Students’ Achievements

Yarl IT Hub Innovation Festival 2023

Three of our Level 3 students competed in the CodeStorm coding challenge, part of the Yarl IT Hub Innovation Festival 2023, held on November 4, 2023. They achieved Second Runner Up and were awarded a cash prize of LKR 10,000.00.

The team of students who have participated in this competition are:
1. Mr. Roy Nesarajah Viththagan – 2020/CSC/051
2. Mr. Sivakumar Vithurshan – 2020/CSC/057
3. Mr. Vijayarajah Sayanishan – 2020/CSC/066

 

 

 

 

Seeds for the Future - 2023

Ms. T. Thanushika, a participant from Level 3S, was competitively chosen for a week-long programme in China known as “Seeds for the Future.” This opportunity allowed her to experience a fascinating fusion of technological advancements and the vibrant Chinese culture. During her visit, Ms. Thanushika had the privilege of exploring the Huawei Cyber Security Center situated in Shenzen, gaining insights into the technological landscape and witnessing China’s remarkable technological advancements. Additionally, she immersed herself in the cultural richness of the Splendid China Folk Culture Village and traveled to Shanghai to take part in the “Seeds Summit” event. The entire trip to China from September 14th to 22th, 2023, including airfare and accommodation expenses, was generously sponsored by Huawei.

 

 

 

 

 

mSpace 'Code Blast' National Hackathon 
Two of our Level 3S students, Mr. K. M. Ravindu Lasantha Senadeera and Ms. M. K. T. Sammani Fernando participated in the mSpace ‘Code Blast’ National Hackathon held on 30th September 2023 at the Trace Expert City, Colombo 10 and became the 1st Runner Up and won a cash prize of LKR 200,000.00.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Congratulations Mr. Ravindu Lasantha and Ms. Thiloka Sammani !
SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2021

The final year research project, “A self-training convolutional neural network for the classification of surface defects in computer integrated manufacturing”, conducted by Ms. Mayuravaani Mathuranathanan, a Level-4S student of the Department of Computer Science under the supervision of Dr. M. Siyamalan has been awarded as a “Best innovative project – University category” at the Provincial Level of the “Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) National Ingenuity Awards 2021”. This award has been conferred to Ms. Mayuravaani at the awards night organized by the SLASSCOM on 30th April 2021 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo.


Congratulations Ms. M. Mayuravaani and Dr. M. Siyamalan!!!

Students' team won the 1st Runner Up in the Start-up weekend: Women's edition organized by the Techstar, 2019

Our students’ team have participated in the Start-up weekend: Women’s edition organized by the Techstar which was held from 8th to 10th of February 2019 in the auditorium of Dialog Axiata, Colombo. The group consisting Ms. Divya, Ms. Vetharshana, Ms. Ranjithamalar, and two other members of other HEIs became the 1st Runner Up. Congratulations to the team!

Students' team won the Second Runner-up in the Mora Ventures 3.0 organized by the University of Moratuwa, 2018
The team of students who have participated at this competition are:

  • Mr. S. Anurakavan (Dept. of Chemistry)
  • Mr. V. A. Jerron (Dept. of Physics)
  • Mr. T.N. Karunarathne (Dept. of Computer Science)
  • Mr. N.W.G.A.C.K. Jayawardane (Dept. of Computer Science)
  • Mr. B.M.M.H.C. Bandara (Dept. of Computer Science)


Congratulations to the team members!!!

Our Student Won a Chance to Join an Educational Tour to China: Seeds for the future-2017

Mr. A. Thushanthan from Level 4S got selected on competitive basis for the two-weeks programme in China referred to as “Seeds for the future”. Mr. Thushanthan got an opportunity to study the cutting-edge technologies such as LTE and cloud computing, and hands on practice in Huawei Headquarter’s most advanced labs in Shenzhen, China. In addition, he got a chance to go on a trip to experience the Chinese traditional culture. Huawei fully sponsored his flight tickets, accommodation cost to China during November 2017.


Our Students' project idea got selected in Fintech Hack-2017
The following team of students got selected for 1 million rupees of pre-approved finance for developing their project idea which was organised by the Nations Trust Bank:

  • Mr. Pramuditha Chamikara
  • Mr. Samila Chanuka
  • Mr. Indura Widyasekara
  • Mr. Nayananga Muhandiram


Congratulations to the team members!!!

