The inaugural Janashakthi Full Option Appathon – the Next Gen Smart Tech Challenge came to a close with Team ‘While Loop’ emerging winners at the Grand Finale, taking home the grand prize of Rs. one million. Team ‘Winter Rise’ came close behind as the Runner-up, winning a cash prize of Rs. 200,000, whilst teams ‘Four Loop’, ‘Parallax’ and ‘In-Laws’ were the finalists, taking away cash prizes of Rs. 100,000 each.
Conducted under the theme of ‘solutions to issues caused by traffic’, the Janashakthi Full Option Appathon Challenge reached its grand culmination at the Park Street Mews in Colombo recently.
The event was graced by Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), Muhunthan Canagey presided as chief guest.
The Grand Finale of the Janashakthi Full Option Appathon Challenge featured an eminent judging panel comprising industry forerunners, Chief Executive Officer of J. Walter Thompson Sri Lanka, Mrs. Alyna Haji Omar, Chief Executive Officer of CodeGen, Dr. Harsha Subasingha, Founder of Innovation Quotient, Ahmed Irfan and Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of OMAK Technologies, Ehantha Sirisena.
The winning solution by Team ‘While Loop’ featured a carpooling system, ‘Take Me There’ that went above and beyond the norm of the general concept of carpooling, and was therefore adjudged the most effective solution presented in line with the theme of the competition.
Winning team members included, Sajini Shanilka Koongahawatta, Sulochana A. Kodituwakku, W. M. Umesh Prabushitha Jayasinghe and S. G. H. Liyanage.