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AP II T S RI LANKA N EW SLETTER VOLUME 5 | ISSUE 1
APRIL 2018
Janakshi and Ranul

Bring Glory to APIIT at the 19th NBQSA Tantalize 2017

The launch of APIIT’s Inter-University song and dance extravaganza,
Tantalize, took place in September 2017. Both students and staff
participated in the event where solo and group singing, beatboxing, and
dancing were among the highlights.

The auditions for Tantalize were held in October 2017 at the APIIT City
Campus premises. A panel of distinguished personalities from the local
entertainment industry were invited to judge the various events that
took place.
The finals of Tantalize was held in November 2017 at the R.I.T Alles
Auditorium of D. S. Senanayake College. More than 500 students
competed under the 7 events on the big day. A strong crowd from higher
Ranul and
Janakshi at the educational institutes across the country were in the audience at the final
NBQSA Award rounds of Tantalize.
Ceremony The Solo singing contest was won by Harith Wijerathne of the
University of Sri Jayawardenapura while the Group singing contest
The 19th National Best Quality ICT Awards (NBQSA) was held at the was won by Sangavi Thangasamy and Ragavi Thangasamy of the
Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo on 6th October 2017 with the group “Sa.Ra.” of APIIT.
participation of more than 500 guests. The event was graced by
the Hon. Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure,
Mr. Harin Fernando M.P. NBQSA recognises the winners of
competitions held across 19 categories. The gold medal winners
of each category go on to participate in the Asia Pacific ICT
Alliance (APICTA) Awards.
APIIT’s final year Computing students, Janakshi Dulanga and
Ranul Thantilage, were selected to present their original
software under the Tertiary Technology category. Janakshi was
awarded the Silver Medal for “Akuru Hatana”, the first ever
Sinhala language scrabble game, while Ranul received a merit
award for his Volatile Memory based Forensic Tool for the
Retrieval of Social Media Evidence.
The “Origins” from CINEC in performance
“Akuru Hatana” is an artificial intelligence (AI) based Scrabble
game. Suitable for novices as well as experts, the software is The Solo dancing competition was won by Lakshitha Peiris of the Mercury
designed to promote the use and learning of the Sinhala Institute of Management and the Group dancing performance was won by
language. Janaskhi developed this software as part of her final the troupe “Twist” of APIIT. “Origins” from CINEC emerged as winners of
year project in her Software Engineering Degree Programme at the Band category and SLIIT’s Yoshitha Premarathna emerged victorious
APIIT. Considering the novelty and the uniqueness of her in the instrumental category where he played the saxophone.
product, Janakshi Dulanga was invited to contest at the Asia
Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards held in December 2017 Beatboxing, a new category at Tantalize was won by the group “Blaze”
in Dhaka, Bangladesh. from NSBM. The People’s Choice Award was picked up by the group
“Legato” of the University of Colombo.
Ranul’s Forensic Tool is capable of retrieving social media and
instant messaging information from any mobile phone instrument In addition to the 77 students who performed to the captivated crowd at
with integrity verification which enables such evidence to be the final rounds of Tantalize, performances by guest artists, Lahiru Perera,
presented even in a court of law. Ranul developed this piece of Indrachapa Liyanage, “Doctor”, “Infinity” and “Watalappan”, added even
software as part of his final year project in his Computer Network more sparkle to an already glittering event.
& Security Degree Programme at APIIT. His product was also
presented at the “E-Swabhimani 2017” exposition which is an Tantalize doubles over as a social initiative and encourages social
initiative of the Information Communication Technology Agency of responsibility amongst those involved. All profits of the event are directed
Sri Lanka (ICTA) aimed at recognising excellence in digital towards a worthy cause. This year, the Organizing Committee contributed
application creation. In a bid to take his Forensic Tool to the to the Heart to Heart Trust Fund, which aims to improve awareness for the
international arena, he also participated in the World Summit prevention of cardiac diseases and financially supports those who cannot
Awards 2017. afford heart surgery.

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