Awards & Recognition
A showcase of my achievements in national hackathons and industry competitions, as well as my community speaking engagements.
Achievements
Winners & Awards
Competitions, hackathons and awards recognizing impactful work
NBQSA 2025
🥇 1st Place (Gold) – Clamigo · 2025
Sri Lanka
- Won 1st Place (Gold) at the National Best Quality Software Awards (NBQSA) 2025 for the 'Clamigo' project
- Member of Rootcode's AI Team that built a real-time SSE-based alert system for the Porto Government
- Also contributed to the success of 'Urbanora' (APICTA Winner)
AWS Community Day Sri Lanka – Quiz
🏆 Quiz Winner · 2025
Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Won the quiz competition at AWS Community Day Sri Lanka 2025
- Awarded AWS Swags and Credits
- Also served as Organizer/Volunteer for the event with 500+ attendees
SDG Youth Challenge – ICBI 2025
🥇 1st Place – Champions · 2025
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- National Champions (1st Place) at the SDG Youth Challenge – ICBI 2025
- Developed AspiraGuard: A wearable solution for early detection of silent aspiration in adult stroke patients, integrated with an AI-powered mobile app
- Solution aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals to make healthcare smarter, safer, and more accessible
- Collaborated with an amazing team: Shyamini, Raveena, Praneeth, and Janani
- Supervised by Mr. Jude Fernando, Lecturer in Mechatronics Engineering
Make-a-Thon 2025
Finalist – Assistive Medical Device Innovation · 2025
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- Top 7 Finalist & Top 3 'Most Liked Project'
- Selected as a finalist in a 3-day consecutive Make-a-Thon and competition focused on developing assistive medical devices
- Department of Disability Studies, Faculty of Medicine – University of Kelaniya (Sponsored by Japan FabLab)
- Collaborated in a multidisciplinary team to design and successfully deliver two custom medical solutions for a patient experiencing severe hand nerve damage due to an electrical shock—impairing their writing and driving abilities
- Event was funded and sponsored by Japan FabLab, aimed at real-world impact through human-centered design
Openhack 2.0
3rd Place · 2023
IIT, Sri Lanka
- Team Nebula from the University of Moratuwa emerged as 3rd place in a 12-hour hackathon
- Competed in a challenging hackathon organized by IIT on premises
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving and teamwork skills
RealHack 4.0
Top 15 · 2023
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- Managed to be in the top 15 at the RealHack hackathon
- Competed against teams from multiple universities
- Showcased technical skills and innovative solutions
Hacktoberfest 2023
Swag Winner · 2023
Online
- Swag Winner in Hacktoberfest 2023, a month-long celebration by DigitalOcean in partnership with GitHub
- Contributed to open source projects and received limited-edition Swags
- Part of the global community giving back to open source
Hacktoberfest 2022
Swag Winner · 2022
Online
- Swag Winner in Hacktoberfest 2022, a month-long celebration by DigitalOcean in partnership with GitHub
- Contributed to open source projects and received limited-edition Swags
- 2 times Swag Winner (2022 & 2023), celebrating open source contributions with the global developer community
Speaking
Where I've Spoken
Conferences and events where I've shared knowledge
SDG Youth Challenge 2025
Colombo, Sri Lanka
2025
AWS Community Day Sri Lanka 2025
Colombo, Sri Lanka
2025
Rootcode Cloud Community Meetup
Colombo, Sri Lanka
2025
AWS Cloud Club Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
2025
NBQSA 2025
Sri Lanka
2025
IEEExtreme & MoraXtreme Hackathons
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
2022-2023