Ananda College student wins top awards at INTEL fair

A student from Ananda College in Colombo won several top awards at the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in San Jose, California.

Ganindu Nanayakkara won the First Award of $3,000 for his project "Novel Computer Controlling Wireless Device for Handicapped People" in the Computer Science category at the Intel ISEF 2010 Grand Awards Ceremony. It was held by the Society for Science and the Public, in partnership with the Intel Foundation. Ganindu built a device that allows persons with disabilities to wirelessly operate a computer.

In addition, Ganindu won three special awards for his project at the Special Awards Ceremony. He received a $1,000 cash award from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance and the Lemelson Foundation which recognizes the innovations and inventions that addresses critical basic human needs. Symantec Corporation awarded Ganindu with another $1,000 cash award.