19/08/2023
The Business Idea Competition (BIC) was held successfully on August 18, 2023, at the Faculty of Management Finance, University of Colombo for the sixth consecutive time. The journey of BIC was initiated by the Department of Management and Organisation Studies in 2016 aiming to improve the creativity, innovativeness, and entrepreneurial skills of the undergraduates.
Senior Professor HD Karunarathne, Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo grace the event as the chief guest. Professor MPP Dharmadasa, the Dean, Faculty of Management and Finance participated as the Guest of Honor.
For this year's event, we have received 24 ideas and 10 were selected for the knockout round. The top 10 business ideas were selected by the panel of judges representing both academics and professionals from the industry. Dr. Sewwandhi Ranasinghe, Ms. Chethanee Digoarachchi, Ms. Thamodya Herath, Mr. Supun Madushanka, Ms. Shayara Evanjalee, Mr. Ruchira Walpita were the panel of judges in the knockout round. As the second step, a workshop was organized aiming to improve the top 10 ideas of the students. Dr. Sanath Palliyaguru, Mr. Rusiri Wijeyaratne, and Mr. Dinesh Gunasekara from Trelleborg Lanka PVT LTD participated as the resource persons for the workshop. The final six ideas were selected to compete in the grand finale after evaluating the presentations made by the students. Dr. Thissa Ravinda Perera, Ms. Chethanee Digoarachchi, Mr. Udula Vass, Ms. Thilini Kumari, and Ms. Shanika Seneviratne were there in the final selection panel.
After a very competitive and tough selection process, the final six ideas were rated.
The BIC grand finale top six evaluation panel consisted of Dr. Thissa Ravinda Perera, Professor B Nishantha, Professor R Senathirajah, Mr. Chinthana Wegapitiya, Mr. Wickrama Narayana, Mr. Nalaka Gunawardana, Mr. Chanaka Gunatilake, Mr. Dhammika Samarawickrama, and Ms. Shayara Evanjalee
We wish all the best for the winners and we eagerly await for commercialization of their ideasâĻ
