SLIIT alumni, Ganindu Nanayakkara, has made Sri Lanka proud by winning USD $500,000, at the ‘Verizon 2015 Powerful Answers Award’ contest for his novel project titled ‘iHelmet’. Competing with over 1,400 entrepreneurs, Ganindu, was adjudged the first runner-up. Ganindu’s journey with venture Helmet started as a final-year student project for his undergraduate degree at SLIIT.