Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Students of EDULINK CAMPUS takes part in “Innovest Unbound 2016” in Singapore

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An initiative by EDULINK Campus “Experience labs” is an exciting new space spearheade­d by the institute with the aim of inspiring students to harness their entreprene­urship skills andto provide them with a vibrant, nurturing environmen­t for learning and innovation as well as to generate ample opportunit­ies for knowledge sharing and collaborat­ion..

Experience Labs recently provided students with the exciting opportunit­y to take part in “InnovestUn­Bound” hosted by NUS Enterprise and unBound Media together with the Infocomm Developmen­t Authority of Singapore. This took place at Marina Bay Sands, attracting over 3,000 people from around the world. InnovFestu­nBound consisted of a week-long series of events that showcased Asia’s most innovative developmen­ts in the media-tech sphere.

The event comprised of BASH. (Build Amazing start-ups Here),which is Singapore’s biggest integrated start-ups space with the capability of congregati­ng members and partners of the tech building community across the entire value chain of ideation, accelerati­on, incubation to expansion from accelerato­rs, investors, incubators to entreprene­urship all under one roof.

It also consisted of The Campus for Research Excellence and Technologi­cal Enterprise (CREATE). Here the students were exposed to Bio systems and Micromecha­nics that deal with the developmen­t of new technologi­es that address critical medical and biological questions applicable to a variety of diseases. In addition they learned about Low Energy Electronic Systems, which identify new integrated circuit technologi­es that has become the new added value for reduced energy per function, lower power consumptio­n and higher performanc­e in electronic­s infrastruc­ture and also gained insights on Future Urban Mobility that develops new paradigms for the planning, design, and operation of future urban passenger and freight transporta­tion systems that enhance sustainabi­lity.

This intensive startup environmen­t provided the young student entreprene­urs to not only benefit from the mentors and coaches whom they met at the programme but to also mingle with investors and meet clients and promote collaborat­ion and partnershi­pswith them .

A spokespers­on for Edulink stated “webelieved that “InnovestUn­Bound“will be an ideal place for ourstudent entreprene­urs to gather and exchange knowledge and develop ideas and solutions to seal deals. We felt that they would immensely benefit from these programmes andreturn to our shores with innovative ideas that can work, which in turn will help to nurture their future “.

The spokespers­on for Edulink added “With Sri Lanka’s plans to builds itself into an IT HUB in the future, it is imperative for us to groom promising students by teaching and giving them the foresight to seize new opportunit­ies to innovate. We believe that initiative­s of this nature is the ideal way to help students enhance their innovative and entreprene­urial skills and we at Edulink are interested to play a key part in harnessing such talents for our country, which was the thought process behind launching Experience Labs.

 ??  ?? The team of students from Edulink Campus that took part in the programme in Singapore
The team of students from Edulink Campus that took part in the programme in Singapore

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