{"id":2683,"date":"2021-04-01T09:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T04:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2021-06-17T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T04:19:39","slug":"jpura-wins-big-at-nestle-project-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/jpura-wins-big-at-nestle-project-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u2019pura wins big at Nestle \u2013 Project Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Team Twinkle<\/em> which\nrepresented the University of Sri Jayewardenepura emerged as the winners of <strong><em>Project\nConnect<\/em><\/strong>. Organized by Nestle Lanka PLC, <em>Project Connect<\/em> provided\na unique platform for disruptive new thinkers to come up with fresh and\ninnovative ideas and hence create a positive impact to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The participants of the\ncompetition were assigned the task of either, innovating a new healthy, tasty\nand a nutritious product or pitching a sustainable solution for Nestle Lanka PLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of 69 ideas presented by\n3-member teams of undergraduates from 5 Universities, <em>Team Twinkle<\/em>\nconsisting of; Vindula Perera, Ishanika Seneviratne and Tharushi Egodahewage,\nfrom the <strong>Department of Finance<\/strong> of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura\nemerged victorious. Team Twinkle pitched <strong>POWERGANIC<\/strong>, a coconut\nwater-based hypertonic (Isotonic + Revitalizer) as its unique idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All teams in the competition were\nassigned industry mentors (by Nestle Lanka PLC) for guidance. Team Twinkle was\nguided and mentored by Mr. Bandula Egodage, VP Corporate &amp; Regulatory\nAffairs at Nestl\u00e9 Lanka PLC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, it is Team Nesleaf who made\nUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura proud again by being the runners-up of the\nsame competition. The Team Nesleaf consisting of Mohamed Shakib from Department\nof Finance and Wageesh Rajapakshe &amp; Isuru Udayanga from Department of\nEntrepreneurship pitched the product idea to the judgers. The Team Nesleaf\u2019s idea\nwas to bring back the traditional <em>\u201cKola Kada\u201d<\/em> as <strong>NESLEAF <\/strong>in a\nrevolutionized way to the customers. As per Shakib, his Mother Mrs. Rilwana\nmade a huge impact on Team Neleaf\u2019s performance by helping them to make the\nprototype while, Mr. Shamshard Marikkar, Head of Categories, Nestle Lanka PLC\nguided and mentored the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the commencement of the\ncompetition in September 2020, Mr. Ruwanga Wijesooriya of the Department of\nFinance was the University Mentor for both the teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competition spanned from\nSeptember 2020 to April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Prototype-Powerganic-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2684\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/?attachment_id=2684\" class=\"wp-image-2684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Prototype-Powerganic-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Prototype-Powerganic-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Prototype-Powerganic-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Prototype-Powerganic.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Twinkle which represented the University of Sri Jayewardenepura emerged as the winners of Project Connect. Organized by Nestle Lanka PLC, Project Connect provided a unique platform for disruptive new thinkers to come up with fresh and innovative ideas and hence create a positive impact to Sri Lanka. The participants of the competition were assigned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-image-gallery","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>J\u2019pura wins big at Nestle \u2013 Project Connect - Department of Finance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/fin\/jpura-wins-big-at-nestle-project-connect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"J\u2019pura wins big at Nestle \u2013 Project Connect - Department of Finance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Team Twinkle which represented the University of Sri Jayewardenepura emerged as the winners of Project Connect. 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