa University
Best Industry Collaborative Project:
IEEE Innovation Nation Sri Lanka 2019
IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2018
The IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2018 was held during the IEEE Sri Lanka Section Student/Young Professionals/Women In Engineering Congress 2018 on 29th December 2018 at Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC). The Awards Night was held in full extravaganza for the third consecutive year to recognize the continuous efforts of the Section’s IEEE volunteers as they strive to maintain the quality of the initiatives done by the Organizational Units.
The night brought together the whole Section for an evening celebrating success and accomplishments. Mr. Chevaan Daniel, the Group Director of The Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd was the distinguished chief guest for the night!
Six prestigious awards were given away at the Awards Night 2018 introducing the Best Technical Chapter Activity Award for the project having had the most strategic importance initiated through a Sectional or Student IEEE technical chapter, along with the Membership Retention Award, the Best Industry Collaborative Project Award, the Best Student Branch Activity Award, the Best Young Professional Activity Award and the Best Women in Engineering Activity Award following the practice of the previous year. Awards were given out for the following projects and OUs:
Best Student Branch Activity:
IEEE Student Branch of Informatics Institute of Technology
CodeSprint 3.0 – Youth Entrepreneurship Incubator and Startup Battle
Best Women In Engineering (WIE) Activity:
WIE Affinity Group University of Peradeniya
Dream Venture – Startups for Women
Best Young Professionals Activity:
Mr. Rajitha De Silva and Ms. Akila Hasinthanee
StudPro 2.0 | Career Fair
Best Technical Chapter Activity Award:
IEEE Computer Society of University of Colombo School of Computing
TechLinked
Membership Retention Award:
IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Best Industry Collaborative Project:
IEEE SS12 International Project Competition and Maker Fair 2018
IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2017
The IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2017 was held during the IEEE Sri Lanka Section Student/Young Professionals/Women In Engineering Congress 2017 on 22nd December 2017 at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. It was held for the second consecutive year with the objective of giving recognition to the most outstanding initiatives by Student Branches and Affinity Groups as a motivation and inspiration to ensure the quality of these initiatives.
Five awards were given away this night introducing the Membership Retention Award for the highest membership retention at Student Branch level and the Best Industry Collaborative Project Award for the project that has the most interaction with the industry through their partnerships and speaker lineup, along with the Best Student Branch Activity Award, Best Young Professional Activity Award and Best Women in Engineering Activity Award continuing from the previous year.
Professor Saman Halgamuge delivered a keynote for the night on “Data Engineering and Deep Learning to Mine the Mysteries of the Brain” adding to the excitement of the night. Awards were given out for the following projects and OUs:
Best Student Branch Activity:
IEEE Student Branch of University of Colombo School of Computing
Cloud Hack’17
Best Women In Engineering (WIE) Activity:
WIE Affinity Group University of Peradeniya
Gnana Pradeepa
Best Young Professionals Activity:
Mr. Chandana Munasinghe and Mr. Samith Chathuranga
How to be a PRO in the Industry
Membership Retention Award:
IEEE Student Branch of University of Moratuwa
Best Industry Collaborative Project:
IEEE Techno Meetup 2017
IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2016
For the first time in IEEE Sri Lanka Section history, the Section hosted the Awards Night during the IEEE Student/Young Professionals/Women In Engineering Congress 2016 at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. Awards were given out for the following projects:
Best Student Branch Activity:
IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
Robotic Workshop Series for School Students
Best Women In Engineering (WIE) Activity:
WIE Affinity Group University of Peradeniya
Technical Skills Development Program
Best Young Professionals Activity:
Mr. Peshan Sampath and Ms. Nuwanthika Rajapaksha
Essentials for Building Your Home