National Best Quality ICT Awards 2016

Mr. Robinroy Peter was awarded Special Recognition in the TERTIARY (BUSINESS) Category in the National Best Quality ICT Awards 2016 for his project Accident Free Driving, awarded on 14th of October 2016


Congratulations Mr. Robinroy Peter and Dr. K. Thabotharan

Our students' team became the Winners of TADHack - Jaffna, 2016
The team of students who have participated at this competition are:

  • Mr. I.D.Q. Balendra
  • Mr. A. Arunpragash
  • Mr. L. Praveenath


Congratulations to the team members!!!

Our students' teams become First Runner-up and Second Runner-up in Startup Weekend - Jaffna, 2016
The team of students who have won 1st Runner-up:

  • Mr. I.D.Q. Balendra
  • Ms. S. Sivaramya
  • Ms. G. Kalaiyarasi


The team of students who have won 2nd Runner-up:

  • Mr. S. Nimishan
  • Mr. A. Arunpragash
  • Ms. S. Sivaramya
  • Ms. G. Kalaiyarasi


Congratulations to the team members!!!

Our Students' team won the Second Runner-up in the Code Sprint Hackathon organized by ideamart, 2015
The team of students who have participated at this competition are:

  • Mr. B.M. Zajith
  • Mr. I.D.Q. Balendra
  • Mr. A.I.U. Kumara
  • Ms. Nirthika R.
  • Ms. Arunya S.


Congratulations to our team members!!!

Our Students Team has won the Second Runner-up, 2013
The team of students who have participated at this competition are:

  • Mr. B.M. Zajith
  • Mr. R. Miller
  • Ms. Anusha Harshani S.
  • Mr. M.I.M. Nifras
  • Mr. V. Saahithyan


Congratulations to our team members!!!

Our Special Degree Student Team has won the Second Runner-up, 2011

A team comprising Two Fourth year Students and Two Third years students from the Department of Computer Science have participated at the Final Round of the Inter-university Enterprise Mobility Software Development Competition-2011 organized by Motorola Inc., and the SLASSCOM. Earlier in May, 2011 these students have submitted their proposal for an enterprise mobility software entitled “On the Spot Accident Report System (OSARS)”. Out of the 48 proposals submitted by students from the National Universities and Affiliated colleges in Sri Lanka, 16 proposals including the OSARS” have been selected for the final competition.

The final competition was held on the 06th October, 2011 at the V K Samaranayake Auditorium, UCSC, University of Colombo and the software developed by our student team has won the Second Runner-Up place. The panel of judges for this competition included experts from the industry, technical specialists and academia.

The team of students who have participated at this competition are:

  • Mr. K. Thabotharan (Project Supervisor)
  • Mr. Ranjith Subramaniam
  • Mr. Kaveevendan Varatharajah
  • Mr. Sivasakthy Sugirthan
  • Mr. Namasivayam Nilashan

Congratulations to our team members!!!

Final year Special Degree Students receive the BT-Virtusa Scholarship, 2011

Eight special degree students of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Jaffna won the BT-Virtusa scholarship – 2011.

The Virtusa, which is one of the leading IT company in Sri Lanka has awarded scholarships to our special degree students. Ten of our students competed with students of other Universities in Sri Lanka for this scholarship. All the candidates for this scholarship had an aptitude test and a face-to-face interview at the Virtusa Corporation in Sri Lanka.

Mr. Madu Ratnayake, (General Manager of the Virtusa Corporation, Sri Lanka) has commented as follows about our students’ performance in his letter written to the Jaffna University:

“We were impressed with the quality of the students and it was indeed difficult to narrow down the final bursary awardees. Starting from your shortlisted candidates, we followed a rigorous interview process to select the deserving candidates.”

Following are the list of students who have secured the BT-Virtusa scholarship (names in alphabetical order):

  • Mr. A. Chandilyan
  • Mr. V. Kaveevendan
  • Mr. S. Mayurathan
  • Mr. A. Rajeevan
  • Mr. S. Ranjith
  • Ms. Shiyama, S
  • Ms. Sinthiya, T
  • Mr. P. Thivakaran

The scholarship includes a monthly allowance, a laptop, course text books, English language training programme, and a three month work experience in the UK working British Telecom.

This is a milestone in strengthening the relationship with the IT Industry. This award is attained as a continuation of the two-day industrial visit made in November, 2010 which was organised by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Jaffna.